Stylocoenia duerdeni Vaughan 1899 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae

Full reference: T. W. Vaughan. 1899. Some Cretaceous and Eocene corals from Jamaica. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 34:227-250

Belongs to Stylocoenia according to T. W. Vaughan 1899

Sister taxa: Stylocoenia aurelii, Stylocoenia carryensis, Stylocoenia epithecata, Stylocoenia maxima, Stylocoenia microphthalma, Stylocoenia montium, Stylocoenia neutra, Stylocoenia polytropostyla, Stylocoenia pumpellyi, Stylocoenia ranikoti, Stylocoenia reussi, Stylocoenia sanctaorosiae, Stylocoenia saxulensis, Stylocoenia taurinensis, Stylocoenia vicaryi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Port Maria [Richmond Fm], which is in an Eocene marine conglomerate/shale in the Richmond Formation of Jamaica

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Port Maria [Richmond Fm]

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