Cycloseris discoidea Kossmat 1893 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Fungiidae

Full reference: F. Kossmat. 1893. Über einige Kreideversteinerungen vom Gabun. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe 102:575-590

Belongs to Cycloseris according to F. Kossmat 1893

Sister taxa: Cycloseris brazzanensis, Cycloseris costulata, Cycloseris cyclolites, Cycloseris distorta, Cycloseris erosa, Cycloseris escosurae, Cycloseris fragilis, Cycloseris hungaricus, Cycloseris lamellata, Cycloseris marginata, Cycloseris minuta, Cycloseris patelliformis, Cycloseris perezi, Cycloseris sinensis, Cycloseris somervillei, Cycloseris striata, Cycloseris vaughani, Cyclastraea meltensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Gabun, which is in a Turonian carbonate limestone in Gabon

Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal microcarnivore

Distribution: found only at Gabun

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