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Stylaster Gray, 1831

117246  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117246)

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Genus
Madrepora rosea Pallas, 1766 accepted as Stylaster roseus (Pallas, 1766) (type by subsequent designation)
Allopora (Stylaster) Gray, 1831 · unaccepted (synonym)
Cryptaxis Reuss, 1865 † · unaccepted (synonymy)
Deontopora Hall, 1893 † · unaccepted (synonymy)
Stylaster (Allopora) Ehrenberg, 1834 · unaccepted (synonymy)
Stylaster (Eustylaster) Broch, 1914 · unaccepted (synonymy)
Stylaster (Stylaster) Gray, 1831 · unaccepted (synonymy)

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  1. Species Stylaster alaskanus Fisher, 1938
  2. Species Stylaster amphiheloides Saville Kent, 1871
  3. Species Stylaster antillarum Zibrowius & Cairns, 1982
  4. Species Stylaster asper Saville Kent, 1871
  5. Species Stylaster atlanticus Broch, 1936
  6. Species Stylaster aurantiacus Cairns, 1986
  7. Species Stylaster bellus (Dana, 1848)
  8. Species Stylaster biflabellum Cairns, 2015
  9. Species Stylaster bilobatus Hickson & England, 1909
  10. Species Stylaster bithalamus Broch, 1936
  11. Species Stylaster blatteus (Boschma, 1961)
  12. Species Stylaster bocki Broch, 1936
  13. Species Stylaster boreopacificus Broch, 1932
  14. Species Stylaster boschmai (Eguchi, 1965)
  15. Species Stylaster brochi (Fisher, 1938)
  16. Species Stylaster brunneus Boschma, 1970
  17. Species Stylaster californicus (Verrill, 1866)
  18. Species Stylaster campylecus (Fisher, 1938)
  19. Species Stylaster carinatus Broch, 1936
  20. Species Stylaster cocosensis Cairns, 1991
  21. Species Stylaster complanatus Pourtalès, 1867
  22. Species Stylaster corallium Cairns, 1986
  23. Species Stylaster crassior Broch, 1936
  24. Species Stylaster crassiseptum Cairns & Lindner, 2011
  25. Species Stylaster densicaulis Moseley, 1879
  26. Species Stylaster dentatus Broch, 1936
  27. Species Stylaster diastemata Cairns, 2015
  28. Species Stylaster divergens Marenzeller, 1904
  29. Species Stylaster duchassaingi Pourtalès, 1867
  30. Species Stylaster eguchii (Boschma, 1966)
  31. Species Stylaster elassotomus Fisher, 1938
  32. Species Stylaster erubescens Pourtalès, 1868
  33. Species Stylaster filogranus Pourtalès, 1871
  34. Species Stylaster flabelliformis (Lamarck, 1816)
  35. Species Stylaster fundatus Cairns, 2015
  36. Species Stylaster galapagensis Cairns, 1986
  37. Species Stylaster gemmascens (Esper, 1790)
  38. Species Stylaster gracilis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850
  39. Species Stylaster granulosus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850
  40. Species Stylaster griggi Cairns, 2005
  41. Species Stylaster griseus Cairns & Zibrowius, 2013
  42. Species Stylaster hattorii (Eguchi, 1968)
  43. Species Stylaster horologium Cairns, 1991
  44. Species Stylaster ibericus Zibrowius & Cairns, 1992
  45. Species Stylaster imbricatus Cairns, 1991
  46. Species Stylaster incompletus (Tenison-Woods, 1883)
  47. Species Stylaster incrassatus Broch, 1936
  48. Species Stylaster infundibuliferus Cairns, 2005
  49. Species Stylaster infundibuliferus (Lamarck, 1816)
  50. Species Stylaster inornatus Cairns, 1986
  51. Species Stylaster kenti Cairns & Zibrowius, 2013
  52. Species Stylaster laevigatus Cairns, 1986
  53. Species Stylaster leptostylus (Fisher, 1938)
  54. Species Stylaster lindneri Cairns, 2015
  55. Species Stylaster lonchitis Broch, 1947
  56. Species Stylaster malpeloensis Lizcano-Sandoval & Cairns, 2018
  57. Species Stylaster marenzelleri Cairns, 1986
  58. Species Stylaster maroccanus Zibrowius & Cairns, 1992
  59. Species Stylaster marshae Cairns, 1988
  60. Species Stylaster microstriatus Broch, 1936
  61. Species Stylaster miniatus (Pourtalès, 1868)
