Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 6195
Synonyms: Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 (no. 108375), Ceratopsammia Alloiteau 1958 (no. 6236), Eupsammia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 (no. 6430), Rhodopsammia Semper 1872 (no. 385592)
Parent taxon: Dendrophylliidae according to W. Kiessling 2008
Sister taxa: Aplopsammia, Areopsammia, Astroides, Bathypsammia, Blastozopsammia, Cahuzacopsammia, Calostylopsis, Dendrophyllia, Dichopsammia, Duncanopsammia, Enallopsammia, Endopachys, Endopsammia, Heteropsammia, Lamellophyllia, Leptopsammia, Lobopsammia, Makridinophyllia, Notophyllia, Paleoastroides, Reussopsammia, Rhabdopsammia, Rhizopsammia, Stereopsammia, Stichopsammia, Thecopsammia, Tubastraea, Turbinaria, Wadeopsammia
Subtaxa: Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia), Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) bossolensis, Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) cornurupicaprae, Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) cylindrica, Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) meneghinii, Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) pachysepta, Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) sismondiana, Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) zelandiae, Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) zuffardii, Balanophyllia acostae, Balanophyllia alta, Balanophyllia annularis, Balanophyllia augustinensis, Balanophyllia basedowi, Balanophyllia bavarica, Balanophyllia besairiei, Balanophyllia blakeleyensis, Balanophyllia calyculus, Balanophyllia campanulata, Balanophyllia cauliculata, Balanophyllia caulifera, Balanophyllia clarendonensis, Balanophyllia complanata, Balanophyllia compressa, Balanophyllia concinna, Balanophyllia conica, Balanophyllia cornurupicaprae, Balanophyllia cowlitzensis, Balanophyllia cumingii, Balanophyllia desmophyllum, Balanophyllia elegans, Balanophyllia elongata, Balanophyllia formosana, Balanophyllia fossata, Balanophyllia fulleri, Balanophyllia gigas, Balanophyllia haleana, Balanophyllia hectori, Balanophyllia imperialis, Balanophyllia inauris, Balanophyllia induta, Balanophyllia irregularis, Balanophyllia irrorata, Balanophyllia italica, Balanophyllia nonaradiata, Balanophyllia oppenheimi, Balanophyllia oulangiformis, Balanophyllia parallela, Balanophyllia patera, Balanophyllia patula, Balanophyllia pittieri, Balanophyllia piuraensis, Balanophyllia ponderosa, Balanophyllia praelonga, Balanophyllia redivivus, Balanophyllia rovasendai, Balanophyllia salpynx, Balanophyllia soloensis, Balanophyllia striatissima, Balanophyllia teglandae, Balanophyllia thalassae, Balanophyllia torta, Balanophyllia truncata, Balanophyllia variabilis, Balanophyllia variabilis, Balanophyllia varians, Balanophyllia washingtonensis, Eupsammia compressa
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder