Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
The authorship is in fact d'Orbigny in Milne Edwards et Haime 1849
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Alternative spellings: Latimaeandra, Latomaeandra
Synonym: Chorisastrea Fromentel 1861
Parent taxon: Latomeandridae according to E. Roniewicz 1976
See also Baron-Szabo 2021, Laube 1865, Milne-Edwards and Haime 1857, Sepkoski 2002 and Wells 1956
Sister taxa: Aggomorphastraea, Balkhanomeandra, Brachyseris, Collignonastraea, Comophyllia, Digitosmilia, Dimorphastrea, Ellipsocoenia, Fungiaphyllia, Fungiastraea, Latiastrea, Loboseris, Microphyllia, Microphylliopsis, Mixastraea, Ovalastrea, Periseris, Polyastropsis, Thalamocaeniopsis, Thamnoseris, Trigerastraea, Trochoplegmopsis, Valliculastraea, Vallimeandra
Subtaxa: Latimaeandra alaskana Latomaeandra labyrinthica Latomeandra delemontana Latomeandra dubia Latomeandra ducreti Latomeandra extensa Latomeandra fromenteli Latomeandra germaini Latomeandra gresslyi Latomeandra heimi Latomeandra irregularis Latomeandra isseli Latomeandra juettneri Latomeandra mayeri Latomeandra minor Latomeandra mitodaensis Latomeandra obliqua Latomeandra orthogrammica Latomeandra plicata Latomeandra ramosa Latomeandra ramosa Latomeandra renevieri Latomeandra richei Latomeandra sinuosa Latomeandra steini
Type: Lithodendron plicatum
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Indonesia (1 collection)
• Oligocene of Italy (1)
• Eocene of Pakistan (1)
• Cretaceous of Austria (1), Bulgaria (9), France (1), Germany (1), Greece (3), Romania (1), Spain (2), Switzerland (3)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Japan (2)
• Jurassic of Azerbaijan (1), Bulgaria (1), Chile (1), Czechia (3), Ethiopia (2), France (6), Germany (11), Indonesia (1), Iran (1), Italy (2), Japan (3), Lebanon (1), Myanmar (1), Poland (1), Portugal (11), Romania (4), Slovenia (3), Spain (2), Switzerland (2), Thailand (2), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (1)
• Triassic of China (1), United States (4: Alaska, California)
Total: 92 collections including 105 occurrences
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