Diplocoenia Fromentel 1857 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae

Parent taxon: Acroporidae according to E. Roniewicz 1976

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Acropora, Alveopora, Anacropora, Astreopora, Bacarella, Dendracis, Etallonasteria, Gravieropsammia, Isopora, Montipora, Palaestraeopora, Paretallonia

Subtaxa: Diplocoenia ambigua Diplocoenia clathrata Diplocoenia coespitosa Diplocoenia etalloni Diplocoenia gagarini Diplocoenia hayasakai Diplocoenia lobata Diplocoenia mathayi Diplocoenia multisepta Diplocoenia parvistella Diplocoenia picteti Diplocoenia profunda Diplocoenia rotularis Diplocoenia saltensis Diplocoenia sanctimihieli Diplocoenia stellata Diplocoenia tazerdunetensis Diplocoenia vongohensis

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Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of China (1 collection), France (3), Georgia (2), Hungary (1), Madagascar (1), Mexico (1), Poland (3), Romania (1), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Switzerland (1), Ukraine (1), the United Arab Emirates (1)

• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Japan (1)

• Jurassic of Azerbaijan (4), the Czech Republic (4), France (6), Georgia (2), Lebanon (1), Madagascar (3), Morocco (1), Portugal (5), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (2), Tunisia (1), Turkmenistan (1), Uzbekistan (1)

Total: 50 collections including 57 occurrences

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