ammonites
Family Heliastraeidae Alloiteau 1952 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia

Parent taxon: Faviina according to D. Turnsek 1997

Sister taxa: Columastreidae, Faviicae, Isastreidae, Misistellidae, Mussidae, Oculinidae, Pamiroseriidae, Phyllocoeniidae, Placocoeniidae, Placosmiliidae, Stylophyllicae, Tropidastraeidae

Subtaxa: Ellipsasteria, Heliastrea, Thegioastraea

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Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder