Parent taxon: Scleractinia according to S. M. Morsch 1996
Sister taxa: Adekoheastrea, Agathiphylliidae, Amphiastraeina, Annotocyathus, Anomopora, Apelismilia, Aplocyathus, Aplosmiliidae, Archaeocoeniina, Archaeofungiina, Archaeolasmogyra, Archaeosmiliidae, Astraeoina, Astrocoeniina, Aulastraeoporidae, Bavarosmilia, Budiopsis, Calameastolia, Carantophyllum, Carcicocaenia, Caryophylliina, Chorisastraea, Clausastraeopsis, Clonosmilia, Coelomeandra, Comoseriidae, Coscinaraeidae, Cyclastraeidae, Cyclindrocyathus, Cylindrosmilia, Cynaria, Decaheliocoenia, Desmocoenia, Dichotomosmilia, Diploastraeidae, Diplothecangia, Distichophylliina, Ebocotrochus, Eburneotrochus, Eckastraeidae, Edwardsomeandra, Epitrochus, Etalloniopsis, Euphylliidae, Eupsammidae, Eusmiliopsis, Fasciatiphyllia, Fasciseris, Faviina, Favitopsis, Felixaraeoidea, Fungiina, Furcophyllia, Gallitellia, Gardineroseris, Gombertiphyllia, Haplareidae, Hedeliastraea, Heliostylina, Helladophyllia, Heterocoeniina, Houchangocyathus, Isastraeidae, Isphyllastrea, Karatchastraea, Kobycoenia, Lamellomeandra, Lepiconus, Leptastreidae, Lithodendron, Lobophylliidae, Lupitschia, Mareastraea, Meandriina, Microsolenina, Miophora, Mioscapophyllia, Misistelloidea, Montastraeidae, Morchellastraea, Ondadiplocteniopsis, Oulastreidae, Pachyphylliidae, Pachysmilia, Pachythecaliina, Palaeophyllia, Palaeoseris, Palaeosmilia, Paracoryphyllia, Parastraeomorpha, Parastraeopora, Parepismiliidae, Phylloseriopsis, Phyllosmilioidea, Plerogyridae, Plesiastreidae, Pleuropodia, Psammocyathus, Pyramisasteria, Reisocyathus, Reussiphyllia, Rhabdofavia, Rhipidogyrina, Rhopalophyllia, Saeptiphyllia, Sakalavastraeopsis, Saltastraea, Sclydolithus, Siderocoenia, Siliningastraea, Sinasteria, Siniastraea, Smilostyliidae, Solenocoeniidae, Streptocyathopsis, Streptocyathus, Stylinina, Stylophyllina, Substuoresia, Thamnasteria cycloides, Thamnasteria komagataensis, Thamnasteria maxima, Thamnasteria protoserioides, Thamnasteria rikuzenica, Thamnasteriidae, Thamnasterites, Thecoseriopsis, Thigmastrea, Trachyphylliidae, Tropiastraea, Tropiastraeidae
Subtaxa: Dendrophylliidae
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (7 collections), Cape Verde (5), China (1), Costa Rica (2), Egypt (4), France (3), Greece (3), Indonesia (2), Italy (3), Japan (21), Kenya (3), Maldives (2), Mexico (3), New Caledonia (2), New Zealand (5), Pakistan (1), Palau (1), Saudi Arabia (2), Sudan (1), Taiwan (3), United States (16: California, Florida, Oregon), Vanuatu (3)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of China (1), Indonesia (2), the Philippines (1), Taiwan (1), United States (2: California)
• Pliocene of Australia (1), the Dominican Republic (2), Egypt (2), France (4), Indonesia (7), Italy (2), Malaysia (1), Panama (1), Papua New Guinea (1), Portugal (1), South Africa (1), Spain (1), Taiwan (3), the United Kingdom (1), United States (7: California)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (3), New Zealand (1)
• Miocene of Algeria (1), Australia (8), Belgium (1), Brazil (3), Bulgaria (1), the Czech Republic (1), the Dominican Republic (3), Egypt (3), Fiji (3), France (25), Germany (12), Grenada (4), Indonesia (5), Iran (2), Italy (8), Japan (1), Morocco (3), the Netherlands (2), New Zealand (12), Pakistan (1), Poland (3), Portugal (2), Romania (2), Somalia (6), Spain (3), Tanzania (1), Turkey (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (1), United States (1: Florida), Venezuela (1)
• Oligocene of Australia (2), France (4), Germany (1), Greece (1), Hungary (5), Iran (1), Italy (1), Mexico (1), Myanmar (1), New Zealand (3), Somalia (5), United States (15: California, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Washington)
• Eocene of Antarctica (2), Cote D'Ivoire (2), the Czech Republic (2), France (1), Germany (1), Italy (1), Jamaica (2), Mexico (1), the Netherlands (1), New Zealand (6), Peru (2), Poland (3), Slovakia (2), Slovenia (2), Tonga (1), Ukraine (1), United States (141: Alabama, California, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, Washington)
• Paleocene of Austria (2), Denmark (15), Egypt (1), France (1), Greenland (3), Iran (2), Italy (1), New Zealand (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (1), Slovakia (7), Slovenia (26), Somalia (1), Spain (2), Sweden (1), Ukraine (2), United States (30: Alabama, New Jersey, Texas, Virginia)
• Cretaceous of Australia (1), Austria (3), China (1), India (1), Jamaica (1), Madagascar (5), Mexico (1), the Netherlands (5), Oman (1), Ukraine (1), the United Arab Emirates (2), United States (4: Tennessee, Texas)
• Jurassic of Slovenia (1)
Total: 594 collections including 879 occurrences