Stephanocoenia intersepta Esper 1795 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae

Alternative combinations: Astrea intersepta, Madrepora intersepta

Synonym: Stephanocoenia michelinii Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848

Belongs to Stephanocoenia according to Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848

See also Kiessling 2008 and Veron 2000

Sister taxa: Stephanocoenia antiquus, Stephanocoenia bernardiana, Stephanocoenia dendroidea, Stephanocoenia duncani, Stephanocoenia greppini, Stephanocoenia peruviana, Stephanocoenia rollieri, Stephanocoenia sinemuriensis, Stephanocoenia spongiformis, Stephanocoenia storrsi, Stephanocoenia tenuis, Stephanocoenia tricoronata, Stephanocoenia tuberosa

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of the Bahamas (1 collection), Barbados (5), Cayman Islands (5), Colombia (2), Costa Rica (34), the Dominican Republic (9), Haiti (1), Jamaica (1), Montserrat (1), the Netherlands Antilles (1), Panama (3), Saint Kitts and Nevis (1), United States (3: Florida), Virgin Islands (2)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Costa Rica (1), Jamaica (1)

• Pliocene of the Bahamas (1), Costa Rica (1), the Dominican Republic (1), Haiti (2), Indonesia (2), Jamaica (1)

• Miocene of Cuba (2), the Dominican Republic (2), Panama (1), Trinidad and Tobago (2)

• Oligocene of France (1)

Total: 87 collections each including a single occurrence

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