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†family Plexauridae

Anthozoa - Octocorallia - Plexauridae

Parent taxon: Octocorallia according to M. J. Kocurko 1993

Sister taxa: Alcyonacea, Coenothecalia, Echmatocrinidae, Ellisella, Gorgonacea, Helioporacea, Heterocorallia, Pennatulacea, Trachypsammia, Waiparaconidae

Subtaxa: Eunicella

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Chickasawhay River, Hiwannee (Oligocene of Mississippi)

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