WoRMS taxon details
Conopora laevis (Studer, 1878)
287509 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:287509)
accepted
Species
Conopora tenuis Moseley, 1879 · unaccepted (basionym, changed combination)
Stylaster laevis Studer, 1878 · unaccepted (basionym, changed combination)
Stylaster obliquus Studer, 1878 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Stylaster laevis Studer, 1878) Studer T. (1878). Übersicht der Steinkorallen aus der Familie der Madreporaria aporosa, Eupsammina und Turbinaria, welche auf der Reise S.M.S. Gazelle um die Erde gesammelt wurden. <em>Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1877: 625-655, pls. 1-4.
page(s): 635, pl. 2 fig. 5a-b [details]
page(s): 635, pl. 2 fig. 5a-b [details]
Depth range 130-1035 m
Depth range 130-1035 m [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Conopora laevis (Studer, 1878). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=287509 on 2025-05-12
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Stylaster laevis Studer, 1878) Studer T. (1878). Übersicht der Steinkorallen aus der Familie der Madreporaria aporosa, Eupsammina und Turbinaria, welche auf der Reise S.M.S. Gazelle um die Erde gesammelt wurden. <em>Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1877: 625-655, pls. 1-4.
page(s): 635, pl. 2 fig. 5a-b [details]
original description (of Conopora tenuis Moseley, 1879) Moseley HN. (1879). On the structure of the Stylasteridae, a family of the hydroid stony corals. <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London.</em> 169 (2): 425-503, pls. 38-44., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54095514
page(s): 503 [details]
original description (of Stylaster obliquus Studer, 1878) Studer T. (1878). Übersicht der Steinkorallen aus der Familie der Madreporaria aporosa, Eupsammina und Turbinaria, welche auf der Reise S.M.S. Gazelle um die Erde gesammelt wurden. <em>Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1877: 625-655, pls. 1-4.
page(s): 635, pl. 2 fig. 7a-d [details]
basis of record Cairns, S.D. & J. van der Land. (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 635, pl. 2 fig. 5a-b [details]
original description (of Conopora tenuis Moseley, 1879) Moseley HN. (1879). On the structure of the Stylasteridae, a family of the hydroid stony corals. <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London.</em> 169 (2): 425-503, pls. 38-44., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54095514
page(s): 503 [details]
original description (of Stylaster obliquus Studer, 1878) Studer T. (1878). Übersicht der Steinkorallen aus der Familie der Madreporaria aporosa, Eupsammina und Turbinaria, welche auf der Reise S.M.S. Gazelle um die Erde gesammelt wurden. <em>Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1877: 625-655, pls. 1-4.
page(s): 635, pl. 2 fig. 7a-d [details]
basis of record Cairns, S.D. & J. van der Land. (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
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 
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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.
page(s): 73, pls 58e-g, 59a-g [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription 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]
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): 211 [details] Available for editors [request]
[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.
page(s): 73, pls 58e-g, 59a-g [details] Available for editors
[request]redescription 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]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): 211 [details] Available for editors
[request]Other
context source (Deepsea)
Cairns, Stephen (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Bernal, M.C., S.D. Cairns, P.E. Penchaszadeh & D. Lauretta. (2021). Stylasterids (Hydrozoa: Stylasteridae) from Mar del Plata submarine canyon and adjacent area (southwestern Atlantic), with a key to the species off Argentina. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4969(3): 401-452., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4969.3.1 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Cairns, S.D. & J.A. Grant-Mackie. (1993). Review of the fossil Stylasteridae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from the New Zealand region. <em>New Zealand J. Geol. Geoph.</em> 36(1): 1-8. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (1999). Appendix: List of extant stony corals. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 459: 13-46. [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Bernal, M.C., S.D. Cairns, P.E. Penchaszadeh & D. Lauretta. (2021). Stylasterids (Hydrozoa: Stylasteridae) from Mar del Plata submarine canyon and adjacent area (southwestern Atlantic), with a key to the species off Argentina. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4969(3): 401-452., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4969.3.1 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Cairns, S.D. & J.A. Grant-Mackie. (1993). Review of the fossil Stylasteridae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from the New Zealand region. <em>New Zealand J. Geol. Geoph.</em> 36(1): 1-8. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (1999). Appendix: List of extant stony corals. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 459: 13-46. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Depth range 130-1035 m [details]Unreviewed
Biology calcareous colonies, no free medusae [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Conopora tenuis Moseley, 1879)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Stylaster laevis Studer, 1878)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Conopora laevis)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Stylaster laevis Studer, 1878)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (29 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (Holotype USNM 96214) (from synonym Conopora tenuis Moseley, 1879)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Conopora tenuis Moseley, 1879)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Stylaster laevis Studer, 1878)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Conopora laevis)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Stylaster laevis Studer, 1878)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (29 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (Holotype USNM 96214) (from synonym Conopora tenuis Moseley, 1879)
To ITIS
