Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Agariciidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 6711
Synonyms: Hydnophorabacia d'Achiardi 1875 (no. 6511), Pseudocolumnastrea Yabe and Sugiyama 1933 (no. 386329), Reussastraea d'Achiardi 1875 (no. 154981), Tichoseris Quelch 1884 (no. 236585)
Parent taxon: Agariciidae according to J. W. Wells 1956
Sister taxa: Agaricia, Anisoria, Coeloseris, Craterastraea, Cyathoseris, Gardineroseris, Helioseris, Heterogyra, Hydnophoroseris, Lamellofungia, Leptoseris, Maeandrella, Mioseris, Morphastrea, Ogilviastraea, Pachyseris, Plocoastraea, Trochoseris, Trochoseropsis, Valloria, Vaughanoseris
Subtaxa: Pavona banoensis, Pavona bipartita, Pavona bronni, Pavona burdigalensis, Pavona cactus, Pavona clavus, Pavona danai, Pavona decussata, Pavona duerdeni, Pavona explanulata, Pavona frondifera, Pavona gigantea, Pavona irregularis, Pavona javana, Pavona longicollis, Pavona machapooriensis, Pavona maldivensis, Pavona matheroni, Pavona microstoma, Pavona minuta, Pavona modeloensis, Pavona panamensis, Pavona pennyi, Pavona profunda, Pavona ruvida, Pavona trinitatis, Pavona variabilis, Pavona varians, Pavona venosa, Pavona yamanarii
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic