Stylophora minor Duncan 1863 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae

Synonyms: Stylophora goethalsi Vaughan 1919, Stylophora minutissima Vaughan 1900

Belongs to Stylophora according to Duncan 1863

See also Flórez et al. 2019, Vaughan 1900 and Vaughan 1919

Sister taxa: Stylophora affinis, Stylophora africana, Stylophora annulata, Stylophora binacuaensis, Stylophora cambridgensis, Stylophora canalis, Stylophora chaneyi, Stylophora chiraensis, Stylophora coalescens, Stylophora compressa, Stylophora conferta, Stylophora cyclopleura, Stylophora damesi, Stylophora densata, Stylophora digitata, Stylophora distans, Stylophora elongata, Stylophora eocaenica, Stylophora gaasensis, Stylophora garumnica, Stylophora gemmans, Stylophora granulata, Stylophora granulata, Stylophora granulate, Stylophora hercegowinensis, Stylophora imperatoris, Stylophora italica, Stylophora kuehlmanni, Stylophora lindavistae, Stylophora macdonaldi, Stylophora monticulosa, Stylophora mordax, Stylophora octophylla, Stylophora parvistella, Stylophora paumotensis, Stylophora pistillata, Stylophora pocilloporoides, Stylophora ponderosa, Stylophora portbellensis, Stylophora pulcherrima, Stylophora ramulosa, Stylophora raristella, Stylophora reussiana, Stylophora rugosa, Stylophora silicensis, Stylophora sokkohensis, Stylophora subreticulata, Stylophora tenuissima, Stylophora thirsiformis, Stylophora undata, Stylophora verrucosa, Stylophora willoughbyi

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Quaternary of the Netherlands Antilles (1 collection), Panama (2)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Jamaica (1)

• Pliocene of the Bahamas (4), Costa Rica (3), the Dominican Republic (2), Jamaica (1), United States (1: Florida)

• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (1: Puerto Rico)

• Miocene of the Bahamas (5), Colombia (2), the Dominican Republic (5), France (1), Jamaica (1), Panama (5), Trinidad and Tobago (1)

• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (2: Florida)

• Oligocene of Antigua and Barbuda (2), Jamaica (2), Panama (1), United States (2: Florida, Georgia)

Total: 45 collections including 46 occurrences

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