Ellipsasteria Roniewicz 1970 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Heliastraeidae

Full reference: E. Roniewicz. 1970. Scleractinia from the Upper Portlandian of Tisbury, Wiltshire, England. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 15(4):519-532

Parent taxon: Heliastraeidae according to E. Roniewicz 1970

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxon: Heliastrea

Subtaxa: Ellipsasteria gracilis

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Type: Ellipsasteria gracilis

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Tisbury, Wiltshire (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

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