Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae
Alternative combination: Meandraraea meandroides
Synonym: Thamnasteria contorta Eguchi 1951
Belongs to Meandrophyllia according to R. C. Baron-Szabo et al. 2003
See also Baron-Szabo 2003, Baron-Szabo 2009 and Eguchi 1951
Sister taxa: Meandrophyllia amedei, Meandrophyllia cariacoensis, Meandrophyllia corrugata, Meandrophyllia greppini, Meandrophyllia heberti, Meandrophyllia lotharinga, Meandrophyllia macroseriata, Meandrophyllia meandriformis, Meandrophyllia montezumae, Meandrophyllia oceani, Meandrophyllia plummeri, Meandrophyllia steini, Meandrophyllia textilis, Meandrophyllia tomesi, Meandrophyllia tuberosa, Meandrophyllia uxacalcensis, Meandrophyllia velamentosa, Latimoeandraraea sulcata, Latimoeandraraea corallina, Latimoeandraraea cotteaui, Latimoeandraraea marcouana, Latimoeandraraea cerebriformis
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (5 collections), Germany (1), Iran (1), Japan (4), Mexico (1), Serbia (1), Spain (1)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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