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Stylasterina (lace coral)

Hydrozoa - Stylasterina

Taxonomy
Stylasterina is an order. It is extant.

It was assigned to Hydrozoa by Veron (2000) and Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Stylasterina Veron p. 402
2002Stylasterina Sepkoski

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

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.

Or. Stylasterina [lace coral]
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G. †Crypthelia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
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†Crypthelia vetusta Wells 1976
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†Distichopora nitida Verrill 1864
G. †Stenohelia Kent 1870
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†Stenohelia boschmai Wells 1976
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†Stylaster cretaceous Jell et al. 2011
†Stylaster gigas Cairns and Grant-Mackie 1993
†Stylaster milleri Durham 1942
†Stylaster roseus Pallas 1766
Fm. Stylasteridae Gray 1847
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Subfm. Errininae Hickson 1912
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†Pliobothrus grantmackiei Squires 1965
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
Invalid names: Distichoporinae Stechow 1921 [empty]
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 Ionian or 70.60000 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Australia (Western Australia) Astya nielseni, Stylaster cretaceous (123004)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Denmark Astya crassus, Errina lobata, Sporadopora faxensis (34629)
Danian66.0 - 61.6France Sporadopora faxensis (20816)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Antarctica Conopora mariae (75456)
Waipawan - Bortonian55.8 - 39.1New Zealand Errina sp. (84920)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Washington) Stylaster milleri (91606 91607)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Tonga Stylaster sp., Stenohelia boschmai, Crypthelia vetusta, Astya nielseni (70950)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03USA (Washington) Stylaster milleri (208138 208143)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03New Zealand (Otago) Pliobothrus grantmackiei (85068)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44New Zealand Lepidopora sp. (84913) Stylasteridae indet. (146347)
Otaian21.7 - 19.0New Zealand (Auckland) Conopora laevis, Inferiolabiata labiata, Calyptopora reticulata (84915)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand (Auckland) Distichopora sp. (85527 85529)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Spain Conopora sp., Distichopora sp., Pliobothrus sp., Stylaster sp., Stenohelia sp., Crypthelia sp., Lepidopora sp., Calyptopora sp. (56687)
Opoitian5.333 - 3.6New Zealand (Auckland) Stylaster gigas (84907)
Opoitian - Mangapanian5.333 - 2.4New Zealand Sporadopora mortenseni (84909)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588New Zealand Sporadopora marginata (84908)
Mangapanian3.0 - 2.4New Zealand Sporadopora sp. (84910 84911)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Costa Rica (Limon) Stylaster roseus (79845)
Ionian0.774 - 0.129Vanuatu Distichopora nitida (84453)