Family 9. CYATHOPHYLLIDAE.--Solitary and colonial aporose corals.
Tabulae and vesicular endotheca present. Septa numerous, generally
radial, seldom pinnate. Typical genera--_Cyathophyllum_, Goldfuss
(Devonian and Carboniferous). _Moseleya_, Quelch (recent).
Family 10. ASTRAEIDAE.--Aporpse, mainly colonial corals, massive,
branching, or maeandroid. Septa radial; dissepiments present; an
epitheca surrounds the base of massive or maeandroid forms, but only
surrounds individual corallites in simple or branching forms. Typical
genera--_Goniastraea_, M. Edw. and H. _Heliastraea_, M. Edw. and H.
_Maeandrina_, Lam. _Coeloria_, M. Edw. and H. _Favia_, Oken.
Family 11. FUNGIDAE.--Solitary and colonial corals, with numerous
radial septa united by synapticulae. Typical genera--_Lophoseris_, M.
Edw. and H. _Thamnastraea_, Le Sauvage. _Leptophyllia_, Reuss
(Jurassic and Cretaceous). _Fungia_, Dana. _Siderastraea_, Blainv.