Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Heterocoeniidae
Parent taxon: Heterocoeniina according to E. Morycowa and D. Decrouez 2006
See also Baron-Szabo 2006 and Götz et al. 2005
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Acanthogyra Canleria Castiglionastrea Confusaforma Elasmocoenia Heterocoenia Heterosmilia Hexasmiliopsis Latusastrea Pachythecophyllia Styloheterocoenia
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of Mexico (1 collection), Senegal (1)
• Paleocene of Slovakia (1)
• Cretaceous of Armenia (1), Austria (5), Bulgaria (3), China (2), the Czech Republic (3), France (5), Georgia (4), Germany (4), Greece (6), Hungary (1), Italy (5), Jamaica (1), Japan (12), Mexico (6), the Netherlands (3), Poland (5), Romania (2), Serbia and Montenegro (3), Slovenia (1), Spain (13), Switzerland (4), Tanzania (2), Turkmenistan (1), Ukraine (2), United States (2: Texas)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Japan (2), Poland (1)
• Jurassic of the Czech Republic (2), Ethiopia (2), France (1), Georgia (1), Germany (3), Iran (2), Italy (2), Japan (1), Lebanon (1), Poland (2), Portugal (3), Slovenia (2), Spain (1)
Total: 125 collections including 169 occurrences