Coenotheca Quenstedt 1881 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae

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

See also Pandey and Fürsich 2006 and Wells 1956

Sister taxa: Anisastraea, Brevimaeandra, Ceratothecia, Clausastrea, Complexastraeopsis, Confusastrea, Cyathophyllia, Cyathophylliopsis, Dimorphocoenia, Elasmophyllia, Goldfussastraea, Goldfussastrea, Isastrea, Kobyphyllia, Mapucheastrea, Margarastreopsis, Montlivaltia, Nerthastraea, Neuquinosmilia, Paraclausastraea, Paraphyllogyra, Peplosmilia, Placosmilia, Placosmiliinae, Plesiophyllia, Puschastraea, Rhabdophyllia, Trochophyllia, Trochosmilia

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Coenotheca in the database

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