Family Pocilloporidae Gray 1842 (stony coral)
Parent taxon: Astrocoeniina according to R. Baron-Szabo 2006
Sister taxa: Acroporidae, Actinastreidae, Astrocoeniidae
Subtaxa: Pocillopora, Seriatopora, Stylophora
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic