Hydrozoa taxon details
original description
Broch H. (1951). Stylasteridae (Hydrocorals) from southern Seas. <em>Discovery Reports, Cambridge.</em> 26: 33-46, pls. 2-4. page(s): 40 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record
Cnidaria Antarctic checklist (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source
Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [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]
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 
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. [details] Available for editors 
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 
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Depth range 250-771 m [details]
Diagnosis Colonies uniplanar to bushy, branching highly anastomotic (fenestrate), often with multiple attachments to substrate. Coenosteal texture a mixture of reticulate-granular and coarsely imbricate. Gastro- and dactylostyles uniformly arranged on branches. Gastrostyles present; dactylopore spines dimorphic, mound-like and horseshoe-shaped, the dactylotome facing down [details]
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