Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Parent taxon: Astrocoeniidae according to J.E.N. Veron 2000
See also Kiessling 2004, López-Pérez 2005, Sepkoski 2002 and Wells 1941
Sister taxa: Astrocoenia, Astrocoeniinae, Haldonia, Palauastrea, Pinacophyllinae, Stephanocoenia, Stylocoenia
Subtaxa: Madracis asperula Madracis auretenra Madracis crassisepta Madracis crescentensis Madracis decactis Madracis decaseptata Madracis densa Madracis dodecachora Madracis duncani Madracis ganei Madracis gregorioi Madracis herricki Madracis incerta Madracis johnsoni Madracis johnwellsi Madracis kirbyi Madracis labrum Madracis myriaster Madracis ornata Madracis pharensis Madracis rotiformis Madracis stewarti Madracis vaughani Madracis wellsi
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Barbados (1 collection), Cayman Islands (1), Costa Rica (48), the Dominican Republic (6), Haiti (2), Indonesia (1), Jamaica (2), the Netherlands Antilles (2), Panama (10), United States (1: Texas)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of the Bahamas (1), Costa Rica (3)
• Pliocene of the Bahamas (3), Costa Rica (2), Cuba (1), the Dominican Republic (1), Indonesia (1), Italy (1), Jamaica (1), the Netherlands Antilles (11), United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1), Indonesia (1), the Netherlands Antilles (1)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (5), Egypt (1), France (3), Italy (3), Jamaica (1), Morocco (1), the Netherlands Antilles (1), Panama (3), Papua New Guinea (2), Portugal (1), Trinidad and Tobago (2), United States (1: Florida)
• Oligocene of France (1), Libya (2), Venezuela (1)
• Eocene of Barbados (1), Jamaica (2), Mexico (1), New Zealand (1), Panama (1), Peru (1), United States (16: Alabama, California, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, Washington)
• Paleocene of Egypt (1), Slovenia (1), United States (11: Alabama, Louisiana)
• Cretaceous of China (1), Jamaica (1)
Total: 169 collections including 210 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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