Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylinidae

Belongs to Stylosmilia according to Wu 1975

Sister taxa: Stylosmilia alpina, Stylosmilia catenula, Stylosmilia corallina, Stylosmilia crassitheca, Stylosmilia fascicularis, Stylosmilia flexuosa, Stylosmilia gregorii, Stylosmilia michelini, Stylosmilia naumanni, Stylosmilia octonaria, Stylosmilia shirakurai, Stylosmilia solidecolumella, Stylosmilia subgracilis, Stylosmilia suevica, Stylosmilia tanggulaensis, Stylosmilia tenuis, Stylosmilia tingriensis, Stylosmilia yabei

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder