Yokoyamaella (Yokoyamaella) kurohime Minato and Kato 1965 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Waagenophyllidae

Full reference: M. Minato and M. Kato. 1965. Waagenophyllidae. Journal of the Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University. Series 4, Geology and Mineralogy 12:1-242

Belongs to Yokoyamaella (Yokoyamaella) according to M. Minato and M. Kato 1965

Sister taxa: Yokoyamaella (Yokoyamaella) carinthiaca, Yokoyamaella (Yokoyamaella) kaludjeracensis, Yokoyamaella (Yokoyamaella) stillei, Yokoyamaella (Yokoyamaella) tertioseptata, Yokoyamaella (Yokoyamaella) yokoyamai

Type specimen: UHR 18151. Its type locality is Summit of Mt. Kurohime, Omi-cho, which is in an Artinskian/Kungurian carbonate limestone in the Omi Limestone Formation of Japan.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Summit of Mt. Kurohime, Omi-cho

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