Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Full reference: S. D. Cairns. 1995. New records of azooxanthellate stony corals (Cnidaria: Scleractinia and Stylasteridae) from the Neogene of Panama and Costa Rica. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 108(3):533-550
Belongs to Antillocyathus according to S. D. Cairns 1995
Sister taxa: Antillocyathus alatus, Antillocyathus cristatus, Antillocyathus maoensis, Antillocyathus trinitatis
Type specimen: Its type locality is PPP# 63 - Cayo Agua [Cayo Agua Fm], which is in a Piacenzian transition zone/lower shoreface siltstone in the Cayo Agua Formation of Panama
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal microcarnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Panama (7 collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.