Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Parent taxon: Siderastreidae according to J.E.N. Veron 2000
See also López-Pérez 2005, Sepkoski 2002 and Veron and Pichon 1976
Sister taxa: Astraeofungia, Eosiderastrea, Hindeastraea, Koilomorpha, Maeandroseris, Palaeosiderofungia, Pironastrea, Pseudosiderastrea, Siderastrea, Siderastreites, Siderofungia, Sideroseris, Siderosmilia, Stephanomorpha, Synhelia
Subtaxa: Psammocora (Stephanaria) Psammocora columna Psammocora explanulata Psammocora gasparillensis Psammocora obtusangula Psammocora paponica Psammocora profundacella Psammocora stellata Psammocora trinitatis
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (4 collections), Costa Rica (1), Egypt (5), French Polynesia (3), Guam (1), Indonesia (1), Japan (7), Malaysia (1), Mexico (4), New Zealand (9), Panama (4), Pitcairn (2), United States (1: Hawaii)
• Pliocene of Indonesia (1), Papua New Guinea (1)
• Miocene of the Bahamas (2), Japan (1), Panama (3), Puerto Rico (1), Trinidad and Tobago (6)
• Oligocene of the Dominican Republic (1)
• Eocene of France (1)
Total: 60 collections including 67 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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