Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Faviidae
Full reference: A. F. Budd and K. G. Johnson. 1999. Neogene Paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic 19: The family Faviidae (Anthozoa, Scleractinia) part II: The genera Caulastraea, Favia, Diploria, Thysanus, Hadrophyllia, Manicina and Colpophyllia. Bulletins of American Paleontology 356:1-83
Parent taxon: Faviidae according to A. F. Budd and K. G. Johnson 1999
Sister taxa: Agathiphylliinae, Amphimeandra, Anisocoenia, Antiguastrea, Antillophyllia, Aquitanastraea, Australogyra, Barabattoia, Caulastrea, Cladocora, Colpophyllia, Columellogyra, Cyphastrea, Dactylosmilia, Defrancia, Dictuophyllia, Dictyoastraea, Diploastrea, Diploria, Echinopora, Edwardsastraea, Eohydnophora, Erythrastrea, Eugyra, Favia, Faviinae, Favites, Felixigyra, Goniastrea, Grandifavia, Haldonia, Hydnophora, Kobyphyllia, Ksiazkiewiczia, Leptastrea, Leptoria, Liptodendron, Manicina, Montastrea, Montastreinae, Monticulastraea, Moseleya, Myriophyllia, Oulastrea, Oulophyllia, Parasimplastrea, Phacellocoenia, Platygyra, Plavecia, Plesiastrea, Pseudisastraea, Pseudomyriophyllia, Sakalavastraea, Solenastrea, Stephanaxocoenia, Tarbellastraea
Subtaxa: Hadrophyllia saundersi
Type: Hadrophyllia saundersi
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-microcarnivore