WoRMS taxon details
Stylaster cretaceous Jell, Cook & Jell, 2011 †
AphiaID: 579991
AphiaID: 579991
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hydrozoa (Class) > Hydroidolina (Subclass) > Anthoathecata (Order) > Filifera (Suborder) > Stylasteridae (Family) > Stylaster (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||
| Parent | Stylaster Gray, 1831 | |||||||
| Source | Not documented | |||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||
| Fossil range | fossil only | |||||||
| Distribution | West Australia [details] | |||||||
| Notes |
Biology: Azooxanthellate [details] Fossil range: Maastrichtian (Upper Cretaceous) of Western Australia (oldest known stylasterid) [details] | |||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:579991 | |||||||
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| Citation: Cairns, S. (2013). Stylaster cretaceous Jell, Cook & Jell, 2011. In: Schuchert, P. (2013) World Hydrozoa database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=579991 on 2013-05-25 | ||||||||
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