Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
Parent taxon: Actinastraeidae according to W. Kiessling et al. 2011
See also Beauvais 1986, Kiessling 2008 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Actinastrea, Agrostyliastraea, Allocoenia, Allocoeniopsis, Araucanastrea, Chondrocoenia, Columactinastraea, Floriastrea, Holocoenia, Protostephanastrea, Sedekastrea, Stelidioseris, Stephanastrea, Texastrea
Subtaxa: Coenastraea abakkaynata Coenastraea arabica Coenastraea hyatti Coenastraea madagascariensis Coenastraea martis
Type: Coenastraea martis
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Ethiopia (2 collections), Madagascar (1), Morocco (1), Saudi Arabia (4), the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: Idaho, Oregon)
Total: 11 collections including 14 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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