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 bernardiana Stephanocoenia dendroidea Stephanocoenia duncani Stephanocoenia florida Stephanocoenia greppini Stephanocoenia intermedia Stephanocoenia intersepta Stephanocoenia peruviana Stephanocoenia plana Stephanocoenia rollieri Stephanocoenia sinemuriensis Stephanocoenia spongiformis Stephanocoenia storrsi Stephanocoenia tenuis Stephanocoenia tricoronata Stephanocoenia tuberosa
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), 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), Cuba (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: 171 collections including 216 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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