Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
Synonym: Floria Turnsek 1981 [replaced name]
Full reference: H. Löser, T. A. Stemann, and S. Mitchell. 2009. Oldest scleractinian fauna from Jamaica (Hauterivian, Benbow Inlier). Journal of Paleontology 83(3):333-349
Parent taxon: Actinastreidae according to H. Löser et al. 2009
See also Baron-Szabo 2002 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Actinastrea, Agrostyliastraea, Allocoenia, Allocoeniopsis, Araucanastrea, Chondrocoenia, Coenastraea, Columactinastraea, Holocoenia, Protostephanastrea, Sedekastrea, Stelidioseris, Stephanastrea, Texastrea
Subtaxa: Floriastrea iberica Floriastrea planinensis Floriastrea sexradiata
Type: Floria planinensis
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Bulgaria (1 collection), China (1), Georgia (5), Jamaica (1), Serbia (1), Spain (1)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
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