Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Alternative combinations: Astrea palmata, Platycoenia palmata
Belongs to Astrocoenia according to Barta-Calmus 1973
See also Chevalier 1956
Sister taxa: Astrocoenia aegyptiaca, Astrocoenia aspera, Astrocoenia barranquinensis, Astrocoenia bistellata, Astrocoenia blanfordi, Astrocoenia budaensis, Astrocoenia calixtoensis, Astrocoenia dachiardii, Astrocoenia decaturensis, Astrocoenia delemontana, Astrocoenia dickersoni, Astrocoenia dilloni, Astrocoenia dixae, Astrocoenia dubia, Astrocoenia excavata, Astrocoenia expansa, Astrocoenia gerthi, Astrocoenia gibbosa, Astrocoenia gregoryi, Astrocoenia guantanamensis, Astrocoenia hexactis, Astrocoenia idahoensis, Astrocoenia immersa, Astrocoenia incrustans, Astrocoenia jamaicaensis, Astrocoenia jukesbrownei, Astrocoenia laminosa, Astrocoenia lobatorotundata, Astrocoenia meinzeri, Astrocoenia microcoma, Astrocoenia miocenica, Astrocoenia multigranosa, Astrocoenia nana, Astrocoenia nathani, Astrocoenia newtoni, Astrocoenia nidiformis, Astrocoenia nuevitasensis, Astrocoenia numisma, Astrocoenia oppelii, Astrocoenia pentagonalis, Astrocoenia peruviana, Astrocoenia petrosa, Astrocoenia portoricoensis, Astrocoenia punctata, Astrocoenia rariseptata, Astrocoenia reussiana, Astrocoenia schardti, Astrocoenia scyphoidea, Astrocoenia simplex, Astrocoenia somalica, Astrocoenia spongilla, Astrocoenia subreticulata, Astrocoenia tenuisepta, Astrocoenia triangularis, Astrocoenia tuberosa, Astrocoenia zitteli
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Oligocene of France (1 collection), Greece (1), Italy (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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