Trocharea Etallon 1864 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Microsolenidae

Synonym: Trochophlegma Gregory 1900

Parent taxon: Microsolenidae according to J. W. Wells 1956

See also Fischer 1969

Sister taxa: Araiophyllum, Chomatoseris, Comoseris, Dactylaraea, Dendraraea, Dermoseris, Dimorpharaea, Disaraea, Eocomoseris, Genabacia, Hydnophoromeandraraea, Kobya, Litharaeopsis, Microsolena, Microsolenastraea, Mycetaraea, Semeloseris, Tricycloseris, Trochoplegma

Subtaxa: Trocharea actiniformis Trocharea cupuloides

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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

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