Guembelastraea kanmerae Stanley and Onoue 2015 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Tropiastraeidae

Full reference: G. D. Stanley and T. Onoue. 2015. Upper Triassic reef corals from the Sambosan Accretionary Complex, Kyushu, Japan. Facies 61(1):1-27

Belongs to Guembelastraea according to G. D. Stanley and T. Onoue 2015

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

Type specimen: UMIP 14401. Its type locality is MO-06, Motoidani, Itsuki Area, which is in a Carnian/Norian marine volcaniclastic in Japan.

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic

Distribution: found only at MO-06, Motoidani, Itsuki Area

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