Stylocoenia epithecata Oppenheim 1908 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae

Full reference: P. Oppenheim. 1908. Über eine Eocänfaunula von Ostbosnien und einige Eocänfossilien der Herzegowina. Jahrbuch der kaiserlich - königlichen geologischen Reichsanstalt 58(2)

Belongs to Stylocoenia according to P. Oppenheim 1908

Sister taxa: Stylocoenia aurelii, Stylocoenia carryensis, Stylocoenia duerdeni, Stylocoenia maxima, Stylocoenia microphthalma, Stylocoenia montium, Stylocoenia neutra, Stylocoenia polytropostyla, Stylocoenia pumpellyi, Stylocoenia ranikoti, Stylocoenia reussi, Stylocoenia sanctaorosiae, Stylocoenia saxulensis, Stylocoenia taurinensis, Stylocoenia vicaryi

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Arapovici village (Eocene of Bosnia and Herzegovina)

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