Cuifastraea Melnikova 1983 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Cuifastraeidae

Parent taxon: Cuifastraeidae according to D. Turnsek 1997

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Gillastraea, Silesiastraea, Tropiphyllum

Subtaxa: Cuifastraea arthaberi Cuifastraea granulata Cuifastraea lopatensis

View classification

Type: Cuifastraea granulata

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Slovenia (1 collection)

• Triassic of Austria (3), Mexico (1), Slovenia (1), Tajikistan (6), United States (3: Nevada, Oregon)

Total: 15 collections including 19 occurrences

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.