Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinastreidae

Full reference: L. Beauvais. 1977. Une espece nouvelle de Madreporaire dans le Jurassique superieur du Groenland et de l'Ecosse. Implications paleobiogeographiques. Geobios 10(1):135-141

Belongs to Enallocoenia according to L. Beauvais 1977

Sister taxa: Actinastrea actinastrae, Actinastrea aequibernensis, Actinastrea asteriscus, Actinastrea bastidensis, Actinastrea benaixensis, Actinastrea besairiei, Actinastrea cavernata, Actinastrea crassoramosa, Actinastrea cribellum, Actinastrea elongata, Actinastrea engolismensis, Actinastrea exigua, Actinastrea fromenteli, Actinastrea furcata, Actinastrea geminata, Actinastrea gibbosa, Actinastrea goldfussi, Actinastrea guadalupae, Actinastrea hexacnema, Actinastrea hexamera, Actinastrea hexaphylla, Actinastrea hourcqi, Actinastrea inrasa, Actinastrea lacvivieri, Actinastrea matheyi, Actinastrea minima, Actinastrea minima, Actinastrea minutissima, Actinastrea nathani, Actinastrea octolamellosa, Actinastrea parasitica, Actinastrea pedunculata, Actinastrea pentagonalis, Actinastrea piveteaui, Actinastrea plana, Actinastrea ramosa, Actinastrea sakalavensis, Actinastrea subdecaphylla, Actinastrea trochiformis, Actinastrea urgonensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Milne Land 252/2, Charkot Bugt Sandstone, which is in an Oxfordian shoreface conglomerate in the Charkot Bugt Formation of Greenland

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder