†Stylaster gigas Cairns and Grant-Mackie 1993 (lace coral)
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Full reference: S. D. Cairns and J. A. Grant-Mackie. 1993. Review of the fossil Stylasteridae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from the New Zealand region. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 36:1-8
Belongs to Stylaster according to S. D. Cairns and J. A. Grant-Mackie 1993
Sister taxa: Stylaster cretaceous, Stylaster milleri, Stylaster roseus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Kaawa Beach, which is in an Opoitian coastal sandstone in the Kaawa Formation of New Zealand
Ecology: stationary epifaunal carnivore-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Kaawa Beach
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