Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae
Alternative spelling: Lophophyllia
Parent taxon: Lobophylliidae according to W. Kiessling 2021
See also Kiessling 2009, Sepkoski 2002 and Veron 2000
Sister taxa: Acanthastrea, Australomussa, Cynarina, Echinophyllia, Moseleya, Oxypora, Symphyllia
Subtaxa: Lobophyllia corymbosa Lobophyllia costata Lobophyllia flabelliformis Lobophyllia hataii Lobophyllia hemprichii Lobophyllia pachysepta Lobophyllia requieni Lobophyllia robusta
Type: Lobophyllia requieni
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (18 collections), Egypt (15), Eritrea (1), Guam (1), Indonesia (2), Israel (1), Japan (18), Kenya (6), New Caledonia (5), New Zealand (1), Palau (2), Papua New Guinea (4), Pitcairn (1), Saudi Arabia (8), Somalia (1), Vanuatu (5)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Indonesia (1), Saudi Arabia (1)
• Pliocene of Indonesia (5), Papua New Guinea (1)
• Miocene of Indonesia (3), Iran (2), New Zealand (1)
• Oligocene of France (1)
• Jurassic of Germany (1)
Total: 105 collections including 120 occurrences
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