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Stylaster Gray, 1831 
AphiaID: 117246

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hydrozoa (Class) > Hydroidolina (Subclass) > Anthoathecata (Order) > Filifera (Suborder) > Stylasteridae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Madrepora roseus Pallas, 1766 (type by subsequent designation)
Typetaxon of  Stylasterinae Gray, 1847
Parent Stylasteridae Gray, 1847
Synonymised
taxa
  Allopora Ehrenberg, 1834
Cryptaxiella Kuhn, 1939
Cryptaxis
Cyclopora Verrill, 1866
Dendracis
Deontopora
Stylaster (Eustylaster) Broch, 1914
Sources  basis of record: van der Land, J.; Vervoort, W.; Cairns, S.D.; Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydrozoa, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 112-120 (look up in IMIS[details]

basis of record: Veron, J.E.N. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. Angus & Robertson Publishers, London. [details]

additional source: Cairns, S.D., and A. Lindner, 2011. A revision of the Styalsteridae (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Filifera) from Alaska and adjacent Waters. ZooKeys 158: 1-88.  [details]

redescription: Cairns, S.D., 1986. A revision of the Northwest Atlantic Stylasteridae (Coelenterata: Hydrozoa). Smithson. Contr. Zool. 418 : 1-131., available online at http://www.sil.si.edu/smithsoniancontributions/Zoology/pdf_hi/SCTZ-0418.pdf
page(s): 54 [details]


redescription: Cairns, S.D., 1988. New records of Stylasteridae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from Western Australia, including the description of two new species. Rec. W. Aust. Mus. 14 1: 105-119. [details] [full text]

redescription: Cairns, S.D., 1991. The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Stylasteridae (Cnidaria: Hydroida). Mem. N.Z. oceanogr. Inst. 98 : 1-99. [details]

redescription: Zibrowius, H. & S.D. Cairns, 1992. Revision of the northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean Stylasteridae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa). Mém. Mus. natn. Hist. nat. Paris, sér. A, Zool. 153 : 1-136. [details]

redescription: Cairns, S.D., 1986. Stylasteridae (Hydrozoa: Hydroida) of the Galapagos Islands. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 426: 1-42. [details]

from synonym: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Cnidaria Antarctic checklist (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Cairns, S.D., 1983. Antarctic and subantarctic Stylasterina (Coelenterata: Hydrozoa). In: Biology of the Antarctic Seas, XIII. Antarct. Res. Ser. 38 2: 61-164.
page(s): 142 [details] [view taxon]


identification resource: Cairns, S. D., 1992. A generic revision of the Stylasteridae (Coelenterata: Hydrozoa). Part 3. Keys to the genera. Bull Mar. Sci. 49(1-2): 538-545.  [details]

Direct child
taxa

[show all]
 Species Stylaster alaskanus Fisher, 1938
Species Stylaster amphiheloides Kent, 1871
Species Stylaster antillarum Zibrowius & Cairns, 1982
Species Stylaster antiquus Sismondi, 1871 †
Species Stylaster asper Kent, 1871
Species Stylaster atlanticus Broch, 1936
Species Stylaster aurantiacus Cairns, 1986
Species Stylaster bellus (Dana, 1848)
Species Stylaster bilobatus Hickson & England, 1909
Species Stylaster bithalamus Broch, 1936
Species Stylaster blatteus (Boschma, 1961)
Species Stylaster bocki Broch, 1936
Species Stylaster boreopacificus Broch, 1932
Species Stylaster boschmai (Eguchi, 1965)
Species Stylaster brochi (Fisher, 1938)
Species Stylaster brunneus Boschma, 1970
Species Stylaster californicus (Verrill, 1866)
Species Stylaster campylecus (Fisher, 1938)
Species Stylaster carinatus Broch, 1936
Species Stylaster chibaensis Eguchi, 1954 †
Species Stylaster cocosensis Cairns, 1991
Species Stylaster complanatus Pourtalès, 1867
Species Stylaster compressus Roemer, 1863 †
Species Stylaster corallium Cairns, 1986
Species Stylaster crassior Broch, 1936
Species Stylaster crassiseptum Cairns & Lindner, 2011
Species Stylaster cretaceous Jell, Cook & Jell, 2011 †
Species Stylaster densicaulis Moseley, 1879
Species Stylaster dentatus Broch, 1936
Species Stylaster divergens Marenzeller, 1904
Species Stylaster duchassaingi Pourtalès, 1867
Species Stylaster eguchii (Boschma, 1966)
Species Stylaster elassotomus Fisher, 1938
Species Stylaster erubescens Pourtalès, 1868
Species Stylaster filogranus Pourtalès, 1871
Species Stylaster flabelliformis (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Stylaster galapagensis Cairns, 1986
Species Stylaster gemmascens (Esper, 1794)
Species Stylaster gigas Cairns & Grant-Mackie, 1993 †
Species Stylaster gracilis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850
Species Stylaster granulosus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850
Species Stylaster griggi Cairns, 2005
Species Stylaster hattorii (Eguchi, 1968)
Species Stylaster horologium Cairns, 1991
Species Stylaster ibericus Zibrowius & Cairns, 1992
Species Stylaster imbricatus Cairns, 1991
Species Stylaster incompletus (Tenison Woods, 1883)
Species Stylaster incrassatus Broch, 1936
Species Stylaster infundibuliferus Cairns, 2005
Species Stylaster inornatus Cairns, 1986
Species Stylaster laevigatus Cairns, 1986
Species Stylaster leptostylus (Fisher, 1938)
Species Stylaster lonchitis Broch, 1947
Species Stylaster marenzelleri Cairns, 1986
Species Stylaster maroccanus Zibrowius & Cairns, 1992
Species Stylaster marshae Cairns, 1988
Species Stylaster microstriatus Broch, 1936
Species Stylaster milleri Durham, 1942 †
Species Stylaster miniatus (Pourtalès, 1868)
Species Stylaster mooraboolensis (Hall, 1893) †
Species Stylaster multiplex Hickson & England, 1905
Species Stylaster nobilis (Saville Kent, 1871)
Species Stylaster norvegicus (Gunnerus, 1768)
Species Stylaster papuensis Zibrowius, 1981
Species Stylaster parageus (Fisher, 1938)
Species Stylaster polymorphus (Broch, 1936)
Species Stylaster priscus Reuss, 1872 †
Species Stylaster profundiporus Broch, 1936
Species Stylaster profundus (Moseley, 1879)
Species Stylaster pulcher Quelch, 1884
Species Stylaster purpuratus (Naumov, 1960)
Species Stylaster ramosus Broch, 1947
Species Stylaster repandus Cairns & Lindner, 2011
Species Stylaster robustus (Cairns, 1983)
Species Stylaster rosaceus (Greeff, 1886)
Species Stylaster roseus (Pallas, 1766)
Species Stylaster sanguineus Valenciennes in Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850
Species Stylaster scabiosus Broch, 1935
Species Stylaster solidus Broch, 1935
Species Stylaster spatula Cairns, 1986
Species Stylaster stejnegeri (Fisher, 1938)
Species Stylaster stellulatus Stewart, 1878
Species Stylaster subviolacea (Kent, 1871)
Species Stylaster tenisonwoodsi Cairns, 1988
Species Stylaster trachystomus (Fisher, 1938)
Species Stylaster venustus (Verrill, 1870)
Species Stylaster verrillii (Dall, 1884)

