Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae
Alternative combinations: Diploria clivosa, Madrepora clivosa, Maeandra clivosa, Maeandrina clivosa, Platygyra clivosa
Belongs to Pseudodiploria according to A. F. Budd et al. 2012
See also De Buisonjé 1974 and Weisbord 1974
Sister taxon: Pseudodiploria strigosa
Type specimen: SUI 122807
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Bahamas (8 collections), Barbados (2), Cayman Islands (11), Colombia (2), Costa Rica (1), the Dominican Republic (1), Haiti (1), Jamaica (1), the Netherlands Antilles (25), Panama (9), United States (5: Florida), Virgin Islands (2)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Costa Rica (3), United States (1: Florida)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (5), the Netherlands Antilles (10)
• Miocene of the Netherlands Antilles (1), Panama (3)
Total: 91 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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