Order Stylasterina (lace coral)

Hydrozoa - Stylasterina

Parent taxon: Hydrozoa according to J.E.N. Veron 2000

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Actinulida, Delheidia, Fistulella, Graptogeitonia, Hydrocorallinae, Hydroida, Kerunia, Lemniscaterina, Likinia, Limnomedusae, Milleporidae, Milleporina, Narcomedusae, Nigriporellidae, Plumalina, Rhizostromella, Roseoporella, Siphonophorida, Sphaeractinida, Spongiomorphida, Stoliczkiella, Trachylinida, Tubulariae, Tubuloparietes

Subtaxa: Calyptopora Crypthelia Distichopora Inferiolabiata Lepidopora Stenohelia Stylaster Stylasteridae

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal carnivore-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Costa Rica (1 collection), Vanuatu (1)

• Mangapanian of New Zealand (2)

• Pliocene of New Zealand (3)

• Miocene of New Zealand (5), Spain (1)

• Oligocene of New Zealand (1), United States (2: Washington)

• Eocene of Antarctica (1), New Zealand (1), Tonga (1), United States (2: Washington)

• Paleocene of Denmark (1), France (1)

• Cretaceous of Australia (1)

Total: 24 collections including 39 occurrences

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