Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae
Synonyms: Trechmannaria Wells 1935, Valliseris Alloiteau 1957
Parent taxon: Haplaraeidae according to J. W. Wells 1956
See also Baron-Szabo 2002, Baron-Szabo 2008, Morsch 1996 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Actinaraea, Camptodocis, Confusastraraea, Diplaraea, Haplaraeinae, Leptophyllaraea, Meandraraea, Meandrophylliinae, Physoseris, Pleurocora, Pseudofavia, Summigaraea
Subtaxa: Astraraea charcennensis Astraraea fungiformis Astraraea globosa Astraraea media Astraraea multiradiata Astraraea roberti Astraraea rotula
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Austria (1 collection), Croatia (1), Iran (1), Jamaica (2), Oman (1), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Slovakia (1), Spain (1)
• Jurassic of Argentina (1), France (5), Georgia (1), Indonesia (1), Saudi Arabia (3), Switzerland (1), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 22 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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