Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Parent taxon: Merulinidae according to R.C. Baron-Szabo 2021
See also Sepkoski 2002, Turnsek 1997 and Wells 1956
Sister taxa: Anisocoenia, Antiguastrea, Aquitanastraea, Astrea, Australogyra, Bikiniastrea, Boninastrea, Cladocora, Coelastrea, Cyphastrea, Dictuophyllia, 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, Fungophyllia, Echinomorpha, Antillophyllia
Subtaxa: Diplogyra arasensis Diplogyra lamellosa Diplogyra minima Diplogyra subplanotabulata
Type: Diplogyra lamellosa
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Austria (1 collection), France (1), Georgia (1), Greece (1), Japan (1), Spain (7)
Total: 12 collections including 17 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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