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Stylaster

Hydrozoa - Stylasterina

Taxonomy
Stylaster is a genus. It is extant. It is the type genus of Stylasterinae.

It was assigned to Stylasterinae by Bayer et al. (1956); and to Stylasterina by Veron (2000) and Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Stylaster Bayer et al. p. F99
2000Stylaster Veron p. 4002
2002Stylaster Sepkoski

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

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.

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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
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available