Cyathoseris oppenheimi Eliasova 1974 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Agariciidae

Alternative combination: Dimorphophyllia oppenheimi

Full reference: H. Eliasova. 1974. Hexacorallia et octocorallia du Paleogene des Carpates externes [Paleogene corals of the Outer Carpathians]. Sbornik Geologickych Ved, Palaeontologie 16:105-156

Belongs to Cyathoseris according to W. Kiessling 2014

See also Eliasova 1974

Sister taxa: Cyathoseris allisoni, Cyathoseris appennina, Cyathoseris catadupensis, Cyathoseris crassilamellata, Cyathoseris formosa, Cyathoseris hypocrateriformis, Cyathoseris joannae, Cyathoseris judriensis, Cyathoseris krepidoblasta, Cyathoseris leganyii, Cyathoseris lophiophora, Cyathoseris multisinuosa, Cyathoseris oxylopha, Cyathoseris parvistella, Cyathoseris patula, Cyathoseris radiata, Cyathoseris subregularis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Holy vrch (U majaku), Kurdejov, Submenilitic Formation, Moravia, which is in an Eocene reef, buildup or bioherm limestone/conglomerate in the Submenilitic Formation of the Czech Republic

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic

Distribution: found only at Holy vrch (U majaku), Kurdejov, Submenilitic Formation, Moravia

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