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Stylasterinae

Hydrozoa - Stylasterina - Stylasteridae

Taxonomy
Stylasterinae was named by Gray (1847). It is extant. Its type is Stylaster. It is the type subfamily of Stylasteridae.

It was assigned to Stylasteridae by Bayer et al. (1956).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Stylasterinae Gray
1956Stylasterinae Bayer et al. p. F99

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
subphylumMedusozoa
classHydrozoaOwen 1843
RankNameAuthor
orderStylasterina
familyStylasteridaeGray 1847
subfamilyStylasterinaeGray 1847
subfamilyStylasterinaeGray 1847

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. Stylasterinae Gray 1847
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G. Astya Stechow 1921
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Astya nielseni Wells 1976
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Conopora mariae Stolarski 1998
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: stationaryc
Attached: yesc
Life habit: epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Diet 2: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-08-27 03:49:02
Modified: 2010-02-11 07:06:40
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian to the top of the Messinian or 72.20000 to 5.33300 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Australia (Western Australia) Astya nielseni (123004)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Denmark Astya crassus (34629)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Antarctica Conopora mariae (75456)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Tonga Astya nielseni (70950)
Otaian21.7 - 18.7New Zealand (Auckland) Conopora laevis (84915)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Spain Conopora sp. (56687)