WoRMS taxon details
Stylaster norvegicus (Gunnerus, 1768)
AphiaID: 117968
AphiaID: 117968
| 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 | |||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Allopora oculina Ehrenberg, 1834 Millepora norvegica Gunnerus, 1768 Stylaster norvegicus var. atlanticus Broch, 1936 | |||||||
| 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] additional source: Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema, and J.Van Der Land, 1999. Appendix: List of extant stony corals. Atoll Research Bulletin 459: 13-46. [details] source of synonymy: 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: Schuchert, P. 2012. North-West European Athecate Hydroids and their Medusae. Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series) 59. The Linnean Society of London, London, pp. i-viii, 1-364. page(s): 300 [details] context source (Deepsea): Cairns, Stephen (look up in IMIS) [details] | |||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Subspecies Stylaster norvegicus pacificus Broch, 1936 accepted as Stylaster verrillii (Dall, 1884) Variety Stylaster norvegicus var. atlanticus Broch, 1936 accepted as Stylaster norvegicus (Gunnerus, 1768) | |||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||
| Distribution | European waters (ERMS scope) [details] North East Atlantic [details] | |||||||
| Links | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection To ITIS | |||||||
| Notes |
Biology: calcareous colonies, no free medusae [details] Depth range: 80-1400 m [details] Habitat: shelf to slope [details] | |||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117968 | |||||||
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Stylaster norvegicus (Gunnerus, 1768). In: Schuchert, P. (2013) World Hydrozoa database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117968 on 2013-05-21 | ||||||||
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