Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Comoseridae
Synonym: Trochophlegma Gregory 1900
Full reference: A. Etallon and J. Thurmann. 1864. Lethaea bruntrutana ou études paléontologiques et stratigraphiques sur les terrains jurassiques supérieurs du Jura bernois et en particulier des environs de Porrentruy (suite et fin). Denkschriften der Allgemeinen Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für die gesammten Naturwissenschaften 20:356-580
Parent taxon: Comoseridae according to S.D. Cairns et al. 2010
See also Fischer 1969 and Wells 1956
Sister taxa: Araiophyllum, Chomatoseris, Dactylaraea, Dendraraea, Dermoseris, Dimorpharaea, Disaraea, Eocomoseris, Genabacia, Kobya, Litharaeopsis, Microsolena, Microsolenastraea, Mycetaraea, Partimeandra, Semeloseris, Tricycloseris, Trochoplegma, Comoseris, Hydnophoromeandraraea
Subtaxa: Trocharea actiniformis Trocharea cupuloides
Type: Trocharea actiniformis
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Bulgaria (2 collections), India (1), Switzerland (1)
• Jurassic of Belgium (1), France (1), India (1), Japan (1), Morocco (2), Portugal (5), Saudi Arabia (1)
Total: 16 collections including 17 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.