Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Parent taxon: Dendrophylliidae according to J. W. Wells 1956
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aplopsammia, Areopsammia, Astroides, Balanophyllia, Bathypsammia, Blastozopsammia, Cahuzacopsammia, Cairnsipsammia, Calostylopsis, Dendrophyllia, Dichopsammia, Duncanopsammia, Eguchipsammia, Endopachys, Endopsammia, Heteropsammia, Lamellophyllia, Leptopsammia, Lobopsammia, Makridinophyllia, Notophyllia, Paleoastroides, Reussopsammia, Rhabdopsammia, Rhizopsammia, Stereopsammia, Stichopsammia, Thecopsammia, Tubastraea, Turbinaria, Wadeopsammia
Subtaxa: Enallopsammia laddi Enallopsammia orthoclada Enallopsammia poppelacki Enallopsammia scillae
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Cape Verde (1 collection), Greece (1), Italy (1), Maldives (2)
• Miocene of Czechia (1), France (1), Germany (2), Italy (2), New Zealand (2), Romania (1)
• Eocene of Tonga (1)
Total: 15 collections including 17 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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