Subfamily Stylasterinae Gray 1847 (lace coral)
Hydrozoa - Stylasterina - Stylasteridae
Parent taxon: Stylasteridae according to F. M. Bayer et al. 1956
Sister taxa: Distichoporinae, Errininae
Subtaxa: Allopora Astya Congregopora Conopora
Type: Stylaster
Ecology: stationary epifaunal carnivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of New Zealand (1 collection), Spain (1)
• Eocene of Antarctica (1), Tonga (1)
• Paleocene of Denmark (1)
• Cretaceous of Australia (1)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence