Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Alternative combination: Isastrea conferta
Synonyms: Siderastrea (Siderastrea) hexagonalis Vaughan 1900, Siderastrea hexagonalis Vaughan 1900
Belongs to Siderastrea according to Vaughan 1919
See also Baron-Szabo 2008 and López-Pérez 2005
Sister taxa: Siderastrea (Siderastrea), Siderastrea adkinsi, Siderastrea banksi, Siderastrea bertrandiana, Siderastrea clarki, Siderastrea columnaris, Siderastrea crenulata, Siderastrea dalli, Siderastrea dubiosa, Siderastrea froehlichiana, Siderastrea grandis, Siderastrea hillsboroensis, Siderastrea italica, Siderastrea mendenhalli, Siderastrea micrommata, Siderastrea miocenica, Siderastrea pliocenica, Siderastrea propitia, Siderastrea radcliffi, Siderastrea radians, Siderastrea savignyana, Siderastrea scotia, Siderastrea senecta, Siderastrea siderea, Siderastrea silecensis, Siderastrea splendida, Siderastrea stellata, Siderastrea tuckerae, Siderastrea vancouverensis, Siderastrea washingtonensis
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Anguilla (6 collections), Colombia (2), Panama (4), Venezuela (1)
• Oligocene of Antigua and Barbuda (3), Jamaica (2), Mexico (2), Puerto Rico (1), Venezuela (2)
• Eocene of Mexico (1)
• Paleocene of United States (1: Alabama)
Total: 25 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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