Holocoenia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinastreidae

Alternative spellings: Holocsi, Holocusoio

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

See also Götz et al. 2005, Kiessling 2008 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Actinastrea, Agrostyliastraea, Allocoenia, Allocoeniopsis, Araucanastrea, Chondrocoenia, Coenastraea, Columactinastraea, Floriastrea, Protostephanastrea, Sedekastrea, Stelidioseris, Stephanastrea, Texastrea

Subtaxa: Holocoenia hilli Holocoenia jaccardi Holocoenia micrantha Holocoenia parvula

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Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of France (3 collections), Jamaica (1), Spain (3), Switzerland (1)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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