Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Oculinidae
Full reference: S. Niko, S. Suzuki, and E. Taguchi. 2016. Madrepora mitsukurii, a new Miocene species of scleractinia coral from the Katsuta Group in the Tsuyama area, Okayama Prefecture, Southwest Japan. Bulletin of the Akioshi-dai Museum of Natural History (51)5-8
Belongs to Madrepora according to S. Niko et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Madrepora (Amphihelia), Madrepora bureaui, Madrepora costata, Madrepora granulata, Madrepora kauaiensis, Madrepora mississippiensis, Madrepora natchitochensis, Madrepora oculata, Madrepora poculata, Madrepora porcellana, Madrepora profunda, Madrepora punctulata, Madrepora solida, Madrepora vasseuri, Madrepora vicksburgensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Tsuyama, KA-T2 locality, which is in a Langhian shallow subtidal mudstone in the Yoshino Formation of Japan
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Tsuyama, KA-T2 locality
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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