Family Stylasteridae Gray 1847 (lace coral)
Hydrozoa - Stylasterina - Stylasteridae
Parent taxon: Stylasterina according to F. M. Bayer et al. 1956
Sister taxa: Calyptopora, Crypthelia, Distichopora, Inferiolabiata, Lepidopora, Stenohelia, Stylaster
Subtaxa: Distichoporinae Errininae Stylasterinae
Type: Stylasterinae
Ecology: stationary epifaunal carnivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Mangapanian of New Zealand (2 collections)
• Pliocene of New Zealand (2)
• Miocene of New Zealand (2), Spain (1)
• Oligocene of New Zealand (1)
• Eocene of Antarctica (1), New Zealand (1), Tonga (1)
• Paleocene of Denmark (1), France (1)
• Cretaceous of Australia (1)
Total: 14 collections including 17 occurrences