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Rhipidogyra Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Rhipidogyridae

PaleoDB taxon number: 6833

Synonym: Fromentelligyra Alloiteau 1952 (taxon 6452)

Parent taxon: Rhipidogyrinae according to D. K. Pandey and F. T. Fürsich 2003

Sister taxa: Acanthogyra, Aplosmilia, Codonosmilia, Hexaflos

Subtaxa: Rhipidogyra alata, Rhipidogyra costata, Rhipidogyra deshayesi, Rhipidogyra elegans, Rhipidogyra flabellum, Rhipidogyra meandra, Rhipidogyra minima, Rhipidogyra percrassa, Rhipidogyra ruetimeyeri

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder