Parent taxon: Fungiina according to J. W. Wells 1956
Sister taxa: Acrosmiliidae, Agariciicae, Andemantastraeidae, Astraeomorphidae, Astraraeidae, Dermosmiliidae, Felixaraeidae, Fungiacyathidae, Fungiicae, Funginellidae, Haplaraeidae, Kobyastraeidae, Microbaciidae, Pachyphyllidae, Procyclolitidae, Rhipidastraeidae, Siderastreidae, Synastraeidae
Subtaxa: Actinacididae Poritidae
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Antigua and Barbuda (1 collection), Australia (53), the Bahamas (19), Barbados (27), Belize (6), Brazil (3), Cape Verde (7), Cayman Islands (43), China (1), Cocos (Keeling) Islands (3), Colombia (26), Cook Islands (9), Costa Rica (38), Curaçao (16), the Dominican Republic (7), Egypt (55), Eritrea (4), Fiji (2), French Polynesia (42), Guadeloupe (3), Guam (2), Haiti (6), India (6), Indonesia (15), Iran (1), Israel (1), Jamaica (11), Japan (68), Jordan (1), Kenya (34), Kiribati (1), Madagascar (1), Malaysia (1), Maldives (7), the Marshall Islands (1), Mauritius (5), Mayotte (1), Mexico (37), New Caledonia (17), New Zealand (2), North Pacific (1), Northern Mariana Islands (1), Pakistan (2), Palau (3), Panama (36), Papua New Guinea (22), the Philippines (7), Pitcairn (3), Saint Kitts and Nevis (1), Samoa (2), Saudi Arabia (20), the Seychelles (9), Somalia (2), South Pacific (8), Sri Lanka (1), Sudan (1), Taiwan (2), Thailand (1), Tuvalu (1), United States (32: Florida, Hawaii), Vanuatu (11), Virgin Islands (4)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of the Bahamas (1), Costa Rica (9), Egypt (1), Indonesia (10), Jamaica (1), North Pacific (1), the Philippines (1), Saudi Arabia (1), United States (1: Florida), United States Minor Outlying Islands (2)
• Pliocene of the Bahamas (10), Costa Rica (26), Curaçao (14), the Dominican Republic (23), Egypt (1), French Polynesia (1), Haiti (3), Indonesia (26), Jamaica (2), Japan (3), Malaysia (1), the Marshall Islands (1), Mexico (1), Papua New Guinea (1), Portugal (1), Taiwan (1), United States (7: California, Florida, Hawaii)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Aruba (1), Curaçao (2), the Dominican Republic (6), Indonesia (3), Malaysia (2), South Pacific (1), United States (1: Puerto Rico)
• Miocene of Algeria (16), Anguilla (8), Austria (22), the Bahamas (4), Bulgaria (1), Colombia (20), Cuba (4), Curaçao (1), Cyprus (4), the Dominican Republic (40), Egypt (10), Fiji (9), France (23), Germany (2), Greece (9), Haiti (1), Hungary (6), Indonesia (34), Iran (16), Israel (2), Italy (22), Jamaica (1), Japan (2), Libya (1), Madagascar (1), Malaysia (1), Malta (5), the Marshall Islands (7), Mexico (5), Morocco (13), New Zealand (2), Pakistan (1), Panama (31), Papua New Guinea (4), Poland (5), Portugal (4), Puerto Rico (2), Romania (3), Saudi Arabia (4), Sint Maarten (1), Slovakia (1), Somalia (9), Spain (28), Sri Lanka (1), Sudan (1), Tanzania (1), Trinidad and Tobago (10), Türkiye (7), Ukraine (2), United States (3: Florida), United States Minor Outlying Islands (2), Venezuela (2)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Somalia (1), United States (2: Florida)
• Oligocene of Antigua and Barbuda (13), China (1), Cuba (1), the Dominican Republic (3), France (4), Greece (5), Hungary (2), India (1), Indonesia (1), Iran (3), Italy (57), Jamaica (2), Libya (2), Malta (19), Mexico (6), Puerto Rico (6), Saudi Arabia (1), Slovenia (5), Somalia (7), Spain (5), Türkiye (5), United States (3: Florida, Georgia, Texas), Venezuela (4)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Greece (1)
• Eocene of Austria (1), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), Colombia (1), Croatia (2), Cuba (1), Czechia (1), Egypt (1), France (2), Germany (2), Hungary (6), Indonesia (1), Italy (14), Jamaica (6), Japan (1), Mexico (6), Morocco (2), Pakistan (2), Panama (3), Papua New Guinea (1), Peru (1), Romania (1), Saint Barthélemy (1), Slovakia (1), Slovenia (3), Spain (12), Ukraine (1), United States (3: Alabama, California)
• Paleocene to Eocene of Slovakia (2)
• Paleocene of Austria (1), China (1), Croatia (1), France (1), Iran (2), Italy (2), Pakistan (3), Puerto Rico (1), the Russian Federation (1), Slovakia (18), Slovenia (14), Somalia (1), Spain (3), Türkiye (3), Ukraine (1), United States (1: Alabama)
• Cretaceous of Austria (6), Bulgaria (6), Croatia (1), Cuba (2), Czechia (1), Georgia (1), Germany (1), Iran (2), Italy (1), Jamaica (23), Japan (1), Madagascar (1), Mexico (5), the Netherlands (4), Oman (5), Pakistan (4), Poland (2), Portugal (1), Serbia (2), Slovakia (2), Slovenia (3), Spain (5), Switzerland (1), Tunisia (1), Turkmenistan (1), Ukraine (2), the United Arab Emirates (4), United States (5: Mississippi, Texas)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Bulgaria (1)
• Jurassic of Bulgaria (2)
Total: 1722 collections including 2775 occurrences