Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Full reference: J. W. Wells. 1941. Cretaceous and Eocene corals from northwestern Peru. Bulletins of American Paleontology 98(26):1-26
Belongs to Stephanocoenia according to R. A. López-Pérez 2005
See also Wells 1941
Sister taxa: Stephanocoenia antiquus, Stephanocoenia dendroidea, Stephanocoenia duncani, Stephanocoenia intersepta, Stephanocoenia peruviana, Stephanocoenia spongiformis, Stephanocoenia tenuis, Stephanocoenia tricoronata
Type specimen: Its type locality is Negritos, Basal Restin, which is in an Eocene marine horizon in the Restin Formation of Peru
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Negritos, Basal Restin
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