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Stylaster polyorchis (Fisher, 1938) 
AphiaID: 285899

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hydrozoa (Class) > Hydroidolina (Subclass) > Anthoathecata (Order) > Filifera (Suborder) > Stylasteridae (Family) > Stylaster (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Stylaster campylecus (Fisher, 1938)
Rank Species
Parent Stylaster Gray, 1831
Synonymised
taxa
  Allopora polyorchis Fisher, 1938
Stylaster abei Eguchi, 1968
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: 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]

new combination reference: 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]

Environment marine, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution East Pacific [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection
To ITIS
Note  Biology: calcareous colonies, no free medusae [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:285899
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2008-01-16 10:35:54Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2010-10-05 15:11:38Z  checked  Cairns, Stephen
2011-12-27 14:58:15Z  changed  Cairns, Stephen
2012-12-05 00:29:12Z  changed  Cairns, Stephen
  
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  Citation: Cairns, S. (2013). Stylaster polyorchis (Fisher, 1938). In: Schuchert, P. (2013) World Hydrozoa database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=285899 on 2013-05-25
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