Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae

Full reference: J. W. Durham. 1942. Reef corals from the California Middle Eocene. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 23(34):503-510

Belongs to Astrocoenia according to R. A. López-Pérez 2005

See also Durham 1942 and Squires and Demetrion 1992

Sister taxa: Astrocoenia aegyptiaca, Astrocoenia aspera, Astrocoenia barranquinensis, Astrocoenia bistellata, Astrocoenia blanfordi, Astrocoenia budaensis, Astrocoenia calixtoensis, Astrocoenia dachiardii, Astrocoenia decaturensis, Astrocoenia delemontana, Astrocoenia dickersoni, Astrocoenia dixae, Astrocoenia dubia, Astrocoenia excavata, Astrocoenia expansa, Astrocoenia gerthi, Astrocoenia gibbosa, Astrocoenia gregoryi, Astrocoenia guantanamensis, Astrocoenia hexactis, Astrocoenia idahoensis, Astrocoenia immersa, Astrocoenia incrustans, Astrocoenia jamaicaensis, Astrocoenia jukesbrownei, Astrocoenia laminosa, Astrocoenia lobatorotundata, Astrocoenia meinzeri, Astrocoenia microcoma, Astrocoenia miocenica, Astrocoenia multigranosa, Astrocoenia nana, Astrocoenia nathani, Astrocoenia newtoni, Astrocoenia nidiformis, Astrocoenia nuevitasensis, Astrocoenia numisma, Astrocoenia oppelii, Astrocoenia palmata, Astrocoenia pentagonalis, Astrocoenia peruviana, Astrocoenia petrosa, Astrocoenia portoricoensis, Astrocoenia punctata, Astrocoenia rariseptata, Astrocoenia reussiana, Astrocoenia schardti, Astrocoenia scyphoidea, Astrocoenia simplex, Astrocoenia somalica, Astrocoenia spongilla, Astrocoenia subreticulata, Astrocoenia tenuisepta, Astrocoenia triangularis, Astrocoenia tuberosa, Astrocoenia zitteli

Type specimen: CAS 7724. Its type locality is CAS 30667A, Media Agua Creek, which is in an Eocene coastal conglomerate/mudstone in California.

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

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