Dendrogyra cylindrus Ehrenberg 1834 (stony coral)
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Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
Alternative combinations: Maeandra cylindrus, Meandrina cylindrus
Belongs to Dendrogyra according to Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
Sister taxa: Dendrogyra aequicostata, Dendrogyra arcensis, Dendrogyra elegans, Dendrogyra incerta, Dendrogyra subrastellina, Dendrogyra thurmanni
Ecology: stationary upper-level epifaunal microcarnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Barbados (1 collection), Cayman Islands (11), Colombia (2), Curaçao (5), the Dominican Republic (2), Jamaica (1), Mexico (1), Panama (2), United States (1: Florida), Virgin Islands (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of the Bahamas (1)
Total: 28 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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