Polythecalis frechi Volz 1904 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Waagenophyllidae

Alternative combination: Lonsdaleia frechi

Full reference: W. Volz. 1904. Zur Geologie von Sumatra. Geologische and Palaeontologische Abhandlungen, Neue Folge 6:87-196

Belongs to Polythecalis according to M. Minato and M. Kato 1965

See also Volz 1904

Sister taxa: Polythecalis (Polythecalis), Polythecalis abnormis, Polythecalis asthenotheca, Polythecalis bauryi, Polythecalis breviseptata, Polythecalis chandalasensis, Polythecalis chaoxianensis, Polythecalis chinensis, Polythecalis chinmenensis, Polythecalis compacta, Polythecalis confluens, Polythecalis crassa, Polythecalis dupliformis, Polythecalis flatus, Polythecalis grayi, Polythecalis guankouensis, Polythecalis hexagonalis, Polythecalis hochowensis, Polythecalis houchangensis, Polythecalis huangi, Polythecalis huayunshanensis, Polythecalis irregularis, Polythecalis irregularis, Polythecalis khmerianus, Polythecalis langpoensis, Polythecalis leptoseptata, Polythecalis longiseptata, Polythecalis longliensis, Polythecalis minor, Polythecalis multicystosis, Polythecalis nankingensis, Polythecalis niuxingshanensis, Polythecalis polygonalis, Polythecalis raritabellata, Polythecalis regularis, Polythecalis regularis, Polythecalis rosiformis, Polythecalis shiqianensis, Polythecalis simplex, Polythecalis sinense, Polythecalis suzhouensis, Polythecalis tela, Polythecalis tonglingensis, Polythecalis variabilis, Polythecalis verbeekiellaina, Polythecalis verbeekielloides, Polythecalis wangi, Polythecalis wenganensis, Polythecalis wuweiensis, Polythecalis xuanenensis, Polythecalis yangtzeensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Bukit Bessi, south end of Bukit Pandjang, Padang, which is in a Wordian carbonate limestone in the Silungkang Formation of Indonesia

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Bukit Bessi, south end of Bukit Pandjang, Padang

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