Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Alternative combination: Madrepora radians
Belongs to Siderastrea according to C. Chaix and J.-P. Saint Martin 2008
Sister taxa: Siderastrea (Siderastrea), Siderastrea adkinsi, Siderastrea agariciaformis, Siderastrea banksi, Siderastrea bertrandiana, Siderastrea clarki, Siderastrea columnaris, Siderastrea conferta, Siderastrea crenulata, 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 savignyana, Siderastrea scotia, Siderastrea senecta, Siderastrea siderea, Siderastrea silecensis, Siderastrea splendida, Siderastrea stellata, Siderastrea tuckerae, Siderastrea vancouverensis, Siderastrea washingtonensis
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Angola (2 collections), the Bahamas (1), Barbados (3), Cape Verde (6), Cayman Islands (12), Colombia (3), Costa Rica (1), Curaçao (5), the Dominican Republic (3), Haiti (2), Jamaica (2), Panama (1), Spain (2), United States (3: Florida), Virgin Islands (1)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1)
• Miocene of France (2), Hungary (1), Malta (1)
• Oligocene of France (1)
Total: 53 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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