Hispaniastraea Turnsek et al. 1975 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae

Alternative spelling: Hispanastrea

Full reference: D. Turnsek, H. Seyfried, and O.F. Geyer. 1975. Geologische und paläontologische Untersuchungen an einem Korallenvorkommen im subbetischen Unterjura von Murcia (Süd-Spanien). Razprave, Acad. Scient. et Artium Slovenica, Cl. IV 18(5):1-35

Parent taxon: Amphiastraeidae according to P. Prinz 1991

See also Kiessling 2008 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Amphiastrea, Amphiaulastrea, Aulastraea, Bathmosmilia, Budaia, Bussonastrea, Ceratocoenia, Cheilosmilia, Donacosmilia, Hexamphiastrea, Hexapetalum, Hykeliphyllum, Keriophyllia, Lochmaeosmilia, Mitrodendron, Opisthophyllum, Oyonnaxastraea, Pleuroaulastrea, Pleurophyllia, Pleurostylina, Polymorphastraea, Pseudodiplocoenia, Quenstedtiphylliinae, Selenegyra, Thamnosmilia

Subtaxa: Hispaniastraea ramosa

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Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Chile (1 collection), Morocco (1), Peru (1), Slovenia (1), Spain (1)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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