Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Alternative combination: Astrea crenulata
Belongs to Siderastrea according to Blainville 1830
See also Duncan 1863
Sister taxa: Siderastrea (Siderastrea), Siderastrea adkinsi, Siderastrea banksi, Siderastrea bertrandiana, Siderastrea clarki, Siderastrea columnaris, Siderastrea conferta, Siderastrea dalli, Siderastrea dubiosa, Siderastrea froehlichiana, Siderastrea grandis, Siderastrea hillsboroensis, Siderastrea italica, Siderastrea mendenhalli, Siderastrea micrommata, Siderastrea miocenica, Siderastrea pliocenica, Siderastrea propitia, Siderastrea radcliffi, Siderastrea radians, Siderastrea savignyana, Siderastrea scotia, Siderastrea senecta, Siderastrea siderea, Siderastrea silecensis, Siderastrea splendida, Siderastrea stellata, Siderastrea tuckerae, Siderastrea vancouverensis, Siderastrea washingtonensis
Subtaxa: Siderastrea crenulata antillarum
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Indonesia (2 collections)
• Miocene of Algeria (4), France (2), Hungary (1), Indonesia (2), Italy (6), Morocco (1), Spain (2), Turkey (2)
• Oligocene of France (1)
Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence
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