Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Alternative combination: Complexastraeopsis coronata
Full reference: G. Y. Sikharulidze. 1985. Geksakorally urgonskoy fatsii Dzirulskogo Massiva i ego cevernogo obramlyeniya [Hexacorals from the Urgonian facies of the Dzirul Massif and its northern frame]. Akademiya Nauk Gruzinskoy SSR, Geologicheskiy Institut imeni A I Dzhanelidze, Trudy 88:1-78
Belongs to Complexastrea according to R. Baron-Szabo 2016
See also Sikharulidze 1985
Sister taxa: Complexastraea sobkoviensis, Complexastrea burgundiae, Complexastrea carpathica, Complexastrea conybearei, Complexastrea cotteaui, Complexastrea dabroviensis, Complexastrea dobroljubovae, Complexastrea hemisphaerica, Complexastrea kachensis, Complexastrea kobyi, Complexastrea magna, Complexastrea major, Complexastrea multisepta, Complexastrea ngariensis, Complexastrea seriata, Complexastrea thevenini, Complexastrea zolleriana
Type specimen: Its type locality is Mokhorotubani, Dzirul Massif, which is in a Hauterivian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in Georgia
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Mokhorotubani, Dzirul Massif
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