Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Cladophylliidae

Alternative combination: Stylosmilia dresnayi

Full reference: L. Beauvais. 1986. Monographie des Madreporaires du Jurassique Inferieur du Maroc (Monograph on Lower Jurassic Corals of Morocco). Palaeontographica Abteilung A 194(1-3):1-68

Belongs to Cladophyllia according to D. Turnsek et al. 2003

Sister taxa: Cladophyllia babeana, Cladophyllia choffati, Cladophyllia clemencia, Cladophyllia conybeari, Cladophyllia corallina, Cladophyllia dichotoma, Cladophyllia excelsa, Cladophyllia furcifera, Cladophyllia mexicana, Cladophyllia minor, Cladophyllia miroi, Cladophyllia morondavensis, Cladophyllia picteti, Cladophyllia ramea, Cladophyllia rollieri, Cladophyllia skuviensis, Cladophyllia stewartae, Cladophyllia tenuis, Cladophyllia thailandensis, Cladophyllia tobleri

Type specimen: Its type locality is J. Bou Dahar (Beni Tadjit), Atlas Mountains, which is in a Pliensbachian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in Morocco.

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic