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Placocyathus barretti Duncan 1863 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Meandrinidae

PaleoDB taxon number: 151379

Alternative combination: Meandrina (Placocyathus) barretti

Full reference: P. M. Duncan. 1863. On the fossil corals of the West Indian Islands. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 19:406-458

Belongs to Placocyathus according to W. Kiessling 2014

Sister taxa: Placocyathus alveolus, Placocyathus costatus, Placocyathus variabilis

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder