Stylohelia Fromentel 1861 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylinidae

Parent taxon: Stylinidae according to W. Kiessling 2014

See also Baron-Szabo 2002 and Rosendahl 1985

Sister taxa: Acanthocoenia, Adelocoenia, Aplophyllia, Australoseris, Bilaterocoenia, Convexastrea, Cyathophorinae, Eugyriopsis, Euheliinae, Goniocora, Keriophyllia, Proaplophyllia, Procyathophora, Pseudocoeniinae, Pseudocoeniopsis, Schizosmiliopsis, Sinaimeandra, Stylina, Stylininae, Stylosmilia

Subtaxa: Stylohelia coalescens Stylohelia conferta Stylohelia dendroidea Stylohelia granulata Stylohelia mamillata Stylohelia ursicina

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Type: Stylohelia mamillata

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Czechia (3 collections), Germany (3)

• Jurassic of Czechia (1), France (6), Germany (1), Portugal (6), Switzerland (2)

Total: 22 collections including 23 occurrences

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