WoRMS taxon details
original description
(of Stylaster norvegicus f. atlanticus Broch, 1936) Broch H. (1936). Untersuchungen an Stylasteriden (Hydrokorallen). Teil I. <em>Skrifter Utgitt Av Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi i Oslo.</em> 8: 1-103. [details]
original description
(of Millepora norvegica Gunnerus, 1768) Gunnerus, J. E. (1768). Om Nogle Norske Coraller. <em>Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifter.</em> 4: 38-73., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/dms/load/img/?PPN=PPN481641912_0004&IDDOC=273812 [details]
original description
(of Allopora oculina Ehrenberg, 1834) Ehrenberg, C. G. (1834). Beiträge zur physiologischen Kenntniss der Corallenthiere im allgemeinen, und besonders des rothen Meeres, nebst einem Versuche zur physiologischen Systematik derselben. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin.</em> 1: 225-380., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29725862 [details]
context source (Deepsea)
Cairns, Stephen (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record
van der Land, J.; Vervoort, W.; Cairns, S.D.; Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydrozoa, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 112-120 (look up in IMIS) [details]
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]
source of synonymy
Zibrowius, H. & S.D. Cairns. (1992). Revision of the northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean Stylasteridae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa). <em>Mémoires du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, série A, Zoolologie.</em> 153: 1-136. [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription
Zibrowius, H. & S.D. Cairns. (1992). Revision of the northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean Stylasteridae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa). <em>Mémoires du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, série A, Zoolologie.</em> 153: 1-136. [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription
Schuchert, P. 2012. North-West European Athecate Hydroids and their Medusae. Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series) 59. The Linnean Society of London, London, pp. i-viii, 1-364. page(s): 300 [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 80-1400 m [details]
Distribution Known from a wide area of the North Atlantic: from Denmark Strait, the northwest, southwest, and southeast of Iceland, Faroes and Hebrides, Rockall, and along the coast of Norway. In Norway it is common in depths of 80-300 m, frequently found together with the bank-forming scleractinian Lophelia pertusa. Elsewhere the shallowest records are form the 75 m in the Faroes. In the Iceland – Faroes area this species has been obtained as deep as 1400 m. Type locality: Nordmør, Norway.
[details]Unreviewed
Biology calcareous colonies, no free medusae [details]
Habitat shelf to slope [details]
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