Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Parent taxon: Merulinidae according to W. Kiessling 2021
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Wells 1956
Sister taxa: 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, Paraleptoria, Paramontastraea, Parastrea, Pectinia, Phacellocoenia, Platygyra, Plavecia, Procladocora, Scapophyllia, Tarbellastraea, Trachyphyllia
Subtaxa: Anisocoenia crassisepta Anisocoenia quadriseriata Anisocoenia variabilis
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Indonesia (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Malaysia (1)
• Miocene of Indonesia (5), Iran (4)
• Oligocene of Libya (1), Somalia (1)
Total: 13 collections including 14 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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