Latiastrea variabilis Etallon 1858 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae

Alternative combinations: Latiastraea variabilis, Microphyllia variabilis

Belongs to Latiastrea according to Beauvais 1964

Sister taxa: Latiastraea magna, Latiastrea baumbergeri, Latiastrea bendukidzeae, Latiastrea canavarii, Latiastrea foulassensis, Latiastrea gironensis, Latiastrea greppini, Latiastrea magna, Latiastrea minima, Latiastrea mucronata, Latiastrea pakongensis, Latiastrea paronai, Latiastrea pjtkovi, Latiastrea somaensis, Latiastrea valfinensis, Latiastrea whitneyi

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of France (4 collections), Georgia (1), Germany (1), Greece (1), Mexico (1), Poland (3), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (1)

Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence

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