Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Aplosmiliidae

Full reference: A. B. Doweld. 2014. Starostinia, a new generic replacement name for Ironella Starostina & Krasnov, 1970 (Anthozoa: Scleractinia: Rhipidogyridae) non Cobb, 1920 (Nematoda: Ironidae). Zootaxa 3815(2):299-300

Parent taxon: Aplosmiliidae according to B. Lathuilière 2024

See also Doweld 2014 and Ricci et al. 2018

Sister taxa: Aplosmilia, Astreoidogyra, Bodeurina, Columellogyra, Columnogyra, Cymosmilia, Ogilvinella, Phytogyra, Placogyra, Pruvostastraea, Psammogyra, Rhipidosmilia, Tiaradendron

Subtaxa: none

Type: Starostinia giseldonensis

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Starostinia in the database

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