†family Astrocoeniidae Koby 1890 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae

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

See also López-Pérez 2005, Squires 1987, Squires 1999 and Stanley 1986

Sister taxa: Acroporidae, Actinastreidae, Pocilloporidae

Subtaxa: Astrocoenia Astrocoeniinae Haldonia Madracis Palauastrea Pinacophyllinae Stephanocoenia Stylocoenia

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Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (2 collections), the Bahamas (1), Barbados (6), Bonaire (5), Cape Verde (5), Cayman Islands (6), Colombia (2), Costa Rica (57), Curaçao (2), the Dominican Republic (10), Haiti (3), Indonesia (1), Jamaica (2), Montserrat (1), Panama (14), Saint Kitts and Nevis (2), United States (4: Florida, Texas), Virgin Islands (2)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of the Bahamas (1), Costa Rica (5), Indonesia (2), Jamaica (1), Taiwan (1)

• Pliocene of the Bahamas (5), Costa Rica (5), Curaçao (11), the Dominican Republic (14), French Polynesia (1), Haiti (2), Indonesia (3), Italy (1), Jamaica (1), United States (2: Florida)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Aruba (2), Bonaire (1), Curaçao (2), the Dominican Republic (3), Indonesia (1)

• Miocene of Algeria (1), Anguilla (2), Colombia (6), Cuba (3), Curaçao (1), the Dominican Republic (15), Egypt (2), Fiji (1), France (11), Germany (1), Grenada (1), Haiti (1), Iran (3), Israel (1), Italy (3), Jamaica (1), Japan (1), Morocco (1), Pakistan (1), Panama (8), Papua New Guinea (2), Portugal (1), Puerto Rico (1), Somalia (1), Trinidad and Tobago (3), United States (2: Florida), Venezuela (1)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Iran (1)

• Oligocene of Antigua and Barbuda (10), Cuba (1), the Dominican Republic (2), France (3), Greece (2), India (1), Iran (2), Italy (30), Jamaica (2), Libya (2), Malta (1), Mexico (1), Panama (1), Puerto Rico (3), Somalia (4), Spain (3), Türkiye (3), United States (1: Georgia), Venezuela (5)

• Eocene of Austria (1), Barbados (1), Bosnia and Herzegovina (3), China (1), Croatia (5), Cuba (1), Czechia (2), France (7), Germany (2), Haiti (2), Hungary (7), India (1), Indonesia (2), Italy (7), Jamaica (6), Japan (1), Mexico (3), New Zealand (1), Nicaragua (1), Pakistan (2), Panama (4), Peru (3), Saint Barthélemy (1), Slovenia (1), Somalia (5), Spain (7), United States (21: Alabama, California, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, Washington)

• Paleocene of China (1), Egypt (2), Iran (2), Italy (2), Nigeria (1), Pakistan (1), Puerto Rico (1), Slovakia (1), Slovenia (6), Somalia (1), Spain (1), Ukraine (1), United States (12: Alabama, California, Louisiana)

• Cretaceous of Austria (3), Chile (1), China (1), Cuba (1), Georgia (1), Iran (2), Italy (1), Jamaica (2), Libya (1), Madagascar (1), Mexico (4), Peru (1), Poland (1), Spain (1), Switzerland (3), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (5: Kansas, Texas), Venezuela (1)

• Jurassic of Japan (1), Lebanon (1), Mexico (1), Somalia (1), United States (1: California)

• Triassic of Austria (1), United States (2: Alaska, Idaho)

Total: 512 collections including 793 occurrences

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