Full reference: E. de Fromentel. 1861. Introduction à l'étude des polypiers fossiles. Mémoires de la Société d'Emulation du département du Doubs 3:1-357
Parent taxon: Thamnastraea according to E. de Fromentel 1861
Sister taxa: Thamnasteria abukumaensis, Thamnasteria andranomarivensis, Thamnasteria aspera, Thamnasteria bevoayensis, Thamnasteria bonanomii, Thamnasteria communis, Thamnasteria concinna, Thamnasteria concinnaformis, Thamnasteria coquandi, Thamnasteria cotteaui, Thamnasteria defrancei, Thamnasteria dendroidea, Thamnasteria felixi, Thamnasteria globosa, Thamnasteria gracilis, Thamnasteria heterogenea, Thamnasteria hoffmeisteri, Thamnasteria huzimotoi, Thamnasteria imlayi, Thamnasteria iranensis, Thamnasteria jaccardi, Thamnasteria japonica, Thamnasteria jezoensis, Thamnasteria kobyi, Thamnasteria latistellata, Thamnasteria leptopetala, Thamnasteria lobata, Thamnasteria loryi, Thamnasteria maeandra, Thamnasteria mammosa, Thamnasteria matsushitai, Thamnasteria microconos, Thamnasteria miyakoensis, Thamnasteria moreana, Thamnasteria naumanni, Thamnasteria nicoleti, Thamnasteria ogawaensis, Thamnasteria patina, Thamnasteria pseudopaliformis, Thamnasteria racemosa, Thamnasteria rhaetica, Thamnasteria rumignyensis, Thamnasteria scita, Thamnasteria seriata, Thamnasteria settsassi, Thamnasteria sinuata, Thamnasteria sinuosa, Thamnasteria smithi, Thamnasteria suprajurensis, Thamnasteria tenuissima, Thamnasteria tokushimaensis, Thamnasteria tonantzinae, Thamnasteria torinosuensis, Thamnasteria yuraensis, Thamnastraea plana, Thamnastrea dumonti, Thamnastrea perroni, Centrastrea granulata, Centrastrea bayardi, Centrastrea arborescens, Centrastrea interrupta, Centrastrea oculata, Dactylocoenia digitata
Subtaxa: Thamnasteria maccoyi Thamnastraea (Centrastraea) dumosa Thamnastraea (Centrastraea) minima Thamnastraea (Centrastraea) moreana Thamnastraea (Centrastraea) portlandica
Type: Astrea gracilis
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution: found only at Saint-Ursanne (Jurassic of Switzerland)