Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Rhipidogyridae
Alternative combination: Tskhanarella sikharulidzeae
Full reference: Z. M. Lebanidze. 1991. Pozdneyurskiye korally Zapadnoy Gruzii (Abkhaziya) [Upper Jurassic corals of western Georgia (Abkhaziya)]. Trudy Akademiya Nauk Gruzii, Geologicheskiy Institut Imeni A. I. Dzanelidze 105:1-64
Belongs to Pruvostastraea according to W. Kiessling 2014
See also Lebanidze 1991
Sister taxa: Pruvostastraea crassisepta, Pruvostastraea labyrinthiformis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Tepebashe Mountains, Abkhaziya, which is in an Oxfordian/Kimmeridgian perireef or subreef limestone in Georgia
Ecology: stationary epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Tepebashe Mountains, Abkhaziya
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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