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Table 2. — Ahermatypic genera of corals found in West 

 Indies and Gulf of Mexico with approximate temperature 

 and depth ranges 



Suborder ASTROCOENIIDA 



Seriatopobidae 

 Madracis Milne Edwards and Haime 

 0-800 meters; 10-27° C. 



Suborder FUNOIIDA 



funoiidae 

 Fungiacyathus Sars 

 60-6.000 meters; 1-21° C. 



Suborder FAVIIDA 



astranohdae 

 A9tTangia Milne Edwards and Haime 

 0-110 meters; 8-28° C. 

 Pkyllangia Milne Edwards and Haimo 

 0-90 meters; 23-28° C. 

 Colangia Pourtales 

 0-580 meters; 6-27° C. 



OCULINIDAE 



Madrepora Linnaeus 

 60-1.400 meters; 4-16° C. 



Trochosmilhdae 

 Dasmosmilia Pom'tales 

 100-!50 meters; 15-22° C. 



ANTHEMIPHYLLnDAE 



Antkemiphyllia Pourtales 

 170-730 meters; 8-17° C. 



Suborder CARYOPHTLLnDA 



Caryophyluidae 

 Caryophyllia Lamarck 

 O-2.800 meters; 2-27° C. 

 Coenocyathus Milne Edwards and Haime 

 0-6,800 meters; 9-26° C. 

 Cyatfioceras Moseley 

 70-1,100 meters; 3-27° C. 

 Oiysmilia Duchassainp 

 75-300 meters; 10-20° C. 

 Batliycyalhua Milne Edwards and Haime 

 56-14.5 meters; 10-13° C. 

 TTOchocgathus Milne Edwards and Haime 

 15-1,500 meters; 4-27° C. 

 Peponocyathus Gravier 

 100-1,100 meters; 7-21° C. 

 Tethocyathus Kuhn 

 65-1,100 meters; 3-12° C. 

 Dellocyathus Milne Edwards and Haime 

 1,5-4,300 meters; 4-28° C. 

 Ceralotrochiis Milne Edwards and Haime 

 55-700 meters; 5-17° C. 

 Sl€ phanocycthus Sequenza 

 360-2,200 meters; 3-12° C. 

 Turbinolia Lamarck 

 ss BatotTOchus Wells 

 180-570 meters; 11-21° C. 

 Sphenolrochus Milne Edwards and Haime 

 22-275 meters; 9-26° C. 

 Desmophyllum Ehrenberg 

 35-2.000 meters; 3-23° C. 

 Parasmilia Milne Edwards and Haime 

 310-370 meters; 8-12° C. 

 Coenosmilia Pourtales 

 145-450 meters; 13-23° C. 

 l-inomocora Studer 

 90-820 meters; 4-17° C. 

 Aslerosmilia Duncan 

 80-200 meters; 13-15° C. 



GUYNHDAE 



Ouynia Duncan 

 170-650 meters; 7-12° C. 

 Stenocyathus Pourtales 

 80-820 meters; 7-14° C. 

 Sctiizocyatlius Pourtales 

 100-1,500 meters; 10-18° C. 



Flabellidae 

 Flabdium Lesson 

 0-3.200 meters; 2-27° C. 

 lifonomyces Ehrenberg 

 O-l.OOO meters; 6-28° C. 

 OaTdineria Vaughan 

 70-600 meters; 6-18° C. 



Suborder DENDROPHYLIIDA 



DENDROPlIYLLnDAE 

 Balanopkyllia Wood 

 0-1,10(1 meters; 7-28° C. 

 Deitdrophyllia 

 10-500 meters; 11-27° C. 

 Tuhastrea Lesson 

 O-40O meters; 15-28° C. 

 Trochopsammia Pourtales 

 500-1,500 meters; 5-7° C. 

 Eiialtopsammia Michelotti 

 270-2,i»0 meters; 3-15° C. 

 Tttecopsammia Pourtales 

 150-1,000 meters; 0-14° C, 

 Bathypsammia vonMarenzeller 

 220-330 meters; insufficient data for temperature range. 



In shallow water the only ahermatypic corals 

 are 3 or 4 species of Astrangia, Madracis, and 

 Phyllangia. Most species are found in deeper 

 water from the edge of the continental slope down- 

 ward. A total of 84 species is known. According 

 to Vaughan and Wells (1943), 13 of these are 

 identical with living species of the northern and 

 eastern Atlantic; 59 are endemic. Cosmopolitan 

 species are Caryophyllia communis, Deltocyathus 

 italicus, Desmophyllum cristagalli, Fungiacyathus 

 symmetricus, Lophelia prolifera, Madrepora oculata, 

 and Stephanocyathus nobilis. 



Table 3. — West Indian fossil genera found living elsewhere. 

 SUBORDER ASTROCOENIIDA 



ASTROCOENIIDAE 



Stylocoen iella Yobe and Sugiyama 

 Eocene-Oligocene; Recent-Japan, Mauritius 

 Seriatoporidae 

 SlyhptioTa Schweigger 

 Eocene-Miocene; Recent-Red Sea, Indo-Pacific 



Suborder FUNGIIDA 



aoariciidae 



Pavona Lamarck 



Oligocene-Miocene; Recent-Indo-Pacific 



Leptoseris Milne Edwards and Haine 



Oligocene-Miocene, Recent-Indo-Pacific 

 Thamnasteridae 



Psammocora Dana 



Miocene; Recent-Indo-Pacific 

 Agathiphylliidae 



Diploastrea Matthai 

 Cretaceous-Oligocene; Recent-Indo-Pacific 



PORITIDAE 



Qoniopora de Blainville 

 Cretaceous-Miocene; Recent-Indo-Pacific 



Suborder FAVIIDA 



FAVnDAE 



Faiites Link 



Eocene-Miocene. Recent-Indo-Pacific, Red Sea 

 Goniastrea Milne Edwards and Haine 



Eocene-OIigocene, Recent-Indo-Pacific, Red Sea 



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