Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Full reference: A. F. Budd and F. R. Bosellini. 2016. Revision of Oligocene Mediterranean meandroid corals in the scleractinian families Mussidae, Merulinidae and Lobophylliidae. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 14:771-798
Parent taxon: Merulinidae according to A. F. Budd and F. R. Bosellini 2016
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, Paramontastraea, Parastrea, Pectinia, Phacellocoenia, Platygyra, Plavecia, Procladocora, Scapophyllia, Tarbellastraea, Trachyphyllia
Subtaxa: Paraleptoria flexuosissima Paraleptoria polygonalis
Type: Meandrina polygonalis
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Italy (1 collection)
• Eocene of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), Italy (3)
Total: 5 collections including 6 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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