Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Parent taxon: Merulinidae according to W. Kiessling 2021
See also Kiessling 2003 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Anisocoenia, Antiguastrea, 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
Subtaxa: Aquitanastraea incrustans Aquitanastraea pachyformis Aquitanastraea piveteaui Aquitanastraea pruvosti Aquitanastraea tenuitabulata
Type: Aquitanastraea piveteaui
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of France (8 collections), Italy (1), Morocco (1), Türkiye (3)
• Oligocene of France (1)
Total: 14 collections including 24 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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