Dactylaraea D'Orbigny 1849 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Comoseridae

Alternative spelling: Dactylaroea

Full reference: A. D'Orbigny. 1849. Note sur les polypiers fossiles. 3-12

Parent taxon: Comoseridae according to S.D. Cairns et al. 2010

See also Lathuilière 2024, Sepkoski 2002 and Wells 1956

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

Subtaxa: Dactylaraea truncata

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Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Stranska skala, Brno, Bohemian Massif, Moravia (Jurassic of Czech Republic)

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