Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae

Alternative combination: Rothastrea laurina

Full reference: H. Eliasova. 1989. Les Madreporaires du Cretace superieur de la Montagne de Beskydy (Tchecoslovaquie) [Upper Cretaceous Scleractinia of the Beskid Mountains (Czechoslovakia)]. Zapadne Karpaty, Seria Paleontologia 13:81-107

Belongs to Goniopora according to R. Baron-Szabo 2009

Sister taxa: Goniopora affinis, Goniopora aldrichi, Goniopora ameliana, Goniopora astraeoides, Goniopora aucillana, Goniopora ballistensis, Goniopora bieskidensis, Goniopora calhounensis, Goniopora cascadensis, Goniopora ciliatus, Goniopora columna, Goniopora daxitertia, Goniopora decaturensis, Goniopora djiboutiensis, Goniopora elegans, Goniopora globulosa, Goniopora granosa, Goniopora hilli, Goniopora imperatoris, Goniopora jacobiana, Goniopora katzeri, Goniopora lobata, Goniopora lubinensis, Goniopora matsoni, Goniopora micrantha, Goniopora microscopica, Goniopora microsiderea, Goniopora minor, Goniopora nodulosa, Goniopora norfolkensis, Goniopora octopartita, Goniopora palmensis, Goniopora panamensis, Goniopora planulata, Goniopora polyformis, Goniopora retifera, Goniopora reussiana, Goniopora rudis, Goniopora savignyi, Goniopora somaliensis, Goniopora stokesi, Goniopora stutchburyi, Goniopora tampaensis, Goniopora tenella, Goniopora tenuidens, Goniopora turonensis, Goniopora vaughani, Goniopora websteri

Type specimen: Its type locality is Klokocov, Pribor area, patch reefs, Zdanice-Subsilesian Unit, which is in a Cenomanian/Santonian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone/conglomerate in the Czech Republic

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder