Anthozoa - Stauriida - Lophophyllidiidae

Alternative combination: Stereostylus absitus

Synonym: Lophophyllidium spinosum Jeffords 1947

Belongs to Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium) according to J. Fedorowski 1987

Sister taxa: Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium) compressum, Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium) confertum, Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium) distortum, Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium) dunbari, Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium) plummeri, Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium) skinneri, Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium) westii, Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium) wewokanum

Type specimens:

• Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium) absitum: Its type locality is Baldwin, Toronto Limestone, Douglas, which is in a Virgilian marine limestone in the Oread Formation of Kansas
• Lophophyllidium spinosum: Its type locality is Graham, Young, which is in a Virgilian marine shale in the Wayland Formation of Texas.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder