†Bensonastraea Pedder 1966 (horn coral)
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Anthozoa - Stauriida - Phillipsastreidae
Parent taxon: Phillipsastreidae according to D. Hill 1981
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Chuanbeiphyllum, Farabophyllum, Frechastraea, Keriophylloides, Kuangxiastraea, Macgeea, Pachyphyllum, Peneckiella, Phillipsastrea, Protomacgeea, Pterorrhiza, Smithicyathus, Stellatophyllum, Sulcorphyllum, Thamnophyllum, Trapezophyllum, Vestigiphyllum, Phacellophyllinae, Phillipsastraeinae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Bensonastraea in the database
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