Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae
Parent taxon: Stylinina according to H. Löser 2006
See also Baron-Szabo 2003
Sister taxa: Agatheliidae, Cladophylliidae, Euheliidae, Euhellidae, Stylinidae
Subtaxa: Amphiphora Columellophora Cryptocoenia Cyathophora Elasmophora Holocystis Pentacoenia Pseudocoenia
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Austria (5 collections), Azerbaijan (1), Bulgaria (9), Chile (1), China (4), the Czech Republic (9), France (5), Georgia (2), Germany (7), Greece (9), Hungary (1), India (1), Iran (3), Japan (5), Madagascar (2), Mexico (11), Poland (7), Romania (4), Serbia and Montenegro (9), Slovenia (2), Spain (13), Switzerland (3), Tanzania (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1), Turkmenistan (2), Ukraine (3), the United Kingdom (4), United States (2: Texas), Venezuela (1)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of China (1)
• Jurassic of Algeria (4), Azerbaijan (5), Bulgaria (2), China (1), the Czech Republic (6), France (12), Georgia (6), Germany (13), Greece (2), India (1), Indonesia (3), Iran (2), Italy (4), Madagascar (1), Morocco (4), Poland (5), Portugal (20), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (3), Saudi Arabia (1), Slovenia (1), Spain (3), Switzerland (3), Thailand (1), Tunisia (2), Turkmenistan (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (9), Uzbekistan (2)
Total: 247 collections including 375 occurrences