Astrocoenia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae

Parent taxon: Astrocoeniidae according to R. Baron-Szabo 2006

See also López-Pérez 2005, Sepkoski 2002, Squires 1987, Squires 1999, Squires and Demetrion 1992 and Wells 1941

Sister taxa: Astrocoeniinae, Haldonia, Madracis, Palauastrea, Pinacophyllinae, Stephanocoenia, Stylocoenia

Subtaxa: Astrocoenia aegyptiaca Astrocoenia aspera Astrocoenia barranquinensis Astrocoenia bistellata Astrocoenia blanfordi Astrocoenia budaensis Astrocoenia calixtoensis Astrocoenia dachiardii Astrocoenia decaturensis Astrocoenia dickersoni Astrocoenia dilloni Astrocoenia dixae 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 miocenica Astrocoenia multigranosa Astrocoenia nana Astrocoenia nathani Astrocoenia newtoni Astrocoenia nidiformis Astrocoenia nuevitasensis Astrocoenia numisma Astrocoenia oppelii Astrocoenia palmata Astrocoenia peruviana Astrocoenia petrosa Astrocoenia portoricoensis Astrocoenia rariseptata Astrocoenia reussiana Astrocoenia scyphoidea Astrocoenia simplex Astrocoenia somalica Astrocoenia spongilla Astrocoenia subreticulata Astrocoenia tuberosa Astrocoenia zitteli

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Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Indonesia (1 collection)

• Pliocene of French Polynesia (1), Haiti (1), United States (1: Florida)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Aruba (2), the Netherlands Antilles (2)

• Miocene of Colombia (6), Egypt (1), Germany (1), Grenada (1), Haiti (1), Iran (3), Israel (1), Jamaica (1), Japan (1), Panama (1), Portugal (1), Somalia (1)

• Oligocene of Antigua and Barbuda (10), Cuba (1), the Dominican Republic (2), France (3), Greece (2), India (1), Iran (2), Italy (22), Jamaica (2), Libya (1), Mexico (1), Panama (1), Puerto Rico (3), Somalia (1), Spain (2), Turkey (3), United States (1: Georgia), Venezuela (2)

• Eocene of Austria (1), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), China (1), Croatia (1), Cuba (1), France (5), Germany (1), Haiti (1), Hungary (7), India (1), Indonesia (1), Italy (7), Jamaica (3), Japan (1), Mexico (2), Nicaragua (1), North Atlantic (1), Pakistan (1), Panama (3), Slovenia (1), Somalia (5), Spain (4), United States (3: California)

• Paleocene of China (1), Egypt (1), Pakistan (1), Puerto Rico (1), Slovakia (1), Slovenia (3), Somalia (1), Spain (1), United States (1: California)

• Cretaceous of Austria (3), Chile (1), Cuba (1), Georgia (1), Libya (1), Madagascar (1), Mexico (2), Peru (1), Switzerland (3), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (5: Kansas, Texas), Venezuela (1)

• Jurassic of Japan (1), Somalia (1), United States (1: California)

• Triassic of Austria (1), United States (2: Alaska, Idaho)

Total: 179 collections including 247 occurrences

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