  62. Species Stylaster multiplex Hickson & England, 1905
  63. Species Stylaster nobilis (Saville Kent, 1871)
  64. Species Stylaster norvegicus (Gunnerus, 1768)
  65. Species Stylaster obtusus Cairns, 2015
  66. Species Stylaster omanensis Cairns & Samimi-Namin, 2015
  67. Species Stylaster papuensis Zibrowius, 1981
  68. Species Stylaster parageus (Fisher, 1938)
  69. Species Stylaster polymorphus (Broch, 1936)
  70. Species Stylaster polystomos Cairns, 2015
  71. Species Stylaster profundiporus Broch, 1936
  72. Species Stylaster profundus (Moseley, 1879)
  73. Species Stylaster pulcher Quelch, 1884
  74. Species Stylaster purpuratus (Naumov, 1960)
  75. Species Stylaster ramosus Broch, 1947
  76. Species Stylaster repandus Cairns & Lindner, 2011
  77. Species Stylaster robustus (Cairns, 1983)
  78. Species Stylaster rosaceus (Greeff, 1886)
  79. Species Stylaster roseus (Pallas, 1766)
  80. Species Stylaster sanguineus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850
  81. Species Stylaster scabiosus Broch, 1935
  82. Species Stylaster sinuosus (Cairns, 1991)
  83. Species Stylaster solidus Broch, 1935
  84. Species Stylaster spatula Cairns, 1986
  85. Species Stylaster stejnegeri (Fisher, 1938)
  86. Species Stylaster stellulatus Stewart, 1878
  87. Species Stylaster subviolacea (Kent, 1871)
  88. Species Stylaster tenisonwoodsi Cairns, 1988
  89. Species Stylaster trachystomus (Fisher, 1938)
  90. Species Stylaster tritoni Maggioni, Cairns, Pica & Benzoni, 2022
  91. Species Stylaster venustus (Verrill, 1868)
  92. Species Stylaster verrillii (Dall, 1884)
  93. Subgenus Stylaster (Allopora) Ehrenberg, 1834 accepted as Stylaster Gray, 1831 (synonymy)
    1. Species Stylaster (Allopora) bocki Broch, 1936 accepted as Stylaster bocki Broch, 1936 (basionym, changed combination)
    2. Species Stylaster (Allopora) boreopacificus Broch, 1932 accepted as Stylaster boreopacificus Broch, 1932 (basionym, changed combination)
    3. Species Stylaster (Allopora) carinata Broch, 1936 accepted as Stylaster carinatus Broch, 1936 (basionym, changed combination)
    4. Species Stylaster (Allopora) norvegicus (Gunnerus, 1768) accepted as Stylaster norvegicus (Gunnerus, 1768) (changed combination)
    5. Species Stylaster (Allopora) porphyrus accepted as Stylantheca papillosa (Dall, 1884) (synonymy)
    6. Species Stylaster (Allopora) profundus (Moseley, 1879) accepted as Stylaster profundus (Moseley, 1879) (changed combination)
    7. Species Stylaster (Allopora) scabiosa Broch, 1936 accepted as Stylaster scabiosus Broch, 1935 (changed combination)
    8. Species Stylaster (Allopora) solidus Broch, 1935 accepted as Stylaster solidus Broch, 1935 (changed combination)
  94. Subgenus Stylaster (Eustylaster) Broch, 1914 accepted as Stylaster Gray, 1831 (synonymy)
    1. Species Stylaster (Eustylaster) duchassaingi Pourtalès, 1867 accepted as Stylaster duchassaingi Pourtalès, 1867 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    2. Species Stylaster (Eustylaster) gemmascens (Esper, 1790) accepted as Stylaster gemmascens (Esper, 1790) (changed combination)
    3. Species Stylaster (Eustylaster) lonchitis Broch, 1947 accepted as Stylaster lonchitis Broch, 1947 (basionym, changed combination)
    4. Species Stylaster (Eustylaster) ramosus Broch, 1947 accepted as Stylaster ramosus Broch, 1947 (basionym, changed combination)
    5. Species Stylaster (Eustylaster) roseus (Pallas, 1766) accepted as Stylaster roseus (Pallas, 1766) (changed combination)
  95. Subgenus Stylaster (Stenohelia) Kent, 1870 accepted as Stenohelia Kent, 1870 (changed combination)
    1. Species Stylaster (Stenohelia) challengeri Boschma, 1951 accepted as Stenohelia profunda Moseley, 1879 (synonymy)
  96. Subgenus Stylaster (Stylantheca) Fisher, 1931 accepted as Stylantheca Fischer, 1931 (changed combination)
