WoRMS name details
Lepidotheca Cairns, 1983
231552 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:231552)
unaccepted
Genus
Errina fascicularis Cairns, 1983 accepted as Lepidotheca fascicularis (Cairns, 1983) accepted as Paraerrina fascicularis (Cairns, 1983) (type by original designation)
- Species Lepidotheca altispina Cairns, 1991 accepted as Paraerrina altispina (Cairns, 1991)
- Species Lepidotheca brochi Cairns, 1986 accepted as Paraerrina brochi (Cairns, 1986)
- Species Lepidotheca cervicornis (Broch, 1942) accepted as Inferiolabiata cervicornis (Broch, 1942) accepted as Paraerrina cervicornis (Broch, 1942) (changed combination)
- Species Lepidotheca chauliostylus Cairns, 1991 accepted as Paraerrina chauliostylus (Cairns, 1991)
- Species Lepidotheca clavata Cairns, 2015 accepted as Paraerrina clavata (Cairns, 2015)
- Species Lepidotheca fascicularis (Cairns, 1983) accepted as Paraerrina fascicularis (Cairns, 1983)
- Species Lepidotheca hachijoensis (Eguchi, 1968) accepted as Paraerrina hachijoensis (Eguchi, 1968)
- Species Lepidotheca hebetis Cairns, 2015 accepted as Paraerrina hebetis (Cairns, 2015)
- Species Lepidotheca horrida (Hickson & England, 1905) accepted as Paraerrina horrida (Hickson & England, 1905)
- Species Lepidotheca inconsuta Cairns, 1991 accepted as Paraerrina inconsuta (Cairns, 1991)
- Species Lepidotheca macropora Cairns, 1986 accepted as Paraerrina macropora (Cairns, 1986)
- Species Lepidotheca minuta Cairns, 2015 accepted as Paraerrina minuta (Cairns, 2015)
- Species Lepidotheca pourtalesi Cairns, 1986 accepted as Paraerrina pourtalesi (Cairns, 1986)
- Species Lepidotheca ramosa (Hickson & England, 1905) accepted as Paraerrina ramosa (Hickson & England, 1905)
- Species Lepidotheca ranunculata Cairns, 2015 accepted as Paraerrina ranunculata (Cairns, 2015)
- Species Lepidotheca robusta Cairns, 1991 accepted as Paraerrina robusta (Cairns, 1991)
- Species Lepidotheca splendens Cairns, 2015 accepted as Paraerrina splendens (Cairns, 2015)
- Species Lepidotheca tenuistylus (Broch, 1942) accepted as Paraerrina tenuistylus (Broch, 1942)
marine, terrestrial
recent only
Cairns, S.D. (1983). A generic revision of the Stylasterina (Coelenterata: Hydrozoa). Part 1. Description of the genera. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 33(2): 427-508. [details] Available for editors 
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Depth range 85-2100 m
Depth range 85-2100 m [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Lepidotheca Cairns, 1983. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=231552 on 2025-06-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Cairns, S.D. (1983). A generic revision of the Stylasterina (Coelenterata: Hydrozoa). Part 1. Description of the genera. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 33(2): 427-508. [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record RAMS Hydrozoa checklist from Dr. Álvaro L. Peña Cantero (look up in IMIS) [details]
[request]basis of record RAMS Hydrozoa checklist from Dr. Álvaro L. Peña Cantero (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Cairns, S.D. (2015). Stylasteridae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Anthoathecata) of the New Caledonian Region. <em>Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 28. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993), 207. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum: Paris.</em> 361 + 1 cd-rom pp., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/27379
page(s): 81; note: Key to New Caledonian species. [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription Cairns, S.D. (1986). A revision of the Northwest Atlantic Stylasteridae (Coelenterata: Hydrozoa). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 418: 1-131., available online at http://www.sil.si.edu/smithsoniancontributions/Zoology/pdf_hi/SCTZ-0418.pdf [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription Cairns, S.D. (1991). The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Stylasteridae (Cnidaria: Hydroida). <em>New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir.</em> 98: 1-179, pls. 1-77. [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription Cairns S.D. (1986b). Stylasteridae (Hydrozoa: Hydroida) of the Galapagos Islands. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 426: 1-42. [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 81; note: Key to New Caledonian species. [details] Available for editors
[request]redescription Cairns, S.D. (1986). A revision of the Northwest Atlantic Stylasteridae (Coelenterata: Hydrozoa). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 418: 1-131., available online at http://www.sil.si.edu/smithsoniancontributions/Zoology/pdf_hi/SCTZ-0418.pdf [details] Available for editors
[request]redescription Cairns, S.D. (1991). The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Stylasteridae (Cnidaria: Hydroida). <em>New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir.</em> 98: 1-179, pls. 1-77. [details] Available for editors
[request]redescription Cairns S.D. (1986b). Stylasteridae (Hydrozoa: Hydroida) of the Galapagos Islands. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 426: 1-42. [details] Available for editors
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identification resource
Cairns, S.D. (1992). A generic revision of the Stylasteridae (Coelenterata: Hydrozoa). Part 3. Keys to the genera. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 49(1-2): 538-545. [1991]. published 27 Jan 1992. [details] Available for editors [request]
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype USNM 1027727 [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 85-2100 m [details]
