Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Synonyms: Angeliphyllia Barta-Calmus 1973, Hydnophoraraea Oppenheim 1930, Hydnophorare Oppenheim 1930, Hydnophorarea Oppenheim 1930, Michelottiphyllia Barta-Calmus 1973
Parent taxon: Merulinidae according to D. Huang et al. 2014
See also Baron-Szabo 2006, Baron-Szabo 2021, Bosellini 1999, Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2008, López-Pérez 2005, Sepkoski 2002, Veron 2000 and Wells 1956
Sister taxa: Anisocoenia, Antiguastrea, Aquitanastraea, Astrea, Australogyra, Bikiniastrea, Boninastrea, Cladocora, Coelastrea, Cyphastrea, Dictuophyllia, Diplogyra, Dipsastraea, Echinopora, Edwardsastraea, Erythrastrea, Favites, Goniastrea, 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: Hydnophora ackermanni Hydnophora affinis Hydnophora astraeoides Hydnophora cristatoseriata Hydnophora exesa Hydnophora ferryi Hydnophora grandis Hydnophora infundibulum Hydnophora microconos Hydnophora oppenheimi Hydnophora pilosa Hydnophora provincialis Hydnophora pulchra Hydnophora rudis Hydnophora styriaca Hydnophora tenella Hydnophora variabilis
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (19 collections), Djibouti (1), Egypt (4), Eritrea (1), Fiji (1), Guam (1), Indonesia (1), Japan (10), Kenya (6), New Caledonia (2), New Zealand (1), Pakistan (3), Papua New Guinea (10), Saudi Arabia (2), the Seychelles (3), Sudan (1), Taiwan (1)
• Pliocene of Indonesia (2), Japan (2), Papua New Guinea (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Indonesia (1), Malaysia (1)
• Miocene to Pleistocene of Indonesia (1)
• Miocene of Cyprus (2), Fiji (1), France (1), Indonesia (3), Iran (7), Papua New Guinea (2), Somalia (2), Sri Lanka (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Indonesia (1), Iran (1), Somalia (1)
• Oligocene of Antigua and Barbuda (2), Costa Rica (1), Greece (2), India (1), Iran (1), Italy (9), Jamaica (2), Libya (1), Puerto Rico (2), Somalia (2), Spain (1)
• Eocene of Jamaica (1), Pakistan (1), Saint Barthélemy (1)
• Cretaceous of Austria (3), Bulgaria (2), Czechia (2), Germany (6), Greece (2), Oman (2), Pakistan (1), Romania (1), Serbia (1), Slovakia (1), Slovenia (2), Spain (1), United States (1: Texas)
Total: 149 collections including 164 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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