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Stephanocoenia

Classification

    Phylum:  
Cnidaria
    Class:  
Anthozoa
    Subclass:  
Octocorallia
    Order:  
Scleractinia
    Suborder:  
Astrocoeniina
    Family:  
Astrocoeniidae
    Subfamily:  
Astrocoeniinae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Stephanocoenia M.EDW.-H., 1848
    Type Species:  
Astrea intersepta Lamarck, 1816 (non Madrepora intersepta ESPER, 1719)


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Fossil Image
Fig. 262,1. *S. michelini M.Edw.-H., Rec., W.Indies, X5 (95)


Synonyms

Antillastraea


Geographic Distribution

Eu.-USA-W.Indies


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Cret.
    Beginning International Stage:  
Berriasian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
143.1
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Rec.
    Ending International Stage:  
Meghalayan
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
0


Description

Plocoid to subcerioid, massive, Costae short, Septa with minutely dentate margins, one crown of 12 pali before first 2 septal cycles, Columella styliform




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