Dichocoenia stokesi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 (stony coral)

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

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