Stereocaenia araneola Michelin 1844 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae

Alternative combinations: Astrea araneola, Centrastrea araneola, Thamnastraea araneola

Full reference: H. Michelin. 1844. Iconographie Zoophytologique, description par localités et terrains des polypiers fossiles de France et pays environnants (4). 105-144

Belongs to Stereocaenia according to L. Beauvais 1964

See also d'Orbigny 1850, de Fromentel 1861 and Milne-Edwards and Haime 1857

Sister taxon: Stereocaenia triboleti

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Stereocaenia araneola in the database

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