Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Synonyms: Physophyllia Duncan 1884, Tridacophyllia Blainville 1830
Parent taxon: Merulinidae according to D. Huang et al. 2014
See also Sepkoski 2002, Veron 1992, Veron 2000, Wells 1954 and Wells 1956
Sister taxa: Anisocoenia, Antiguastrea, Aquitanastraea, Astrea, Australogyra, Bikiniastrea, Boninastrea, Cladocora, Coelastrea, Cyphastrea, Dictuophyllia, Diplogyra, Dipsastraea, Echinopora, Edwardsastraea, Erythrastrea, Favites, Goniastrea, Hydnophora, Hydnophyllia, Leptoria, Liptodendron, Merulina, Monticulastraea, Mycedium, Orbicella, Oulophyllia, Paraclavarina, Paragoniastrea, Paraleptoria, Paramontastraea, Parastrea, Phacellocoenia, Platygyra, Plavecia, Procladocora, Scapophyllia, Tarbellastraea, Trachyphyllia
Subtaxa: Pectinia ayleni Pectinia lactuca
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection), Japan (7)
• Miocene of Japan (1)
• Eocene of Italy (1)
Total: 10 collections including 11 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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