Parent taxon: Octocorallia according to B. Berkowski et al. 2021
See also Hill 1981 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Alcyonacea, Coenothecalia, Echmatocrinidae, Ellisella, Gorgonacea, Helioporacea, Pennatulacea, Plexauridae, Trachypsammia, Waiparaconidae
Subtaxa: Dichophyllia Fossaphyllia Haptaphyllina Heterophylliidae Longlinophyllia Pristiophyllia Quadratiphyllia Radiciphyllia Stellaphyllia
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-carnivore
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Belgium (1 collection), China (1), France (2), Ireland (7), Japan (1), Morocco (4), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (4), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (9)
• Devonian of Germany (1), Morocco (3), Poland (4), Spain (1), Tajikistan (1)
Total: 41 collections including 45 occurrences