Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
Synonym: Orbicella braziliana Verrill 1901
Belongs to Montastraea according to Linnaeus 1767
See also Flórez et al. 2018
Sister taxa: Montastraea cylindrica, Montastraea endothecata, Montastraea faveolata, Montastraea franksi, Montastrea alpina, Montastrea antilliana, Montastrea bachmayeri, Montastrea brevis, Montastrea bumi, Montastrea cavernosa, Montastrea colemani, Montastrea costata, Montastrea cribraria, Montastrea cubana, Montastrea cylindrica, Montastrea davisina, Montastrea endothecata, Montastrea eocenica, Montastrea exsculpta, Montastrea felixi, Montastrea gabbi, Montastrea imperatoris, Montastrea inaequalis, Montastrea intermedia, Montastrea irradians, Montastrea katzeri, Montastrea lauensis, Montastrea laurae, Montastrea lepidoides, Montastrea lilli, Montastrea lyonsi, Montastrea nodosa, Montastrea orbitoides, Montastrea pecosensis, Montastrea pediculata, Montastrea peninsularis, Montastrea pomeli, Montastrea prima, Montastrea roemeriana, Montastrea rotunda, Montastrea rudis, Montastrea schuberti, Montastrea schweinfurthi, Montastrea tabulata, Montastrea tampaensis, Montastrea tchihatcheffi, Montastrea texana, Montastrea trinitatis, Phyllocoenia sculpta
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Barbados (1 collection), Belize (1), Costa Rica (23), Jamaica (2), Panama (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Costa Rica (4)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (5)
• Miocene of Colombia (7)
• Oligocene of Antigua and Barbuda (1)
Total: 45 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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