WoRMS taxon details
Stylaster antillarum Zibrowius & Cairns, 1982
AphiaID: 285848
AphiaID: 285848
| 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 | ||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: 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] basis of record: S.D. Cairns & J. van der Land, 2000-2007, as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (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] 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): 69 [details] | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Caribbean Sea [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Biology: calcareous colonies, no free medusae [details] Depth range: 174-653 m [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:285848 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Cairns, S. (2013). Stylaster antillarum Zibrowius & Cairns, 1982. In: Schuchert, P. (2013) World Hydrozoa database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=285848 on 2013-05-18 | |||||||||||
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