WoRMS taxon details
Errinopora Fisher, 1931
267421 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267421)
accepted
Genus
Errina pourtalesii Dall, 1884 accepted as Errinopora pourtalesii (Dall, 1884) (type by original designation)
Protoerrina Broch, 1935 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Errinopora cestoporina Cairns, 1983
- Species Errinopora dichotoma Lindner & Cairns, 2011
- Species Errinopora disticha Lindner & Cairns, 2011
- Species Errinopora fisheri Lindner & Cairns, 2011
- Species Errinopora latifundata Naumov, 1960
- Species Errinopora nanneca Fisher, 1938
- Species Errinopora porifera (Naumov, 1960)
- Species Errinopora pourtalesii (Dall, 1884)
- Species Errinopora stylifera (Broch, 1935)
- Species Errinopora undulata Lindner & Cairns, 2011
- Species Errinopora zarhyncha Fisher, 1938
- Species Errinopora intervacans Naumov, 1960 accepted as Errinopora stylifera (Broch, 1935) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Depth range 49-658 m
Depth range 49-658 m [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2026). World Hydrozoa Database. Errinopora Fisher, 1931. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267421 on 2026-08-31
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Nomenclature
original description
Fisher WK. (1931). Californian Hydrocorals. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 10.</em> 8 (46): 391-399, pls. 15-17. [details] Available for editors 
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original description (of Protoerrina Broch, 1935) Broch H. (1935). Einige Stylasteriden (Hydrokorallen) der Ochotschkischen und Japanischen See. <em>Issledovaniya Morei SSSR.</em> 22: 58-60. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
[request]original description (of Protoerrina Broch, 1935) Broch H. (1935). Einige Stylasteriden (Hydrokorallen) der Ochotschkischen und Japanischen See. <em>Issledovaniya Morei SSSR.</em> 22: 58-60. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Cairns, S.D. & A. Lindner. (2011). A revision of the Stylasteridae (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Filifera) from Alaska and adjacent waters. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 158: 1–88., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.158.1910
note: Includes key to all species and molecular analysis [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. (1983). Antarctic and subantarctic Stylasterina (Coelenterata: Hydrozoa). In: Biology of the Antarctic Seas, XIII. <em>Antarctic Research Series.</em> 38 (2): 61-164., available online at https://doi.org/10.1029/ar038p0061 [details] Available for editors [request]
note: Includes key to all species and molecular analysis [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. (1983). Antarctic and subantarctic Stylasterina (Coelenterata: Hydrozoa). In: Biology of the Antarctic Seas, XIII. <em>Antarctic Research Series.</em> 38 (2): 61-164., available online at https://doi.org/10.1029/ar038p0061 [details] Available for editors
[request]Identification resource
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]
[request]Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Boschma H. (1956). Milleporina and Stylasterina. In: Moore RC (ed) Treatise on invertebrate paleontology F. Coelenterata. <em>Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press.</em> F90–F106. [details]
additional source Fisher WK. (1938). Hydrocorals of the North Pacific Ocean. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 84(3024): 493-554, pls 34-76., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7747411 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Boschma H. (1956). Milleporina and Stylasterina. In: Moore RC (ed) Treatise on invertebrate paleontology F. Coelenterata. <em>Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press.</em> F90–F106. [details]
additional source Fisher WK. (1938). Hydrocorals of the North Pacific Ocean. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 84(3024): 493-554, pls 34-76., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7747411 [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Depth range 49-658 m [details]
