Colpophyllia natans Houttuyn 1772 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae

Alternative combination: Madrepora natans

Synonym: Colpophyllia breviserialis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849

Belongs to Colpophyllia according to Matthai 1928

See also Kiessling 2009 and Wells 1973

Sister taxa: Colpophyllia amaranthus, Colpophyllia applanata, Colpophyllia duncani, Colpophyllia elegans, Colpophyllia inaequalis, Colpophyllia iranica, Colpophyllia malayica, Colpophyllia meandrinoides, Colpophyllia mexicanum, Colpophyllia multisepta, Colpophyllia nicholasi, Colpophyllia reagani, Colpophyllia slavutytschensis, Colpophyllia willoughbiensis

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Antigua and Barbuda (1 collection), Barbados (3), Bermuda (1), Cayman Islands (15), Colombia (11), Costa Rica (18), the Dominican Republic (6), Jamaica (4), Mexico (2), the Netherlands Antilles (11), Panama (9), Saint Kitts and Nevis (1), United States (10: Florida), Venezuela (1), Virgin Islands (4)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Costa Rica (3), Jamaica (1)

• Pliocene of the Bahamas (1), Costa Rica (5), the Dominican Republic (1), Jamaica (1), the Netherlands Antilles (3)

• Miocene of Panama (3)

Total: 115 collections including 116 occurrences

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