Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Tropiastraeidae

Alternative combination: Actinastraea martini

Full reference: J. P. Smith. 1927. Upper Triassic marine invertebrate faunas of North America. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 141:1-262

Belongs to Guembelastraea according to Smith 1927

See also Kiessling 2014, Roniewicz and Stanley 2013 and Smith 1927

Sister taxa: Guembelastraea guembeli, Guembelastraea kanmerae, Guembelastraea pamphyliensis, Guembelastraea whiteavesi

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic

Distribution: found only at Dunlap Canyon, Pilot Mountains (locality DC) (Triassic of Nevada)

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