Anthozoa - Stauriida - Phillipsastreidae
Synonyms: Medusaephyllum Roemer 1855, Phillipsastraea d'Orbigny 1850, Pseudoacervularia Schlüter 1881, Smithia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851, Streptastraea Lang et al. 1940, Streptastrea Sandberger and Sandberger 1856
Parent taxon: Phillipsastreidae according to R. L. S. Brownlaw and J. S. Jell 2008
See also Hill 1956, Hill 1981 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Bensonastraea, Chuanbeiphyllum, Farabophyllum, Frechastraea, Keriophylloides, Kuangxiastraea, Macgeea, Pachyphyllum, Peneckiella, Protomacgeea, Pterorrhiza, Smithicyathus, Stellatophyllum, Sulcorphyllum, Thamnophyllum, Trapezophyllum, Vestigiphyllum, Phillipsastraeinae, Phacellophyllinae
Subtaxa: Phillipsastrea disrupta Phillipsastrea givetica Phillipsastrea hennahii Phillipsastrea hollardi Phillipsastrea irregularis Phillipsastrea kergarvanensis Phillipsastrea maculosa Phillipsastrea morzadeci Phillipsastrea sobolewi Phillipsastrea sparkensis
Type: Astraea hennahii
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Givetian of Morocco (1 collection)
• Devonian of Afghanistan (9), Australia (13), Belgium (4), Canada (49: Alberta, British Colombia-Alberta, British Columbia, British Columbia-Alberta, Northwest Territories), China (2), Germany (6), Iran (1), Kazakhstan (2), Mauritania (6), Mongolia (1), Morocco (6), Myanmar (3), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (8), Spain (22), Tajikistan (1), Thailand (5), the United Kingdom (3), United States (17: Alaska, Arizona, Iowa, New Mexico), Vietnam (2), Western Sahara (4)
• Silurian of United States (1: California)
Total: 167 collections including 225 occurrences
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