Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae

Full reference: L. Beauvais. 1966. Revision de madreporaires du Dogger de la collection Koby (Revision of Dogger corals from the Koby collection]. Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 59(2):989-1024

Belongs to Isastrea according to Beauvais 1966

Sister taxa: Isastraea arachnoidea, Isastrea alimena, Isastrea angulosa, Isastrea bernardi, Isastrea bernardiana, Isastrea bernensis, Isastrea browni, Isastrea cesarensis, Isastrea collignoni, Isastrea crassa, Isastrea crassisepta, Isastrea deligata, Isastrea elegans, Isastrea elegans, Isastrea excentrica, Isastrea explanata, Isastrea explanulata, Isastrea fallax, Isastrea favosiformis, Isastrea fromenteli, Isastrea goldfussi, Isastrea greppini, Isastrea gresslyi, Isastrea helianthoides, Isastrea hemisphaerica, Isastrea hourcqi, Isastrea incerta, Isastrea kosodeensis, Isastrea limitata, Isastrea marcoui, Isastrea matumotoi, Isastrea neocomiensis, Isastrea parvistella, Isastrea propinqua, Isastrea qingyanensis, Isastrea rariseptata, Isastrea richardsoni, Isastrea robusta, Isastrea salinaria, Isastrea salinensis, Isastrea sinemuriensis, Isastrea sugiyamai, Isastrea superficialis, Isastrea taruensis, Isastrea tenuisepta, Isastrea tenuistriata, Isastrea whitneyi, Isastrea yuraensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Nantua, which is in a Bajocian perireef or subreef limestone in France

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder