†Paracaninia Chi 1937 (horn coral)
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Plerophyllidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 110439
Parent taxon: Plerophyllidae according to X.-D. Wang and T. Sugiyama 2001
Sister taxa: Baryphyllinae, Plerophyllinae
Subtaxa: Paracaninia ephippia, Paracaninia guichiensis, Paracaninia lhazeensis, Paracaninia liangshanensis, Paracaninia minor, Paracaninia similis, Paracaninia sinensis, Paracaninia suobeishanensis, Paracaninia tzuchiangensis, Paracaninia wuguishanensis, Paracaninia xiukangensis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder