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]
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.