Anthozoa - Octocorallia - Waiparaconidae

Full reference: J. S. Buckeridge. 1993. A re-evaluation of the Gondwanan invertebrate Waiparaconus as a coelenterate. Records of the Western Australian Museum 16(2):221-233

Parent taxon: Octocorallia according to J. S. Buckeridge 1993

Sister taxa: Alcyonacea, Coenothecalia, Echmatocrinidae, Ellisella, Gorgonacea, Helioporacea, Heterocorallia, Pennatulacea, Plexauridae, Trachypsammia

Subtaxa: Waiparaconus

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Boqueron, Bahia Inutil (Eocene to Eocene of Chile)

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