Dichocoenia tuberosa Duncan 1863 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Meandrinidae

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 Dichocoenia according to P. M. Duncan 1863

Sister taxa: Dichocoenia aenigma, Dichocoenia alabamensis, Dichocoenia anomalos, Dichocoenia caloosahatcheensis, Dichocoenia eminens, Dichocoenia stokesi

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Costa Rica (1 collection), Panama (1)

• Pliocene of Costa Rica (2), Haiti (1), Jamaica (1), United States (1: Florida)

• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (1), Haiti (1), Panama (1)

Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence

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