Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae
Alternative combinations: Madrepora areolata, Maeandra areolata, Maeandrina areolata
Synonyms: Colpophyllia gyrosa Ellis and Solander 1786, Madrepora gyrosa Ellis and Solander 1786, Manicina gyrosa Ellis and Solander 1786, Manicina mayori Wells 1936, Meandrina gyrosa Ellis and Solander 1786, Mussa gyrosa Ellis and Solander 1786
Belongs to Manicina according to Duerden 1902
See also Budd and Johnson 1999, Kiessling 2008 and Kiessling et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Manicina geisteri, Manicina grandis, Manicina hydnophoroidea, Manicina jungi, Manicina pliocenica, Manicina puntagordensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal microcarnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Bahamas (3 collections), Belize (3), Cayman Islands (32), Costa Rica (22), Dominica (1), the Dominican Republic (8), Haiti (2), Jamaica (3), the Netherlands Antilles (2), Panama (4), Saint Kitts and Nevis (1), United States (4: Florida)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Costa Rica (6), Jamaica (1), United States (1: Florida)
• Pliocene of the Bahamas (1), Costa Rica (7), Jamaica (2), United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (2)
Total: 106 collections including 112 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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