Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Full reference: S. D. Cairns and J. W. Wells. 1987. Neogene paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic, 5. The suborders Caryophylliina and Dendrophylliina (Anthozoa, Scleractinia). Bulletins of American Paleontology 93(328):23-43

Belongs to Trochocyathus (Paratrochocyathus) according to S. D. Cairns and J. W. Wells 1987

Sister taxa: Trochocyathus (Aplocyathus), Trochocyathus (Platycyathus), Trochocyathus adelaidensis, Trochocyathus balanophylloides, Trochocyathus cingulatus, Trochocyathus coloradoensis, Trochocyathus crooki, Trochocyathus depressus, Trochocyathus egerius, Trochocyathus gardnerae, Trochocyathus hanzawai, Trochocyathus harveyanus, Trochocyathus hemisphaericus, Trochocyathus imparipartitus, Trochocyathus imperialis, Trochocyathus infracompressus, Trochocyathus lakii, Trochocyathus laminus, Trochocyathus maplestonei, Trochocyathus mediterraneus, Trochocyathus mexicanum, Trochocyathus microphyes, Trochocyathus microphyllus, Trochocyathus mitratus, Trochocyathus nomlandi, Trochocyathus oregonensis, Trochocyathus paliscus, Trochocyathus perarmatus, Trochocyathus pergranulatus, Trochocyathus persicus, Trochocyathus planicostatus, Trochocyathus plicatus, Trochocyathus pyrenaicus, Trochocyathus revolutus, Trochocyathus sachalinensis, Trochocyathus schmidti, Trochocyathus sellardsi, Trochocyathus sismondae, Trochocyathus speciosus, Trochocyathus stantoni, Trochocyathus sublaevis, Trochocyathus taylorensis, Trochocyathus thorenti, Trochocyathus townsendensis, Trochocyathus uber, Trochocyathus wilkinsoni, Trochocyathus wiltshirei, Trochocyathus wintoni, Trochocyathus woolmani, Paratrochocyathus conulus, Paratrochocyathus collignoni, Paratrochocyathus crassus, Paratrochocyathus cupuliformis, Paratrochocyathus androiavensis, Paratrochocyathus jasmundi, Trochocyathus (Paratrochocyathus) acutus, Trochocyathus (Paratrochocyathus) valceppiensis, Trochocyathus (Paratrochocyathus) michelottii, Trochocyathus (Paratrochocyathus) duncani, Tethocyathus prahli

Type specimen: Its type locality is NMB Loc15836 - Rio Gurabo [Gurabo Fm], which is in a Messinian coastal siliciclastic in the Rio Gurabo Formation of the Dominican Republic.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal microcarnivore