Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae
Parent taxon: Scleractinia according to W. Kiessling 2021
Sister taxa: Adekoheastrea, Agathiphylliidae, Amphiastraeina, Annotocyathus, Anomopora, Apelismilia, Aplocyathus, Aplosmiliidae, Archaeocoeniina, Archaeofungiina, Archaeolasmogyra, Archaeosmiliidae, Astraeoina, Astrocoeniina, Aulastraeoporidae, Bavarosmilia, Budiopsis, Calameastolia, Carantophyllum, Carcicocaenia, Caryophylliina, Chorisastraea, Clausastraeopsis, Clonosmilia, Coelomeandra, Comoseriidae, Coscinaraeidae, Cyclastraeidae, Cyclindrocyathus, Cylindrosmilia, Cynaria, Decaheliocoenia, Dendrophylliina, Desmocoenia, Dichotomosmilia, Diploastraeidae, Diplothecangia, Distichophylliina, Ebocotrochus, Eburneotrochus, Eckastraeidae, Edwardsomeandra, Epitrochus, Etalloniopsis, Euphylliidae, Eupsammidae, Eusmiliopsis, Fasciatiphyllia, Fasciseris, Faviina, Favitopsis, Felixaraeoidea, Fungiina, Furcophyllia, Gallitellia, Gardineroseris, Gombertiphyllia, Haplareidae, Hedeliastraea, Heliostylina, Helladophyllia, Heterocoeniina, Houchangocyathus, Isastraeidae, Isphyllastrea, Karatchastraea, Kobycoenia, Lamellomeandra, Lepiconus, Leptastreidae, Lithodendron, Lupitschia, Mareastraea, Meandriina, Microsolenina, Miophora, Mioscapophyllia, Misistelloidea, Montastraeidae, Morchellastraea, Ondadiplocteniopsis, Oulastreidae, Pachyphylliidae, Pachysmilia, Pachythecaliina, Palaeophyllia, Palaeoseris, Palaeosmilia, Paracoryphyllia, Parastraeomorpha, Parastraeopora, Parepismiliidae, Phylloseriopsis, Phyllosmilioidea, Plerogyridae, Plesiastreidae, Pleuropodia, Psammocyathus, Pyramisasteria, Reisocyathus, Reussiphyllia, Rhabdofavia, Rhipidogyrina, Rhopalophyllia, Saeptiphyllia, Sakalavastraeopsis, Saltastraea, Sclydolithus, Siderocoenia, Siliningastraea, Sinasteria, Siniastraea, Smilostyliidae, Solenocoeniidae, Streptocyathopsis, Streptocyathus, Stylinina, Stylophyllina, Substuoresia, Thamnasteria cycloides, Thamnasteria komagataensis, Thamnasteria maxima, Thamnasteria protoserioides, Thamnasteria rikuzenica, Thamnasteriidae, Thamnasterites, Thamnastraea, Thecoseriopsis, Thecosmiliidae, Thigmastrea, Trachyphylliidae, Tropiastraea, Tropiastraeidae
Subtaxa: Acanthastrea Australomussa Cynarina Echinophyllia Lobophyllia Moseleya Oxypora Symphyllia
Type: Lobophyllia
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (27 collections), Cook Islands (1), Egypt (18), Eritrea (1), French Polynesia (2), Guam (2), Indonesia (6), Israel (1), Japan (36), Kenya (12), Maldives (1), Mauritius (1), New Caledonia (8), New Zealand (1), Pakistan (1), Palau (2), Papua New Guinea (8), Pitcairn (2), Saudi Arabia (9), the Seychelles (1), Somalia (1), Vanuatu (6)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Indonesia (1), the Philippines (2), Saudi Arabia (1)
• Pliocene of Indonesia (10), Japan (3), Malaysia (1), Papua New Guinea (1)
• Miocene of Algeria (5), Australia (1), Austria (9), Egypt (2), Fiji (2), France (4), Greece (1), Indonesia (7), Iran (5), Italy (1), Japan (1), Malta (1), the Marshall Islands (2), Morocco (2), New Zealand (1), Papua New Guinea (2), Romania (1), Spain (1), Turkey (3)
• Oligocene of France (1), Iran (1), Italy (2)
• Cretaceous of Sweden (1)
• Jurassic of Germany (1)
Total: 223 collections including 343 occurrences