Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Comoseridae
Full reference: E. Morycowa. 1971. Hexacorallia et Octocorallia du Cretace Inferieur de Rarau (Carpathes Orientales Roumaines) [Early Cretaceous hexacorals and octocorals from Rarau (Eastern Carpathians, Romania)]. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 16(1-2):3-149
Parent taxon: Microsolenidae according to R. C. Baron-Szabo 1997
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Araiophyllum, Chomatoseris, Dactylaraea, Dendraraea, Dermoseris, Dimorpharaea, Disaraea, Eocomoseris, Genabacia, Kobya, Litharaeopsis, Microsolena, Microsolenastraea, Mycetaraea, Partimeandra, Semeloseris, Tricycloseris, Trocharea, Trochoplegma, Comoseris
Subtaxa: Hydnophoromeandraraea magna Hydnophoromeandraraea provencensis Hydnophoromeandraraea volzi
Type: Hydnophoromeandraraea volzi
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (13 collections), Germany (2), Greece (2), Romania (1), Switzerland (1)
Total: 19 collections including 27 occurrences
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