Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae

PaleoDB taxon number: 6690

Alternative spelling: Paraclausastrea

Parent taxon: Montlivaltiidae according to R. C. Baron-Szabo et al. 2003

Sister taxa: Brevimaeandra, Ceratothecia, Clausastrea, Coenotheca, Complexastraeopsis, Complexastrea, Confusastrea, Cyathophyllia, Cyathophylliopsis, Dimorphocoenia, Elasmophyllia, Goldfussastraea, Goldfussastrea, Isastrea, Mapucheastrea, Margarastreopsis, Montlivaltiinae, Nerthastraea, Neuquinosmilia, Paraphyllogyra, Peplosmilia, Placosmilia, Placosmiliinae, Puschastraea, Rhabdophyllia, Thecomeandra, Thecosmilia, Trochophyllia, Trochosmilia

Subtaxa: Paraclausastrea chevalieri, Paraclausastrea grandidentata, Paraclausastrea pulchra, Paraclausastrea valclusensis, Paraclausastrea vorarlbergensis

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Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder