Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
Synonym: Dichocoenia stellaris Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
Belongs to Dichocoenia according to Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
See also Kiessling 2009 and Wells 1973
Sister taxa: Dichocoenia aenigma, Dichocoenia alabamensis, Dichocoenia anomalos, Dichocoenia caloosahatcheensis, Dichocoenia eminens, Dichocoenia tuberosa
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Bahamas (4 collections), Barbados (1), Belize (1), Cayman Islands (8), Costa Rica (13), the Dominican Republic (10), Haiti (1), Jamaica (4), Mexico (1), Montserrat (1), the Netherlands Antilles (5), Panama (14), United States (3: Florida)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Costa Rica (4), Jamaica (1)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (13)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (1), Haiti (1), Panama (7)
Total: 93 collections including 100 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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