Stephanocoenia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae

Parent taxon: Astrocoeniidae according to R. Baron-Szabo 2006

See also López-Pérez 2005, Sepkoski 2002 and Wells 1941

Sister taxa: Astrocoenia, Astrocoeniinae, Haldonia, Madracis, Palauastrea, Pinacophyllinae, Stylocoenia

Subtaxa: Stephanocoenia antiquus Stephanocoenia dendroidea Stephanocoenia duncani Stephanocoenia intersepta Stephanocoenia peruviana Stephanocoenia spongiformis Stephanocoenia storrsi Stephanocoenia tenuis Stephanocoenia tricoronata

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Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of the Bahamas (1 collection), Barbados (5), Cayman Islands (5), Colombia (2), Costa Rica (50), the Dominican Republic (9), Haiti (1), Jamaica (1), Montserrat (1), the Netherlands Antilles (5), Panama (7), Saint Kitts and Nevis (2), United States (3: Florida), Virgin Islands (2)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Costa Rica (5), Indonesia (1), Jamaica (1)

• Pliocene of the Bahamas (2), Costa Rica (4), Cuba (1), the Dominican Republic (13), Haiti (2), Indonesia (2), Jamaica (1), United States (1: Florida)

• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (2)

• Miocene of Anguilla (2), the Dominican Republic (12), Pakistan (1), Panama (5), Puerto Rico (1), Trinidad and Tobago (2), Venezuela (1)

• Oligocene of Antigua and Barbuda (2), France (1), Jamaica (2), Venezuela (2)

• Eocene of Italy (1), Peru (3)

• Paleocene of Pakistan (1), Somalia (1)

• Cretaceous of Chile (1), Poland (1), United States (1: Texas)

• Jurassic of Lebanon (1)

Total: 170 collections including 215 occurrences

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