Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Parent taxon: Trachyphylliidae according to R. A. López-Pérez 2005
See also Sepkoski 2002, Squires 1999 and Wells 1956
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, Paragoniastrea, Paraleptoria, Paramontastraea, Parastrea, Pectinia, Phacellocoenia, Platygyra, Plavecia, Procladocora, Scapophyllia, Tarbellastraea, Trachyphyllia, Echinomorpha, Fungophyllia
Subtaxa: Antillophyllia californica Antillophyllia chipolana Antillophyllia constricta Antillophyllia gesteri Antillophyllia olssoni
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Eritrea (1 collection), Indonesia (3), Japan (1)
• Pliocene of Indonesia (3)
• Miocene of Indonesia (1), United States (3: Florida)
• Oligocene of France (2)
• Eocene of Colombia (3), Jamaica (1), United States (1: California)
Total: 19 collections including 20 occurrences
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