Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Columastreidae

Alternative spelling: Columastraeidae

Parent taxon: Faviina according to W. Kiessling 2009

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

Subtaxa: Columastrea, Haimesastrea, Haimesiastraea, Palaeoplesiastraea, Placocolumastrea, Stephanaxophyllia

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Type: Columastrea

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder