WoRMS taxon details
Stylasteridae Gray, 1847
AphiaID: 22805
AphiaID: 22805
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hydrozoa (Class) > Hydroidolina (Subclass) > Anthoathecata (Order) > Filifera (Suborder) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Family | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Filifera | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Adeloporinae Cairns, 1982 Distichoporinae Stechow, 1921 Stylasterinae Gray, 1847 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: 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] additional source: Bouillon, J.; Gravili, C.; Pagès, F.; Gili, J.-M.; Boero, F. (2006). An introduction to Hydrozoa. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, 194. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle: Paris, France. ISBN 2-85653-580-1. 591 + 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] redescription: Cairns, S.D., 1983. A generic revision of the Stylasterina (Coelenterata: Hydrozoa). Part 1. Description of the genera. Bull. mar. Sci. 33 2: 427-508. [details] from synonym: Zibrowius, H. and S. D. Cairns, l982. Remarks on the stylasterine fauna of the West Indies, with the description of Stylaster antillarum, a new species from the Lesser Antilles (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Stylasterina). Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 95(l): 210-221, 4 pls. [details] [view taxon] taxonomy source: Cairns, S.D., 1984. A generic revision of the Stylasteridae (Coelenterata: Hydrozoa). Part 2: Phylogenetic analysis. Bull. mar. Sci. 35 1: 38-53. [details] taxonomy source: Cairns, S.D., 1987. Evolutionary trends in the Stylasteridae (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa). In: J. Bouillon, F. Boero, F. Cicogna & P.F.S. Cornelius, eds., Modern trends in the Systematics, Ecology and Evolution of Hydroids and Hydromedusae : 257-274. [details] ecology source: Cairns, S.D., 1992. Worldwide distribution of the Stylasteridae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa). In: J. Bouillon, F. Boero, F. Cicogna, J.M. Gili & R.G. Hughes, eds., Aspects of Hydrozoan Biology Scientia Marina 56 2-3: 125-130. [details] subsequent type designation: Cairns, S.D., 1991. Catalog of the type specimens of stony corals (Milleporidae, Stylasteridae, Scleractinia) in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Smithson. Contr. Zool. 514: i-iv, 1-59. [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Genus Adelopora Cairns, 1982 Genus Astya Stechow, 1921d Genus Axoporella † Genus Calyptopora Boschma, 1968 Genus Cheiloporidion Cairns, 1983 Genus Congregopora Nielsen, 1919 † Genus Conopora Moseley, 1879 Genus Crypthelia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 Genus Cyclohelia Cairns, 1991 Genus Distichopora Lamarck, 1816 Genus Errina Gray, 1835 Genus Errinopora Fisher, 1938 Genus Errinopsis Broch, 1951 Genus Gyropora Boschma, 1960 Genus Inferiolabiata Broch, 1951 Genus Lepidopora Pourtalès, 1871 Genus Lepidotheca Cairns, 1983 Genus Paraerrina Broch, 1942 Genus Phalangopora Kirkpatrick, 1887 Genus Pliobothrus Pourtalès, 1868 Genus Pseudocrypthelia Cairns, 1983 Genus Sporadopora Moseley, 1879 Genus Stellapora Cairns, 1983 Genus Stenohelia Kent, 1870 Genus Stephanohelia Cairns, 1991 Genus Stylantheca Fischer, 1931 Genus Stylaster Gray, 1831 Genus Stylasteridae incertae sedis Genus Systemapora Cairns, 1991 Genus Acanthopora Moseley, 1876 accepted as Stellapora Cairns, 1983 Subfamily Adeloporinae Cairns, 1982 accepted as Stylasteridae Gray, 1847 Genus Allopora Ehrenberg, 1834 accepted as Stylaster Gray, 1831 Genus Astylus Moseley, 1878 accepted as Astya Stechow, 1921d Genus Cryptaxiella Kuhn, 1939 accepted as Stylaster Gray, 1831 Genus Cryptaxis accepted as Stylaster Gray, 1831 Genus Cryptohelia accepted as Crypthelia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 Genus Cyclopora Verrill, 1866 accepted as Stylaster Gray, 1831 Genus Dendracis accepted as Stylaster Gray, 1831 Genus Deontopora accepted as Stylaster Gray, 1831 Subfamily Distichoporinae Stechow, 1921 accepted as Stylasteridae Gray, 1847 Genus Endhelia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 accepted as Crypthelia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 Genus Labiopora Moseley, 1879 accepted as Errina Gray, 1835 Genus Leptobothrus Hall, 1893 † accepted as Porina d'Orbigny, 1852 Genus Lithodendron accepted as Distichopora Lamarck, 1816 Genus Polypora Moseley, 1876 accepted as Sporadopora Moseley, 1879 Genus Protoerrina Fisher, 1931 accepted as Errinopora Fisher, 1938 Genus Spinipora Moseley, 1879 accepted as Stellapora Cairns, 1983 Genus Steganopora accepted as Pliobothrus Pourtalès, 1868 Subfamily Stylasterinae Gray, 1847 accepted as Stylasteridae Gray, 1847 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent + fossil | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:22805 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Cairns, S.; Schuchert, P. (2013). Stylasteridae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=22805 on 2013-05-19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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