    1. Species Stylaster (Stylantheca) porphyra (Fisher, 1931) accepted as Stylantheca papillosa (Dall, 1884) (synonymy)
  97. Subgenus Stylaster (Stylaster) Gray, 1831 accepted as Stylaster Gray, 1831 (synonymy)
    1. Species Stylaster (Stylaster) duchassaingi Pourtalès, 1867 accepted as Stylaster duchassaingi Pourtalès, 1867 (changed combination)
  98. Species Stylaster abei (Eguchi, 1968) accepted as Stylaster campylecus (Fisher, 1938) (synonymy)
  99. Species Stylaster alaskana Fisher, 1938 accepted as Stylaster alaskanus Fisher, 1938 (wrong spelling species name)
  100. Species Stylaster bella (Dana, 1846) accepted as Stylaster bellus (Dana, 1848) (wrong spelling)
  101. Species Stylaster cancellatus Fisher, 1938 accepted as Stylaster alaskanus Fisher, 1938 (synonymy)
  102. Species Stylaster challengeri Boschma, 1951 accepted as Stenohelia profunda Moseley, 1879 (synonymy)
  103. Species Stylaster echinatus Broch, 1936 accepted as Stylaster filogranus Pourtalès, 1871 (synonymy)
  104. Species Stylaster elegans Verrill, 1864 accepted as Stylaster sanguineus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850
  105. Species Stylaster elegans Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 accepted as Stylaster duchassaingi Pourtalès, 1867
  106. Species Stylaster eximius Saville Kent, 1871 accepted as Stylaster duchassaingi Pourtalès, 1867 (synonym)
  107. Species Stylaster laevis Studer, 1878 accepted as Conopora laevis (Studer, 1878) (basionym, changed combination)
  108. Species Stylaster madeirensis (Johnston, 1862) accepted as Stenohelia maderensis (Johnson, 1862) (changed combination)
  109. Species Stylaster minimus Hickson & England, 1905 accepted as Stenohelia minima (Hickson & England, 1905) (basionym, changed combination)
  110. Species Stylaster moseleyanus Fisher, 1938 accepted as Stylaster campylecus (Fisher, 1938)
  111. Species Stylaster obliquus Studer, 1878 accepted as Conopora laevis (Studer, 1878) (synonymy)
  112. Species Stylaster petrograptus (Fisher, 1938) accepted as Stylantheca papillosa (Dall, 1884) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  113. Species Stylaster polyorchis (Fisher, 1938) accepted as Stylaster campylecus (Fisher, 1938)
  114. Species Stylaster porphyra (Fisher, 1931) accepted as Stylantheca papillosa (Dall, 1884) (synonymy)
  115. Species Stylaster punctatus Pourtalès, 1871 accepted as Stylaster roseus (Pallas, 1766)
  116. Species Stylaster rossoamericanus Brandt, 1872 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  117. Species Stylaster scabiosa Broch, 1935 accepted as Stylaster scabiosus Broch, 1935 (amended spelling)
  118. Species Stylaster tenuis Verrill, 1864 accepted as Stylaster sanguineus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850
  119. Species Stylaster tiliatus Hickson & England, 1905 accepted as Stenohelia tiliata (Hickson & England, 1905) (basionym, changed combination)
  120. Species Stylaster umbonatus Hickson & England, 1905 accepted as Stenohelia umbonata (Hickson & England, 1905) (basionym, changed combination)
  121. Species Stylaster verrucosus Studer, 1878 accepted as Conopora verrucosa (Studer, 1878)
  122. Species Stylaster violaceus (Pallas, 1766) accepted as Distichopora violacea (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  123. Species Stylaster virginus (Lindström, 1877) accepted as Stylaster complanatus Pourtalès, 1867 (synonymy)
  124. Species Stylaster yabei Eguchi, 1941 accepted as Stenohelia yabei (Eguchi, 1941) (basionym, changed combination)
marine, brackish, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Gray JE. (1831). Description of a new genus (Stylaster) of star-bearing corals in Gray, J.E., Zoological Miscellany: London, Treuttel, Wurtz, and Co., p. 36–37.  [details]   
Depth range 1-1485 m  
Depth range 1-1485 m [details]

