Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Faviidae
Belongs to Solenastrea according to Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
Sister taxa: Solenastraea turonensis, Solenastrea anomala, Solenastrea densa, Solenastrea desmoulinsi, Solenastrea fairbanksi, Solenastrea hyades, Solenastrea pleiades, Solenastrea romettensis, Solenastrea schafferi, Solenastrea semarangensis, Solenastrea tizeroutinensis, Solenastrea uananensis
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-microcarnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Costa Rica (3 collections), the Dominican Republic (1), Haiti (2), the Netherlands Antilles (1), Panama (5), United States (1: Florida), Venezuela (2)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Costa Rica (1), United States (1: Florida)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (5), Cuba (1), the Dominican Republic (10), Jamaica (1), the Netherlands Antilles (12), United States (2: Florida)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (3)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (21), Haiti (1), Jamaica (1), Panama (1), Trinidad and Tobago (2)
• Oligocene of Jamaica (2)
Total: 79 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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