Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Faviidae

Alternative combination: Explanaria tenera

Synonym: Tarbellastraea siciliae Chevalier 1961

Belongs to Tarbellastraea according to A. F. Budd et al. 1996

Sister taxa: Tarbellastraea abditaxis, Tarbellastraea anomala, Tarbellastraea aquitaniensis, Tarbellastraea bragai, Tarbellastraea carryensis, Tarbellastraea chevalieri, Tarbellastraea conoidea, Tarbellastraea distans, Tarbellastraea edwardsi, Tarbellastraea eggenburgensis, Tarbellastraea ellisiana, Tarbellastraea hamedanii, Tarbellastraea hommorensis, Tarbellastraea mimbastensis, Tarbellastraea ovalis, Tarbellastraea profundata, Tarbellastraea raulini, Tarbellastraea reussiana, Tarbellastraea russoi, Tarbellastraea salentinensis, Tarbellastraea ukrainica

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-microcarnivore