Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Diploastraeidae
Parent taxon: Scleractinia according to D. Huang et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Adekoheastrea, Agathiphylliidae, Amphiastraeina, Anisocoenia, Annotocyathus, Anomopora, Antiguastrea, Antillophyllia, Apelismilia, Aplocyathus, Aplosmiliidae, Aquitanastraea, Archaeocoeniina, Archaeofungiina, Archaeolasmogyra, Archaeosmiliidae, Astraeoina, Astrocoeniina, Aulastraeoporidae, Bavarosmilia, Budiopsis, Calameastolia, Carantophyllum, Carcicocaenia, Caryophylliina, Caulastrea, Chorisastraea, Cladocora, Clausastraeopsis, Clonosmilia, Coelomeandra, Comoseriidae, Coscinaraeidae, Cyclastraeidae, Cyclindrocyathus, Cylindrosmilia, Cynaria, Cyphastrea, Decaheliocoenia, Dendrophylliina, Desmocoenia, Dichotomosmilia, Dictuophyllia, Diplogyra, Diplothecangia, Distichophylliina, Ebocotrochus, Eburneotrochus, Echinopora, Eckastraeidae, Edwardsastraea, Edwardsomeandra, Epitrochus, Etalloniopsis, Euphylliidae, Eupsammidae, Eusmiliopsis, Fasciatiphyllia, Fasciseris, Faviina, Favites, Favitopsis, Felixaraeoidea, Fungiina, Fungophyllia, Furcophyllia, Gallitellia, Gardineroseris, Gombertiphyllia, Goniastrea, Haplareidae, Hedeliastraea, Heliostylina, Helladophyllia, Heterocoeniina, Houchangocyathus, Hydnophora, Isastraeidae, Isphyllastrea, Karatchastraea, Kobycoenia, Lamellomeandra, Lepiconus, Leptastreidae, Leptoria, Liptodendron, Lithodendron, Lobophylliidae, Lupitschia, Mareastraea, Meandriina, Merulina, Microsolenina, Miophora, Mioscapophyllia, Misistelloidea, Montastraeidae, Morchellastraea, Mycedium, Ondadiplocteniopsis, Oulastreidae, Oulophyllia, Pachyphylliidae, Pachysmilia, Pachythecaliina, Palaeophyllia, Palaeoseris, Palaeosmilia, Paracoryphyllia, Parastraeomorpha, Parastraeopora, Parepismiliidae, Pectinia, Phacellocoenia, Phylloseriopsis, Phyllosmilioidea, Platygyra, Plavecia, Plerogyridae, Plesiastreidae, Pleuropodia, Procladocora, Psammocyathus, Pyramisasteria, Reisocyathus, Reussiphyllia, Rhabdofavia, Rhipidogyrina, Rhopalophyllia, Saeptiphyllia, Sakalavastraeopsis, Saltastraea, Sclydolithus, Siderocoenia, Siliningastraea, Sinasteria, Siniastraea, Smilostyliidae, Solenocoeniidae, Streptocyathopsis, Streptocyathus, Stylinina, Stylophyllina, Substuoresia, Tarbellastraea, Thamnasteria cycloides, Thamnasteria komagataensis, Thamnasteria maxima, Thamnasteria protoserioides, Thamnasteria rikuzenica, Thamnasteriidae, Thamnasterites, Thamnastraea, Thecoseriopsis, Thecosmiliidae, Thigmastrea, Trachyphyllia, Tropiastraea, Tropiastraeidae
Subtaxa: Diploastrea
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection), Cook Islands (1), Eritrea (1), Guam (1), India (1), Indonesia (3), Japan (3), Kenya (1), Madagascar (1), New Caledonia (1), Papua New Guinea (8), Saudi Arabia (1), Vanuatu (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Indonesia (2), the Philippines (1)
• Pliocene of Indonesia (12), Papua New Guinea (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Indonesia (2)
• Miocene of Colombia (4), Egypt (5), Fiji (2), France (15), Greece (4), Indonesia (5), Iran (1), Italy (1), Libya (1), Malta (1), Papua New Guinea (3), Saudi Arabia (1), Spain (4)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Indonesia (1), Somalia (1)
• Oligocene of Antigua and Barbuda (12), Cuba (2), France (1), Iran (2), Italy (3), Jamaica (2), Libya (1), Mexico (4), Panama (1), Puerto Rico (3), Somalia (1), United States (1: Georgia), Venezuela (3)
• Eocene of Indonesia (1), Jamaica (1), Panama (2), Sint Maarten (1)
• Cretaceous of France (1), Tanzania (1), United States (3: Texas)
Total: 137 collections including 209 occurrences