Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Parent taxon: Merulinidae according to A. F. Budd and F. R. Bosellini 2016
See also Wells 1956
Sister taxa: Anisocoenia, Antiguastrea, Aquitanastraea, Astrea, Australogyra, Bikiniastrea, Boninastrea, Cladocora, Coelastrea, Cyphastrea, Dictuophyllia, Diplogyra, Dipsastraea, Echinopora, Edwardsastraea, Erythrastrea, Favites, Goniastrea, Hydnophora, Leptoria, Liptodendron, Merulina, Monticulastraea, Mycedium, Orbicella, Oulophyllia, Paraclavarina, Paragoniastrea, Paraleptoria, Paramontastraea, Parastrea, Pectinia, Phacellocoenia, Platygyra, Plavecia, Procladocora, Scapophyllia, Tarbellastraea, Trachyphyllia
Subtaxa: Hydnophyllia collinaria Hydnophyllia costata Hydnophyllia fimbriata Hydnophyllia scalaria Hydnophyllia serpentinoides Hydnophyllia stellata Hydnophyllia sublabyrinthica
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Taiwan (1 collection)
• Miocene of Indonesia (5), Japan (1), Tanzania (1)
• Oligocene of France (1), Iran (1), Italy (12), Libya (2), Spain (1)
• Eocene of Croatia (1), Germany (1), Hungary (4), Italy (1), Spain (1)
Total: 33 collections including 40 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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