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Stylaster gigas

Hydrozoa - Stylasterina

Taxonomy
Stylaster gigas was named by Cairns and Grant-Mackie (1993). Its type locality is Kaawa Beach, which is in an Opoitian coastal sandstone in the Kaawa Formation of New Zealand.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Stylaster gigas Cairns and Grant-Mackie

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
subphylumMedusozoa
classHydrozoaOwen 1843
RankNameAuthor
orderStylasterina
genusStylaster
speciesgigas

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Stylaster gigas Cairns and Grant-Mackie 1993
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available