ammonites
Amphiastrea yabei Eguchi 1951 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Amphiastraeidae

Full reference: M. Eguchi. 1951. Mesozoic hexacorals from Japan. The Science Reports of the Tohoku University, Geology 24:1-96

Belongs to Amphiastrea according to M. Eguchi 1951

Sister taxa: Amphiastrea aethiopica, Amphiastrea basaltiformis, Amphiastrea cylindrica, Amphiastrea fallax, Amphiastrea gibberosa, Amphiastrea gracilis, Amphiastrea kamoensis, Amphiastrea monosepta, Amphiastrea paronai, Amphiastrea piriformis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Haipe, Tanohata-mura, Moshi Sandstone, which is in an Aptian perireef or subreef sandstone in the Moshi Sandstone Formation of Japan

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic