Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Comoseridae
Alternative combinations: Fungiastraea major, Thamnasteria major, Thamnastraea major
Synonyms: Microsaraea distefanoi Prever 1909, Microsolena distefanoi Prever 1909, Polyphylloseris distefanoi Prever 1909, Polyphylloseris japonica Eguchi 1951
Belongs to Microsolena according to R. C. Baron-Szabo 2018
See also Eguchi 1951, Ferry 1861, Morycowa and Decrouez 2006, Prinz 1991 and Tomás et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Microsolena agariciformis, Microsolena amorpha, Microsolena arishensis, Microsolena besairiei, Microsolena bruntrutana, Microsolena caesaris, Microsolena catenata, Microsolena cavernosa, Microsolena conica, Microsolena corallina, Microsolena corticata, Microsolena delicatula, Microsolena edwardsi, Microsolena excavata, Microsolena exigua, Microsolena expansa, Microsolena fascicularis, Microsolena foliosa, Microsolena formosa, Microsolena fromenteli, Microsolena gibbosa, Microsolena grandiflora, Microsolena gresslyi, Microsolena guttata, Microsolena haimei, Microsolena hassimguitaensis, Microsolena hemispherica, Microsolena incrustata, Microsolena interjecta, Microsolena japonica, Microsolena julii, Microsolena kobyi, Microsolena kugleri, Microsolena loginovae, Microsolena mosensis, Microsolena multisepta, Microsolena parva, Microsolena pavonia, Microsolena piriformis, Microsolena plana, Microsolena porosa, Microsolena portlandica, Microsolena pulvinata, Microsolena ramosa, Microsolena regularis, Microsolena rotata, Microsolena sadeki, Microsolena sinuata, Microsolena stellata, Microsolena studeri, Microsolena subexcavata, Microsolena subramosa, Microsolena subturbinata, Microsolena tenuiradiata, Microsolena tenuistriata, Microsolena texana, Microsolena thurmanni, Microsolena tuberosa, Microsolena verdati, Microsolena yabei, Microsolena zangbeiensis
Type specimens:
- Microsolena major: lectotype MNHN3239, a skeleton
- Microsolena distefanoi:
- Polyphylloseris japonica:
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Austria (2 collections), France (4), Georgia (6), Germany (1), Greece (3), Hungary (1), Japan (1), Mexico (2), Poland (3), Serbia (1), Slovenia (2), Spain (4), Switzerland (2), Turkmenistan (5), United States (1: New Mexico)
• Jurassic of Chile (1), France (6), Germany (2), Portugal (1), Slovakia (2), Spain (1)
Total: 51 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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