Bensonastraea Pedder 1966 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Phillipsastreidae

Parent taxon: Phillipsastreidae according to D. Hill 1981

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Chuanbeiphyllum, Farabophyllum, Frechastraea, Keriophylloides, Kuangxiastraea, Macgeea, Pachyphyllum, Peneckiella, Phacellophyllum, Phillipsastrea, Protomacgeea, Pterorrhiza, Scruttonia, Smithicyathus, Stellatophyllum, Sudetia, Sulcorphyllum, Thamnophyllum, Trapezophyllum, Vestigiphyllum, Phacellophyllinae, Phillipsastraeinae

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Bensonastraea in the database

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