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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