Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Synonyms: Cereiophyllia Barta-Calmus 1973, Cereiphyllia Barta-Calmus 1973, Haimesiphyllia Alloiteau 1957, Rhabdocora Fromentel 1873
Parent taxon: Merulinidae according to R. C. Baron-Szabo 2014
See also Alvarez et al. 1994, Baron-Szabo 2002, Baron-Szabo 2006, Kiessling 2014, Sepkoski 2002, Veron 2000 and Wells 1956
Sister taxa: Anisocoenia, Antiguastrea, Aquitanastraea, Astrea, Australogyra, Bikiniastrea, Boninastrea, Coelastrea, Cyphastrea, Dictuophyllia, Diplogyra, Dipsastraea, Echinopora, Edwardsastraea, Erythrastrea, Favites, Goniastrea, Hydnophora, Hydnophyllia, Leptoria, Liptodendron, Merulina, Monticulastraea, Mycedium, Orbicella, Oulophyllia, Paraclavarina, Paraleptoria, Paramontastraea, Parastrea, Pectinia, Phacellocoenia, Platygyra, Plavecia, Procladocora, Scapophyllia, Tarbellastraea, Trachyphyllia
Subtaxa: Cladocora arbuscula Cladocora barkii Cladocora bosquensis Cladocora brevis Cladocora caespitosa Cladocora gaasensis Cladocora gamachotensis Cladocora gracilis Cladocora haimei Cladocora jamaicaensis Cladocora johnsoni Cladocora liburnensis Cladocora michelottii Cladocora multicaulis Cladocora prevostiana Cladocora prolifera Cladocora reussi Cladocora rosicensis Cladocora tenuis
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Barbados (2 collections), France (2), Greece (3), Italy (8), Pakistan (1), Panama (1), Spain (1), United States (1: Florida)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Pliocene of the Bahamas (1), Cyprus (1), Italy (1), Spain (4)
• Miocene of Brazil (1), France (16), Grenada (2), Iran (1), Italy (3), Libya (1), Mexico (1), Morocco (1), Pakistan (1), Panama (1), Portugal (1)
• Oligocene of France (2), Italy (15), Puerto Rico (2), Spain (2)
• Eocene of Croatia (2), Germany (1), Italy (5), Mexico (2), Slovakia (1), Spain (6), United States (3: North Carolina, South Carolina)
• Paleocene of Antarctica (1), Argentina (2), Egypt (1), Italy (2), Pakistan (1), Puerto Rico (1), Somalia (2), Spain (2)
• Cretaceous of Austria (1), Bulgaria (1), Croatia (1), Egypt (3), Germany (1), Greece (1), Jamaica (4), Mexico (3), Pakistan (1), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Slovenia (1), Switzerland (1)
• Jurassic of India (1), Jordan (1), Tunisia (1)
Total: 131 collections including 150 occurrences
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