Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Aplosmiliidae
Alternative combinations: Ironella arabica, Starostinia arabica
Full reference: G.M.A. El-Asa'ad. 1991. Oxfordian hermatypic corals from central Saudi Arabia. Géobios 24(3):267-287
Belongs to Bracthelia according to C. Ricci et al. 2018
See also Doweld 2014 and El-Asa'ad 1991
Sister taxa: Brachthelia collignoni, Bracthelia bangoinensis, Bracthelia collignoni, Bracthelia giseldonensis, Bracthelia rutimeyeri, Bracthelia tskhanariensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Safarrat and Huraymilah (Ulayyah), Saudi Arabia, which is in an Oxfordian reef, buildup or bioherm framestone in the Hanifa Formation of Saudi Arabia
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Ethiopia (2 collections), Saudi Arabia (2)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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