WoRMS taxon details
Stylaster complanatus Pourtalès, 1867
AphiaID: 285868
AphiaID: 285868
| 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 |
Calyptopora complanata (Pourtalès, 1867) Cryptohelia virginis Lindstrom, 1877 | ||||||||||
| Sources |
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: Calder, D. R. and S. D. Cairns. 2009. Hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 381–394 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [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 [details] from synonym: 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] [view taxon] | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Gulf of Mexico [details] West Atlantic [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Biology: calcareous colonies, no free medusae [details] Depth range: 183-707 m [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:285868 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Cairns, S. (2013). Stylaster complanatus Pourtalès, 1867. In: Schuchert, P. (2013) World Hydrozoa database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=285868 on 2013-05-27 | |||||||||||
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