Syzygophyllia hayesi Vaughan 1919 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae

Full reference: T. W. Vaughan. 1919. Fossil corals from central America, Cuba, and Porto Rico, with an account of the American Tertiary, Pleistocene, and Recent coral reefs. Smithsonian Institution Bulletin 103:189-524

Belongs to Syzygophyllia according to T. W. Vaughan 1919

Sister taxa: Syzygophyllia brevis, Syzygophyllia elongata, Syzygophyllia grandis, Syzygophyllia tampae

Type specimen: Its type locality is Brito, which is in an Eocene shallow subtidal limestone/marl in the Brito Formation of Nicaragua

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Brito

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