Margarastreopsis confluens Goldfuss 1826 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae

Alternative combinations: Astrea confluens, Oulophyllia confluens

Full reference: G. A. Goldfuss. 1826. Petrefacta Germaniæ tam ea : quae in Museo Universitatis Regiae Borussicae Fridericiae Wilhelmiae Rhenanae servantur quam alia quaecunque in Museis Hoeninghusiano Muensteriano aliisque extant, iconibus et descriptionibus illustrata = Abbildungen und Beschreibungen der petrefacten Deutschlands und der angränzenden Länder /. 1-76

Belongs to Margarastreopsis according to L. Beauvais 1964

See also d'Orbigny 1850 and Goldfuss 1826

Sister taxa: none

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Heidenheim (Jurassic of Germany)

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