Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
Alternative combinations: Actinastrea minima, Astrocoenia minima
Belongs to Stelidioseris according to H. Löser et al. 2013
See also Löser et al. 2009 and Morycowa 1964
Sister taxa: Stelidioseris bellensis, Stelidioseris decaphylla, Stelidioseris gibbosa, Stelidioseris hourqi, Stelidioseris japonica, Stelidioseris kunthi, Stelidioseris major, Stelidioseris melkarthi, Stelidioseris pattoni, Stelidioseris retifera, Stelidioseris tendagurensis, Stelidioseris tourtiensis, Stelidioseris whitneyi
Type specimen: Its type locality is MMH locality Su 123, which is in a Barremian marine limestone in the Barranquín Formation of Venezuela
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of China (1 collection), France (1), Jamaica (1), Poland (3), Switzerland (1), Venezuela (1)
• Jurassic of Canada (1: British Columbia), Mexico (1)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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