Cyathoseris Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Agariciidae

Synonyms: Dimorphophyllia Reuss 1864, Mycetoseries Reis 1889, Mycetoseris Reis 1889, Pseudoseris Alloiteau 1957

Parent taxon: Agariciidae according to J. W. Wells 1956

See also Baron-Szabo 2002, López-Pérez 2005 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Agaricia, Coeloseris, Helioseris, Heterogyra, Hydnophoroseris, Lamellofungia, Leptoseris, Maeandrella, Mioseris, Monticuliphyllia, Morphastrea, Ogilviastraea, Pachyseris, Pavona, Plocoastraea, Trochoseris, Trochoseropsis, Valloria, Vaughanoseris

Subtaxa: Cyathoseris allisoni Cyathoseris appennina Cyathoseris catadupensis Cyathoseris crassilamellata Cyathoseris formosa Cyathoseris hypocrateriformis Cyathoseris joannae Cyathoseris judriensis Cyathoseris krepidoblasta Cyathoseris leganyii Cyathoseris lophiophora Cyathoseris multisinuosa Cyathoseris oppenheimi Cyathoseris oxylopha Cyathoseris parvistella Cyathoseris patula Cyathoseris radiata Cyathoseris subregularis

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Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Eritrea (1 collection), Indonesia (1)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Indonesia (1)

• Pliocene of Indonesia (4)

• Miocene of Indonesia (6), Iran (3)

• Oligocene to Miocene of New Zealand (2)

• Oligocene of France (1), Greece (3), Italy (14), Slovenia (1), Spain (1)

• Eocene to Oligocene of Greece (1)

• Eocene of the Czech Republic (1), Germany (2), Hungary (3), Italy (6), Mexico (1), Pakistan (1), Panama (1), Spain (8), Ukraine (1)

• Paleocene of United States (1: Alabama)

• Cretaceous of Jamaica (4), Mexico (2)

Total: 70 collections including 102 occurrences

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