Coscinaraea Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 (stony coral)
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Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Coscinaraeidae
Alternative spelling: Coscinarea
Parent taxon: Coscinaraeidae according to F. Benzoni et al. 2012
See also Kiessling 2008, López-Pérez 2005 and Wells 1956
Sister taxa: Anomastraea, Craterastraea, Horastrea
Subtaxa: Coscinaraea colei Coscinaraea exesa Coscinaraea monile Coscinaraea panamensis
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (1 collection), Kenya (1), Saudi Arabia (2), Taiwan (1)
• Pliocene of Japan (1)
• Miocene of Mexico (1)
• Eocene of Panama (1), Slovenia (1)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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