Astraeomorpha Reuss 1854 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Astraeomorphidae

Parent taxon: Astraeomorphidae according to E. Roniewicz and G. D. Stanley 2013

See also Roniewicz and MichalĂ­k 1998, Sepkoski 2002, Stanley 1986 and Turnsek 1997

Sister taxon: Seriastraea

Subtaxa: Astraeomorpha confusa Astraeomorpha crassisepta Astraeomorpha minima Astraeomorpha minor Astraeomorpha multisepta Astraeomorpha pratzi Astraeomorpha reimani Astraeomorpha sonorensis

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Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Triassic of Australia (3 collections), Austria (14), Canada (4: British Columbia, Yukon), Chile (1), China (2), Germany (1), Indonesia (2), Iran (4), Italy (17), Mexico (2), Nepal (1), Oman (1), Peru (1), Poland (4), the Russian Federation (8), Slovakia (3), Slovenia (6), Tajikistan (7), United States (20: Alaska, California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon)

Total: 101 collections including 139 occurrences

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