Species Stylaster nagaoi (Eguchi, 1968) † (nomen nudum)

Subgenus Stylaster (Eustylaster) Broch, 1914 accepted as Stylaster Gray, 1831
Species Stylaster abei Eguchi, 1968 accepted as Stylaster polyorchis (Fisher, 1938) accepted as Stylaster campylecus (Fisher, 1938)
Species Stylaster cancellatus Fisher, 1938 accepted as Stylaster alaskanus Fisher, 1938
Species Stylaster challengeri Boschma, 1951 accepted as Stenohelia profunda Moseley, 1881
Species Stylaster echinatus Broch, 1936 accepted as Stylaster filogranus Pourtalès, 1871
Species Stylaster elegans Verrill, 1864 accepted as Stylaster sanguineus Valenciennes in Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850
Species Stylaster elegans Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 accepted as Stylaster duchassaingi Pourtalès, 1867
Species Stylaster eximius Kent, 1871 accepted as Stylaster duchassaingi Pourtalès, 1867
Species Stylaster laevis Studer, 1878 accepted as Conopora laevis (Studer, 1878)
Species Stylaster minima Hickson & England, 1905 accepted as Stenohelia minima (Hickson & England, 1905)
Species Stylaster moseleyanus (Fisher, 1938) accepted as Stylaster campylecus (Fisher, 1938)
Species Stylaster obliquus Studer, 1878 accepted as Conopora laevis (Studer, 1878)
Species Stylaster polyorchis (Fisher, 1938) accepted as Stylaster campylecus (Fisher, 1938)
Species Stylaster punctatus Pourtalès, 1871 accepted as Stylaster roseus (Pallas, 1766)
Species Stylaster tenuis Verrill, 1864 accepted as Stylaster sanguineus Valenciennes in Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850
Species Stylaster tiliata Hickson & England, 1905 accepted as Stenohelia tiliata (Hickson & England, 1905)
Species Stylaster umbonata Hickson & England, 1905 accepted as Stenohelia umbonata (Hickson & England, 1905)
Species Stylaster verrucosus Studer, 1878 accepted as Conopora verrucosa (Studer, 1878)
Species Stylaster yabei Eguchi, 1941 accepted as Stenohelia yabei (Eguchi, 1941)
Environment marine
Fossil range recent + fossil
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Notes  Depth range: 1-1485 m [details]

Description: Calcareous skeleton with fine, tapering branches which are rounded in section. Pores grouped along outer edges. White, purplish to yellow. Habitat: shallow to deep water. Distribution: all warm seas (Richmond, 1997). [details]

Fossil range: Oligocene to Recent [details]

Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details]

Taxonomic Remark: Cairns (1983) divided the genus into three species groups, based othe orientation of the cyclosystem on the branches. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117246
Taxonomic
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Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2010-11-20 02:14:34Z  changed  Cairns, Stephen
2010-11-21 17:12:16Z  changed  Cairns, Stephen
  
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  Citation: Cairns, S. (2013). Stylaster Gray, 1831. In: Schuchert, P. (2013) World Hydrozoa database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117246 on 2013-05-20
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