Scleractinia name details

Astrocoenia guantanamensis Vaughan, 1919 †

1347244  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1347244)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hexacorallia (Class)
  6. Scleractinia (Order)
  7. Vacatina (Suborder)
  8. Astrocoeniidae (Family)
  9. Astrocoenia † (Genus)
  10. Astrocoenia guantanamensis † (Species)
 unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Vaughan, T.W. (1919). Contributions to the geology and paleontology of the Canal Zone, Panama, and geologically related areas in Central America and the West Indies. Fossil corals from central America, Cuba, and Porto Rico: with an account of the American Tertiary, Pleistocene, and recent coral reefs. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 103: 189-524, pls. 68-152., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.15815 [details] 
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Astrocoenia guantanamensis Vaughan, 1919 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1347244 on 2026-06-10
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original description Vaughan, T.W. (1919). Contributions to the geology and paleontology of the Canal Zone, Panama, and geologically related areas in Central America and the West Indies. Fossil corals from central America, Cuba, and Porto Rico: with an account of the American Tertiary, Pleistocene, and recent coral reefs. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 103: 189-524, pls. 68-152., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.15815 [details] 

additional source Wells JW. (1934). Eocene corals from Cuba. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 20 (70B): 147-158, pls. 17-18. [details] 

additional source Frost SH, Langenheim RL Jr. (1974). Scleractinian corals. In: Cenozoic reef biofacies. Tertiary larger Foraminifera and scleractinian corals from Chipas, Mexico. <em>Northern Illinois University Press, Chicago.</em> pp 173-314. [details] 

source of synonymy Budd AF, Stemann TA, Stewart RH. (1992). Eocene Caribbean reef corals: A unique fauna from the Gatuncillo Formation of Panama. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 66 (4): 570-594., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022336000024446 [details] 

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