Helioseris Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Agariciidae

Parent taxon: Agariciidae according to A. F. Budd and D. F. McNeill 1998

See also Sepkoski 2002 and Wells 1956

Sister taxa: Agaricia, Coeloseris, Cyathoseris, Heterogyra, Hydnophoroseris, Lamellofungia, Leptoseris, Maeandrella, Mioseris, Monticuliphyllia, Morphastrea, Ogilviastraea, Pachyseris, Pavona, Plocoastraea, Trochoseris, Trochoseropsis, Valloria, Vaughanoseris

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Helioseris in the database

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