Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Heterocoeniidae
Synonym: Columnogyra Beauvais 1976
Parent taxon: Heterocoeniidae according to R.C. Baron-Szabo 2021
See also Pandey and Fürsich 2003, Sepkoski 2002, Turnsek 1997 and Wells 1956
Sister taxa: Canleria, Castiglionastrea, Confusaforma, Elasmocoenia, Heterocoenia, Heterosmilia, Hexasmiliopsis, Latusastrea, Pachythecophyllia, Styloheterocoenia
Subtaxa: Acanthogyra aptiana Acanthogyra columnaris Acanthogyra micra Acanthogyra multiformis Acanthogyra paracolumnaris Acanthogyra tosaensis Columnogyra multiformis
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Georgia (1 collection), Germany (1), Serbia and Montenegro (1)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Japan (2)
• Jurassic of the Czech Republic (2), Georgia (1), Iran (2), Japan (1), Poland (1), Portugal (3), Slovenia (2), Spain (1)
Total: 18 collections including 20 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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