Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Parent taxon: Astrocoeniina according to R. Baron-Szabo 2006
See also López-Pérez 2005, Squires 1987, Squires 1999 and Stanley 1986
Sister taxa: Acroporidae, Actinastreidae, Pocilloporidae
Subtaxa: Astrocoenia Astrocoeniinae Haldonia Madracis Palauastrea Pinacophyllinae Stephanocoenia Stylocoenia
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (2 collections), the Bahamas (1), Barbados (6), Cayman Islands (6), Colombia (2), Costa Rica (57), the Dominican Republic (10), Haiti (3), Indonesia (1), Jamaica (2), Montserrat (1), the Netherlands Antilles (7), Panama (14), Saint Kitts and Nevis (2), United States (4: Florida, Texas), Virgin Islands (2)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of the Bahamas (1), Costa Rica (5), Indonesia (2), Jamaica (1), Taiwan (1)
• Pliocene of the Bahamas (5), Costa Rica (5), the Dominican Republic (14), French Polynesia (1), Haiti (2), Indonesia (3), Italy (1), Jamaica (1), the Netherlands Antilles (11), United States (2: Florida)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Aruba (2), the Dominican Republic (3), Indonesia (1), the Netherlands Antilles (3)
• Miocene of Algeria (1), Anguilla (2), Colombia (6), Cuba (3), the Dominican Republic (15), Egypt (2), Fiji (1), France (11), Germany (1), Grenada (1), Haiti (1), Iran (3), Israel (1), Italy (3), Jamaica (1), Japan (1), Morocco (1), the Netherlands Antilles (1), Pakistan (1), Panama (8), Papua New Guinea (2), Portugal (1), Puerto Rico (1), Somalia (1), Trinidad and Tobago (3), United States (2: Florida), Venezuela (1)
• Oligocene of Antigua and Barbuda (10), Cuba (1), the Dominican Republic (2), France (3), Greece (2), India (1), Iran (2), Italy (30), Jamaica (2), Libya (2), Mexico (1), Panama (1), Puerto Rico (3), Somalia (4), Spain (3), Turkey (3), United States (1: Georgia), Venezuela (5)
• Eocene of Austria (1), Barbados (1), Bosnia and Herzegovina (3), China (1), Croatia (5), Cuba (1), the Czech Republic (2), France (7), Germany (2), Haiti (2), Hungary (7), India (1), Indonesia (2), Italy (7), Jamaica (6), Japan (1), Mexico (3), New Zealand (1), Nicaragua (1), North Atlantic (1), Pakistan (2), Panama (4), Peru (3), Slovenia (1), Somalia (5), Spain (7), United States (21: Alabama, California, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, Washington)
• Paleocene of China (1), Egypt (2), Iran (2), Italy (2), Nigeria (1), Pakistan (1), Puerto Rico (1), Slovakia (1), Slovenia (6), Somalia (1), Spain (1), Ukraine (1), United States (12: Alabama, California, Louisiana)
• Cretaceous of Austria (3), Chile (1), China (1), Cuba (1), Georgia (1), Iran (2), Italy (1), Jamaica (2), Libya (1), Madagascar (1), Mexico (4), Peru (1), Poland (1), Spain (1), Switzerland (3), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (5: Kansas, Texas), Venezuela (1)
• Jurassic of Japan (1), Lebanon (1), Mexico (1), Somalia (1), United States (1: California)
• Triassic of Austria (1), United States (2: Alaska, Idaho)
Total: 505 collections including 785 occurrences