Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Full reference: A. B. Foster. 1987. Neogene paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic, 4. The genus Stephanocoenia (Anthozoa, Scleractinia, Astrocoeniidae). Bulletins of American Paleontology 93:5-22
Belongs to Stephanocoenia according to A. B. Foster 1987
Sister taxa: Stephanocoenia antiquus, Stephanocoenia bernardiana, Stephanocoenia dendroidea, Stephanocoenia florida, Stephanocoenia greppini, Stephanocoenia intermedia, Stephanocoenia intersepta, Stephanocoenia peruviana, Stephanocoenia plana, Stephanocoenia rollieri, Stephanocoenia sinemuriensis, Stephanocoenia spongiformis, Stephanocoenia storrsi, Stephanocoenia tenuis, Stephanocoenia tricoronata, Stephanocoenia tuberosa
Type specimen: Its type locality is NMB Loc16817 - Río Cano [Gurabo Fm], which is in a Zanclean reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Gurabo Formation of the Dominican Republic.
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Costa Rica (43 collections), Panama (5)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Costa Rica (5)
• Pliocene of the Bahamas (1), Costa Rica (3), the Dominican Republic (5), Jamaica (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (2)
• Miocene of Anguilla (2), the Dominican Republic (5), Panama (4), Venezuela (1)
• Oligocene of Antigua and Barbuda (2), Venezuela (1)
Total: 80 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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