Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Heliastraeidae
Belongs to Heliastraea according to d'Achiardi 1867
Sister taxa: Heliastraea defrancei, Heliastrea (Athecastraea), Heliastrea autignacensis, Heliastrea boueana, Heliastrea carnegiei, Heliastrea deformis, Heliastrea defrancei, Heliastrea delicata, Heliastrea farquharsoni, Heliastrea grandis, Heliastrea irregularis, Heliastrea laticosta, Heliastrea lusitaniae, Heliastrea mellahica, Heliastrea nerthensis, Heliastrea oligophylla, Heliastrea parva, Heliastrea pelouaensis, Heliastrea saubriguensis, Heliastrea saucatsensis, Heliastrea solenastroides, Heliastrea taurinensis, Heliastrea virga
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Arapovici village (Eocene of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
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