Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Alternative combinations: Madrepora faveolata, Montastrea faveolata
Belongs to Orbicella according to D. Huang et al. 2014
See also Pandolfi 2001
Sister taxa: Orbicella annularis, Orbicella benoisti, Orbicella boehmi, Orbicella franksi, Orbicella limbata, Orbicella linggapadangensis, Orbicella murrayi, Orbicella nancyi, Orbicella pleiades, Orbicella praeheliopora
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Bahamas (17 collections), Barbados (21), Colombia (19), the Dominican Republic (6), the Netherlands Antilles (23), Panama (6), Virgin Islands (8)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Jamaica (1)
• Pliocene of the Netherlands Antilles (7)
• Miocene of Panama (3)
Total: 111 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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