Actinaraea d'Orbigny 1849 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae

Alternative spelling: Actinarea

Parent taxon: Haplaraeidae according to R.C. Baron-Szabo 2021

See also Roniewicz 1976, Sepkoski 2002, Turnsek 1997 and Wells 1956

Sister taxa: Camptodocis, Confusastraraea, Diplaraea, Haplaraeinae, Leptophyllaraea, Meandraraea, Meandrophylliinae, Physoseris, Pleurocora, Pseudofavia, Summigaraea

Subtaxa: Actinaraea granulata Actinaraea michoacanensis Actinaraea minuta Actinaraea robusta Actinaraea tenuis

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Type: Agaricia granulata

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of France (1 collection)

• Oligocene of France (1)

• Cretaceous of Austria (3), Bulgaria (2), Georgia (2), Germany (4), Greece (2), Hungary (1), Mexico (1), Romania (1), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Slovenia (1), Spain (4), Switzerland (1), Tanzania (2), United States (1: New Mexico), Venezuela (1)

• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Bulgaria (1)

• Jurassic of Bulgaria (1), China (1), the Czech Republic (1), France (42), Germany (19), Lebanon (1), Morocco (3), Poland (7), Portugal (2), Romania (4), the Russian Federation (2), Serbia and Montenegro (4), Slovenia (1), Spain (3), Switzerland (1), Thailand (1), Uzbekistan (1)

Total: 124 collections including 135 occurrences

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