Syringopora perelegans Billings 1859 (tabulate coral)

Anthozoa - Auloporida - Syringoporidae

Belongs to Syringopora according to C. D. Walcott 1884

See also Stauffer 1930

Sister taxa: Syringopora aculeata, Syringopora bifurcata, Syringopora catenoides, Syringopora compacta, Syringopora hisingeri, Syringopora hladili, Syringopora indecora, Syringopora insueta, Syringopora lambei, Syringopora maclurii, Syringopora parva, Syringopora patula, Syringopora pila, Syringopora praehanshanensis, Syringopora reteformis, Syringopora ripsdorfense, Syringopora surcularia, Syringopora thecostegita, Syringopora tubifera

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Devonian of United States (6: Indiana, Kentucky collections)

• Silurian of United States (1: California)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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