Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Alternative combinations: Actinastrea pentagonalis, Astraea pentagonalis
Belongs to Stephanocoenia according to E. Becker 1875
See also Pandey and Fürsich 2003
Sister taxa: Stephanocoenia antiquus, Stephanocoenia bernardiana, Stephanocoenia dendroidea, Stephanocoenia duncani, Stephanocoenia florida, Stephanocoenia greppini, Stephanocoenia intermedia, Stephanocoenia intersepta, Stephanocoenia peruviana, Stephanocoenia plana, Stephanocoenia rollieri, Stephanocoenia spongiformis, Stephanocoenia storrsi, Stephanocoenia tenuis, Stephanocoenia tricoronata, Stephanocoenia tuberosa
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Chile (3 collections), Czechia (2), Germany (7), Iran (4), Lebanon (1)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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