Belongs within: Scleractinia.
The Agariciidae are hermatypic corals with colony formation mainly by intratentacular budding.
<==Agariciidae
| i. s.: Coeloseris mayeri Vaughan 1918M09
| BrachyphylliaJB12
| TrochoserisNS93
| Gardineroseris Scheer & Pillai 1974V90
| `--G. planulata (Dana 1846)M09
| Pachyseris Edwards & Haime 1849V90
| |--P. rugosa (Lamarck 1801)M09
| `--P. speciosa (Dana 1846)M09
|--Leptoseris Edwards & Haime 1894MQ21, V90
| |--L. explanata Yabe & Sugiyama 1941M09
| |--L. foliosa Dinesen 1980M09
| |--L. fragilisBS94
| |--L. hawaiiensis Vaughan 1907M09
| |--L. incrustans (Quelch 1886)M09
| |--L. mycetoseroides Wells 1954M09
| |--L. papyracea (Dana 1846)M09
| |--L. scabra Vaughan 1907M09
| `--L. yabei (Pillai & Scheer 1976)M09
`--+--AgariciaMQ21
| |--A. agaricites (Linnaeus 1758)D84 [=Madrepora agaricitesG20]
| |--A. cucullataPR72
| |--A. elegansG20
| |--A. lamarkiMQ21
| |--A. pileusG20
| `--A. radiata Risso 1826R26
`--Pavona Lamarck 1801MQ21, V90
|--P. angulataH94
|--P. bipartitaV90
|--P. cactus (Forsskål 1775)RSM14
|--P. clavus (Dana 1846)M09
|--P. danaiH94
|--P. decussata (Dana 1846)M09
|--P. duerdeni Vaughan 1907M09
|--P. explanulata (Lamarck 1816)M09
|--P. frondifera (Lamarck 1816)RSM14
|--P. maldivensis (Gardiner 1905)M09
|--P. minuta Wells 1954RSM14
|--P. praetortaH94
|--P. varians Verrill 1864M09
|--P. venosa (Ehrenberg 1834)M09
`--P. venustaH94
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
[BS94] Buss, L. W., & A. Seilacher. 1994. The phylum Vendobionta: A sister group of the Eumetazoa? Paleobiology 20 (1): 1–4.
[D84] Dardeau, M. R. 1984. Synalpheus shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda: Alpheidae). I. The Gambarelloides group, with a description of a new species. Memoirs of the Hourglass Cruises 7 (2): 1–125.
[G20] Goldfuss, G. A. 1820. Handbuch der Naturgeschichte vol. 3. Handbuch der Zoologie pt 1. Johann Leonhard Schrag: Nürnberg.
[H94] Humes, A. G. 1994. Two species of Paramolgus (Copepoda: Poecilostomatoida: Lichomolgidae) associated with the scleractinian Pavona in New Caledonia with a key to the females of Paramolgus. Beaufortia 44 (1): 1–9.
[JB12] Johnson, M. E., & B. G. Baarli. 2012. Development of intertidal biotas through Phanerozoic time. In: Talent, J. A. (ed.) Earth and Life: Global biodiversity, extinction intervals and biogeographic perturbations through time pp. 63–128. Springer.
[MQ21] McFadden, C. S., A. M. Quattrini, M. R. Brugler, P. F. Cowman, L. F. Dueñas, M. V. Kitahara, D. A. Paz-García, J. D. Reimer & E. Rodríguez. 2021. Phylogenomics, origin, and diversification of anthozoans (phylum Cnidaria). Systematic Biology 70 (4): 635–647.
[M09] McKinney, D. 2009. A survey of the scleractinian corals at Mermaid, Scott, and Seringapatam Reefs, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 77: 105–143.
[NS93] Nudds, J. R., & J. J. Sepkoski Jr. 1993. Coelenterata. In: Benton, M. J. (ed.) The Fossil Record 2 pp. 101–124. Chapman & Hall: London.
[PR72] Powers, D. A. & F. J. Rohlf. 1972. A numerical taxonomic study of Caribbean and Hawaiian reef corals. Systematic Zoology 21 (1): 53–64.
[RSM14] Richards, Z. T., A. Sampey & L. Marsh. 2014. Kimberley marine biota. Historical data: scleractinian corals. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 84: 111–132.
[R26] Risso, A. 1826. Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l’Europe méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes maritimes vol. 5. F.-G. Levrault: Paris.
[V90] Veron, J. E. N. 1990. Re-examination of the reef corals of Cocos (Keeling) Atoll. Records of the Western Australian Museum 14 (4): 553–581.