Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Alternative spelling: Stylocaenia
Parent taxon: Astrocoeniidae according to R. Baron-Szabo 2006
See also Kiessling 2008 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Astrocoenia, Astrocoeniinae, Haldonia, Madracis, Palauastrea, Pinacophyllinae, Stephanocoenia
Subtaxa: Stylocoenia aurelii Stylocoenia carryensis Stylocoenia duerdeni Stylocoenia epithecata Stylocoenia maxima Stylocoenia microphthalma Stylocoenia montium Stylocoenia neutra Stylocoenia polytropostyla Stylocoenia pumpellyi Stylocoenia ranikoti Stylocoenia reussi Stylocoenia sanctaorosiae Stylocoenia saxulensis Stylocoenia taurinensis Stylocoenia vicaryi
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Egypt (1 collection), France (2), Italy (1), United States (2: Florida)
• Oligocene of Antigua and Barbuda (1), Iran (1), Italy (11), Jamaica (2), Somalia (3), Spain (2), United States (1: Georgia)
• Eocene of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2), Croatia (4), the Czech Republic (2), France (5), Germany (2), Haiti (2), Hungary (1), Indonesia (2), Italy (3), Jamaica (2), Pakistan (1), Spain (5)
• Paleocene of Iran (2), Italy (2), Pakistan (1), Puerto Rico (1), Slovenia (5), Somalia (1), Ukraine (1)
• Cretaceous of Iran (2)
Total: 73 collections including 85 occurrences
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