Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Alternative combination: Astrea cellulosa
Belongs to Antiguastrea according to R. A. López-Pérez 2005
See also Duncan 1863 and Vaughan 1919
Sister taxa: Antiguastrea alveolaris, Antiguastrea elegans, Antiguastrea flandrini, Antiguastrea jacobi, Antiguastrea lucasiana, Antiguastrea prava
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Colombia (5 collections), United States (2: Florida)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Oligocene of Antigua and Barbuda (8), Cuba (1), the Dominican Republic (2), Haiti (1), Jamaica (2), Mexico (5), United States (2: Georgia, Texas), Venezuela (2)
• Eocene of Panama (1)
• Cretaceous of Jamaica (4), Mexico (2)
Total: 38 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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