Pectinia Oken 1815 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Synonyms: Physophyllia Duncan 1884, Tridacophyllia Blainville 1830

Parent taxon: Merulinidae according to D. Huang et al. 2014

See also Sepkoski 2002, Veron 1992, Veron 2000, Wells 1954 and Wells 1956

Sister taxa: Anisocoenia, Antiguastrea, Aquitanastraea, Astrea, Australogyra, Bikiniastrea, Boninastrea, Cladocora, Coelastrea, Cyphastrea, Dictuophyllia, Diplogyra, Dipsastraea, Echinopora, Edwardsastraea, Erythrastrea, Favites, Goniastrea, Hydnophora, Hydnophyllia, Leptoria, Liptodendron, Merulina, Monticulastraea, Mycedium, Orbicella, Oulophyllia, Paraclavarina, Paraleptoria, Paramontastraea, Parastrea, Phacellocoenia, Platygyra, Plavecia, Procladocora, Scapophyllia, Tarbellastraea, Trachyphyllia

Subtaxa: Pectinia ayleni Pectinia lactuca

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Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection), Japan (7)

• Miocene of Japan (1)

• Eocene of Italy (1)

Total: 10 collections including 11 occurrences

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