Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Synonyms: Hydnophora plana Duncan 1864, Hydnophora regularis Kühn 1933, Monticulastraea regularis Kühn 1933
Belongs to Hydnophora according to Duncan 1864
See also Bosellini 1999, Kühn 1933 and McCall et al. 1994
Sister taxa: Hydnophora ackermanni, Hydnophora affinis, Hydnophora astraeoides, Hydnophora cristatoseriata, Hydnophora exesa, Hydnophora ferryi, Hydnophora grandis, Hydnophora infundibulum, Hydnophora microconos, Hydnophora oppenheimi, Hydnophora pilosa, Hydnophora provincialis, Hydnophora pulchra, Hydnophora styriaca, Hydnophora tenella, Hydnophora variabilis
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Iran (3 collections), Somalia (1), Sri Lanka (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Somalia (1)
• Oligocene of Iran (1)
Total: 7 collections including 8 occurrences
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