Anthozoa - Stauriida

Synonym: Phillipsastraeidae Roemer 1883 [replaced name]

Parent taxon: Columnariina according to D. Hill 1981

Sister taxa: Acervulariidae, Chonophyllidae, Columnariidae, Disphyllidae, Lonsdaleiidae

Subtaxa: Bensonastraea, Chuanbeiphyllum, Farabophyllum, Frechastraea, Keriophylloides, Kuangxiastraea, Peneckiella, Phacellophyllinae, Phacellophyllum, Phillipsastraeinae, Phillipsastrea, Protomacgeea, Pterorrhiza, Scruttonia, Stellatophyllum, Sudetia, Sulcorphyllum, Thamnophyllum, Trapezophyllum, Vestigiphyllum

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder