Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Diploastraeidae
Alternative combination: Astrea crassolamellata
Belongs to Diploastrea according to Vaughan 1919
See also López-Pérez 2005
Sister taxa: Diploastraea crassicostata, Diploastrea aequalicostata, Diploastrea aequalis, Diploastrea alternicosta, Diploastrea applanata, Diploastrea bacata, Diploastrea burdigalensis, Diploastrea coronata, Diploastrea costata, Diploastrea crassicostata, Diploastrea diversiformis, Diploastrea heliopora, Diploastrea hilli, Diploastrea incerta, Diploastrea italica, Diploastrea magnifica, Diploastrea miocenica, Diploastrea multisepta, Diploastrea reussii, Diploastrea roasendai, Diploastrea rosacea, Diploastrea speciosa, Diploastrea superficialis, Diploastrea taurinensis, Diploastrea variabilis, Diploastrea vaughani
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Miocene of Colombia (3 collections)
• Oligocene of Antigua and Barbuda (11), Cuba (2), Jamaica (2), Mexico (3), Panama (1), Somalia (1), United States (1: Georgia), Venezuela (2)
• Eocene of Panama (1)
Total: 27 collections including 28 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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