Family Agariciidae Gray 1847 (stony coral)
Parent taxon: Agariciicae according to J. W. Wells 1956
Sister taxon: Calamophylliidae
Subtaxa: Agaricia, Anisoria, Coeloseris, Craterastraea, Cyathoseris, Gardineroseris, Helioseris, Heterogyra, Hydnophoroseris, Lamellofungia, Leptoseris, Maeandrella, Mioseris, Morphastrea, Ogilviastraea, Pachyseris, Pavona, Plocoastraea, Trochoseris, Undaria, Valloria, Vaughanoseris
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic