Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae
Synonyms: Latimaeandraraea Fromentel 1861, Michelinaraea Alloiteau 1952, Uxacalcaraea Alloiteau 1957
Parent taxon: Meandrophylliinae according to E. Roniewicz 1976
See also Baron-Szabo 2002, Baron-Szabo 2008, Sepkoski 2002, Turnsek 1997, Wells 1944 and Wells 1956
Sister taxa: Brachymeandra, Dimorphastraeopsis
Subtaxa: Meandrophyllia amedei Meandrophyllia cariacoensis Meandrophyllia corrugata Meandrophyllia greppini Meandrophyllia heberti Meandrophyllia lotharinga Meandrophyllia macroseriata Meandrophyllia meandriformis Meandrophyllia meandroides Meandrophyllia montezumae Meandrophyllia oceani Meandrophyllia plummeri Meandrophyllia steini Meandrophyllia textilis Meandrophyllia tomesi Meandrophyllia tuberosa Meandrophyllia uxacalcensis Meandrophyllia velamentosa
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Austria (2 collections), Bulgaria (1), China (2), France (5), Georgia (2), Germany (1), Greece (1), Iran (1), Jamaica (1), Japan (7), Mexico (9), the Netherlands (4), Poland (1), Romania (3), Serbia and Montenegro (3), Spain (4), Venezuela (3)
• Jurassic of Algeria (1), Azerbaijan (1), the Czech Republic (1), France (4), Georgia (2), Germany (1), Poland (5), Portugal (3), Romania (3), the Russian Federation (2), Slovenia (4), Spain (4), Switzerland (1), Tanzania (2), Tunisia (3)
Total: 87 collections including 101 occurrences
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