Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
Alternative spelling: Actinastraeidae
Parent taxon: Astrocoeniina according to R. Baron-Szabo 2006
See also Baron-Szabo 2002 and Turnsek 1997
Sister taxa: Acroporidae, Astrocoeniidae, Pocilloporidae
Subtaxa: Actinastrea Agrostyliastraea Allocoenia Allocoeniopsis Araucanastrea Chondrocoenia Coenastraea Columactinastraea Floriastrea Holocoenia Protostephanastrea Sedekastrea Stelidioseris Stephanastrea Texastrea
Type: Actinastrea
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Cyprus (1 collection), France (1)
• Eocene of the Czech Republic (1), France (1), Somalia (1)
• Paleocene of Egypt (2), France (1), India (1), the Netherlands (1), Pakistan (1)
• Cretaceous of Austria (9), Azerbaijan (2), Bulgaria (10), Chile (1), China (6), Croatia (1), the Czech Republic (10), France (10), Georgia (7), Germany (8), Greece (6), Iran (3), Jamaica (9), Madagascar (3), Mexico (9), the Netherlands (6), Oman (3), Poland (4), Portugal (2), Romania (1), Saudi Arabia (2), Serbia and Montenegro (6), Slovakia (1), Slovenia (2), Somalia (1), Spain (14), Switzerland (4), Tanzania (9), Turkey (1), Turkmenistan (6), Ukraine (2), the United Arab Emirates (3), United States (10: Arizona, Texas), Uzbekistan (1), Venezuela (2)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Japan (1)
• Jurassic of Afghanistan (1), Argentina (5), Austria (2), Azerbaijan (1), Canada (4: British Columbia, Nova Scotia), Chile (13), China (1), Colombia (1), the Czech Republic (3), Ethiopia (21), France (35), Germany (11), Greenland (1), India (2), Indonesia (1), Iran (6), Japan (2), Lebanon (1), Madagascar (2), Mexico (2), Morocco (5), Myanmar (1), Peru (1), Poland (4), Portugal (30), Romania (5), Saudi Arabia (8), Slovakia (4), Slovenia (3), Spain (5), Switzerland (4), Tajikistan (5), Tanzania (3), Thailand (1), Tunisia (4), the United Kingdom (7), United States (2: Idaho, Oregon), Uzbekistan (2)
• Triassic of Australia (1), Austria (7), Canada (6: British Columbia, Yukon), Chile (1), Germany (1), Iran (3), Italy (15), Mexico (5), Peru (3), Slovakia (2), Slovenia (1), Tajikistan (6), United States (5: Alaska, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon)
Total: 451 collections including 620 occurrences