Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Euphylliidae
Synonym: Euphyllidae Veron 2000
Parent taxon: Scleractinia according to J.E.N. Veron 2000
See also Kiessling 2021
Sister taxa: Adekoheastrea, Agathiphylliidae, Amphiastraeina, Annotocyathus, Anomopora, Apelismilia, Aplocyathus, Aplosmiliidae, Archaeocoeniina, Archaeofungiina, Archaeolasmogyra, Archaeosmiliidae, Astraeoina, Astrocoeniina, Aulastraeoporidae, Bavarosmilia, Budiopsis, Calameastolia, Carantophyllum, Carcicocaenia, Caryophylliina, Chorisastraea, Clausastraeopsis, Clonosmilia, Coelomeandra, Comoseriidae, Coscinaraeidae, Cyclastraeidae, Cyclindrocyathus, Cylindrosmilia, Cynaria, Decaheliocoenia, Dendrophylliina, Desmocoenia, Dichotomosmilia, Diploastraeidae, Diplothecangia, Distichophylliina, Ebocotrochus, Eburneotrochus, Eckastraeidae, Edwardsomeandra, Epitrochus, Etalloniopsis, Eupsammidae, Eusmiliopsis, Fasciatiphyllia, Fasciseris, Faviina, Favitopsis, Felixaraeoidea, Fungiina, Furcophyllia, Gallitellia, Gardineroseris, Gombertiphyllia, Haplareidae, Hedeliastraea, Heliostylina, Helladophyllia, Heterocoeniina, Houchangocyathus, Isastraeidae, Isphyllastrea, Karatchastraea, Kobycoenia, Lamellomeandra, Lepiconus, Leptastreidae, Lithodendron, Lobophylliidae, Lupitschia, Mareastraea, Meandriina, Microsolenina, Miophora, Mioscapophyllia, Misistelloidea, Montastraeidae, Morchellastraea, Ondadiplocteniopsis, Oulastreidae, Pachyphylliidae, Pachysmilia, Pachythecaliina, Palaeophyllia, Palaeoseris, Palaeosmilia, Paracoryphyllia, Parastraeomorpha, Parastraeopora, Parepismiliidae, Phylloseriopsis, Phyllosmilioidea, Plerogyridae, Plesiastreidae, Pleuropodia, Psammocyathus, Pyramisasteria, Reisocyathus, Reussiphyllia, Rhabdofavia, Rhipidogyrina, Rhopalophyllia, Saeptiphyllia, Sakalavastraeopsis, Saltastraea, Sclydolithus, Siderocoenia, Siliningastraea, Sinasteria, Siniastraea, Smilostyliidae, Solenocoeniidae, Streptocyathopsis, Streptocyathus, Stylinina, Stylophyllina, Substuoresia, Thamnasteria cycloides, Thamnasteria komagataensis, Thamnasteria maxima, Thamnasteria protoserioides, Thamnasteria rikuzenica, Thamnasteriidae, Thamnasterites, Thecoseriopsis, Thigmastrea, Trachyphylliidae, Tropiastraea, Tropiastraeidae
Subtaxa: Catalaphyllia Ctenella Euphyllia Fimbriaphyllia Galaxea Gyrosmilia Montigyra Simplastrea
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (36 collections), China (1), Djibouti (1), Egypt (30), Eritrea (1), India (1), Indonesia (6), Israel (1), Japan (22), Kenya (20), Malaysia (1), Mauritius (2), Mayotte (1), New Caledonia (2), Papua New Guinea (3), Saudi Arabia (8), the Seychelles (4), Somalia (1), Sri Lanka (1), Sudan (1), Taiwan (1), Vanuatu (6)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Indonesia (1)
• Pliocene of Indonesia (10), Japan (2), Malaysia (2), Papua New Guinea (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Malaysia (1)
• Miocene of Australia (1), Fiji (4), France (1), Greece (1), Indonesia (12), Iran (4), Italy (1), Malaysia (1), Papua New Guinea (3), United States Minor Outlying Islands (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Oligocene of Greece (3), Iran (1), Italy (11), Jamaica (1), Slovenia (1)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Greece (1)
• Eocene of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), Hungary (4), India (1), Italy (4), Libya (1), the Marshall Islands (1), Pakistan (1), Romania (1), Slovenia (2), Spain (2)
• Paleocene of Costa Rica (1), Pakistan (1), Slovenia (2)
Total: 237 collections including 285 occurrences