Fossil range Oligocene to Recent  
Fossil range Oligocene to Recent [details]

Taxonomy Cairns (1983) divided the genus into three species groups, based othe orientation of the cyclosystem on the branches.  
Taxonomy Cairns (1983) divided the genus into three species groups, based othe orientation of the cyclosystem on the branches. [details]

Description Calcareous skeleton with fine, tapering branches which are rounded in section. Pores grouped along outer edges. White,...  
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]
Schuchert, P. (2024). World Hydrozoa Database. Stylaster Gray, 1831. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117246 on 2024-03-19
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original description Gray JE. (1831). Description of a new genus (Stylaster) of star-bearing corals in Gray, J.E., Zoological Miscellany: London, Treuttel, Wurtz, and Co., p. 36–37.  [details]   

original description  (of Allopora Ehrenberg, 1834) Ehrenberg, C. G. (1834). Beiträge zur physiologischen Kenntniss der Corallenthiere im allgemeinen, und besonders des rothen Meeres, nebst einem Versuche zur physiologischen Systematik derselben. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin.</em> 1: 225-380., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29725862 [details]   

original description  (of Cryptaxis Reuss, 1865 †) Reuss, A. E. (1865). Zur Fauna des deutschen Oberoligocäns. Erste Abtheilung. <em>Sitzungsberichte der mathematisch-naturwissenschaflichen Classe der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften.</em> 50 (1) [1864]: 435-482., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6445506 [details]   

original description  (of Deontopora Hall, 1893 †) Hall TS. (1893). On two new Tertiary stylasterids. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria (New Series).</em> 5: 117-122., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8353945 [details]   

original description  (of Cryptaxiella Kuhn, 1939 †) Kühn, O., 1939. Hydrozoa. In: O.H. Schindewolf, Handbuch der Paläozoologie 2 5: A1-A68. [details]   

original description  (of Stylaster (Eustylaster) Broch, 1914) Broch H. (1914). Stylasteridae. <em>The Danish Ingolf-Expedition.</em> 5 (5): 1-27, pls. 1-5, map. [details]   

context source (MSBIAS) MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0. [details]   

basis of record van der Land, J.; Vervoort, W.; Cairns, S.D.; Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydrozoa, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 112-120 (look up in IMIS[details]   

additional source Veron JEN. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. <em>Angus & Robertson Publishers.</em>  [details]   

additional source Cairns, S.D. (1983). A generic revision of the Stylasterina (Coelenterata: Hydrozoa). Part 1. Description of the genera. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 33(2): 427-508. figs. 1-28. (iv.1983). [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Broch H. (1914). Stylasteridae. <em>The Danish Ingolf-Expedition.</em> 5 (5): 1-27, pls. 1-5, map. [details]   

additional source Moseley, H.N. (1876). Preliminary report to Professor Wyville Thompson, F.R.S., Director of the Civilian Scientific Staff, on the true corals dredged by H.M.S. 'Challenger' in deep water between the dates Dec. 30th, 1870, and August 31st. <em>Proc. R. Soc.</em> 24: 544-569.
page(s): 547 [details]   

additional source Maragos, J. E.; Kenyon, J. (2004). Rose Atoll coral data compiled from US Fish and Wildlife Service 1994, Townsend Cromwell 2002, and Sette 2004 surveys [Table 10]. UNPUBLISHED, Unpublished
page(s): 1 [details]   

additional source Cairns, S.D. & A. Lindner. (2011). A revision of the Stylasteridae (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Filifera) from Alaska and adjacent waters. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 158: 1–88. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Moseley, H.N. (1881 [1880]). Report on certain hydroid, alcyonarian, and madreporarian corals procured during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, in the years 1873–1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 2 (part 7): 1-248, pl. Hydrocorallinae 1-14, Helioporidae 1-2, Madreporaria 1-16., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-07/README.htm [details]   

redescription Cairns, S.D. (2015). Stylasteridae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Anthoathecata) of the New Caledonian Region. <em>Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 28. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993), 207. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum: Paris.</em> 361 + 1 cd-rom pp., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/27379
page(s): 158; note: Key to New Caledonian species. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

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

redescription Cairns, S.D. (1986). A revision of the Northwest Atlantic Stylasteridae (Coelenterata: Hydrozoa). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 418: 1-131., available online at http://www.sil.si.edu/smithsoniancontributions/Zoology/pdf_hi/SCTZ-0418.pdf
page(s): 54 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

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]  OpenAccess publication 

redescription Cairns, S.D. (1991). The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Stylasteridae (Cnidaria: Hydroida). <em>New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir.</em> 98: 1-179, pls. 1-77. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

redescription Zibrowius, H. & S.D. Cairns. (1992). Revision of the northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean Stylasteridae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa). <em>Mémoires du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, série A, Zoolologie.</em> 153: 1-136. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

identification resource Cairns, S.D. (1992). A generic revision of the Stylasteridae (Coelenterata: Hydrozoa). Part 3. Keys to the genera. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 49(1-2): 538-545. [1991]. published 27 Jan 1992. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
Nontype USNM 1015006 [details]
Nontype USNM 1071881 [details]
Nontype USNM 1071945 [details]
Nontype USNM 1077817 [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 1-1485 m [details]

Fossil range Oligocene to Recent [details]

Taxonomy Cairns (1983) divided the genus into three species groups, based othe orientation of the cyclosystem on the branches. [details]

From other sources
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]

Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
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Japanese サンゴモドキ属  [details]