Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylinidae

Full reference: J. Alloiteau. 1958. Monographie des madreporaires fossiles de Madagascar [Monograph of fossil corals from Madagascar]. Annales Geologiques de Madagascar 25:1-218

Belongs to Plesiostylina according to J. Alloiteau 1958

Sister taxa: Stylina algarvensis, Stylina amdoensis, Stylina anthemoides, Stylina arborea, Stylina arkansasensis, Stylina babeana, Stylina bangoinensis, Stylina bucheti, Stylina carthagiensis, Stylina ceriomorpha, Stylina constricta, Stylina cotteaui, Stylina decemradiata, Stylina decipiens, Stylina delabechei, Stylina deluci, Stylina dendroidea, Stylina dongqoensis, Stylina dubia, Stylina echinulata, Stylina elegans, Stylina elegans, Stylina esmuni, Stylina favrei, Stylina fenestralis, Stylina foliosa, Stylina granulosa, Stylina higoensis, Stylina hirta, Stylina hourcqi, Stylina japonica, Stylina kachensis, Stylina kantoensis, Stylina laevicostata, Stylina lobata, Stylina lortphillipsi, Stylina mabutii, Stylina macfadyeni, Stylina madagascariensis, Stylina meriani, Stylina microcoenia, Stylina micrommata, Stylina micropora, Stylina milleporacea, Stylina nakasai, Stylina ndalakashensis, Stylina niongalensis, Stylina norica, Stylina oolitica, Stylina pachystylina, Stylina parcicosta, Stylina parvipora, Stylina parviramosa, Stylina parvistella, Stylina perroni, Stylina ploti, Stylina qiebulaensis, Stylina regularis, Stylina reussi, Stylina reussii, Stylina sablensis, Stylina shamoloensis, Stylina sinemuriensis, Stylina spissa, Stylina stellata, Stylina subornata, Stylina subramosa, Stylina sucrensis, Stylina sugiyamai, Stylina tenax, Stylina thiessingi, Stylina tubulifera, Stylina tubulosa, Stylina valfinensis, Stylina waldeckensis, Plesiostylina bulbosa, Plesiostylina etalloni

Type specimen: Its type locality is Ampandrabé, which is in a Bathonian shallow subtidal limestone in Madagascar

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder