Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Placocoeniidae

PaleoDB taxon number: 68376

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

Belongs to Placocoenia according to M. Eguchi 1951

Sister taxa: Placocoenia heimi, Placocoenia hideshimaensis, Placocoenia macrophthalma, Placocoenia major, Placocoenia robusta, Placocoenia tanohataensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Furuya, Kanto Mountains, which is in a Barremian shallow subtidal limestone in the Ishido Formation of Japan

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder