Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Alternative combinations: Antillia sawkinsi, Antillophyllia sawkinsi
Synonym: Antillia bullbrooki Hoffmeister 1926
Belongs to Trachyphyllia according to R. Baron-Szabo 2006
See also Frost and Langenheim 1974, Kiessling 2008 and López-Pérez 2005
Sister taxa: Trachyphyllia bilobata, Trachyphyllia crassa, Trachyphyllia geoffroyi, Trachyphyllia granti, Antillia dentata, Antillia heueri, Antillia poculiformis, Antillia dominicensis, Antillia batequensis, Antillia persica, Antillia cristata, Antillia hadleyi, Antillia turbinata, Antillia clarki
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Costa Rica (2 collections), Panama (1)
• Miocene of Anguilla (2), Mexico (2), Panama (2), Trinidad and Tobago (3)
Total: 12 collections including 13 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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