WoRMS taxon details
Stylantheca Fisher, 1931
267873 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267873)
accepted
Genus
Stylantheca porphyra Fisher, 1931 accepted as Stylantheca papillosa (Dall, 1884) (type by monotypy)
Stylaster (Stylantheca) Fisher, 1931 · unaccepted > superseded rank
- Species Stylantheca papillosa (Dall, 1884)
- Species Stylantheca petrograpta (Fisher, 1938) accepted as Stylantheca papillosa (Dall, 1884) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Stylantheca porphyra Fisher, 1931 accepted as Stylantheca papillosa (Dall, 1884) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, basionym, changed combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Depth range 0-27 m
Depth range 0-27 m [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2026). World Hydrozoa Database. Stylantheca Fisher, 1931. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267873 on 2026-09-04
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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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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]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 [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]
[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
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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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additional source
Boschma H. (1951). Notes on Hydrocorallia. <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen Leiden.</em> 13: 1-49, pls 1-2. [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]
[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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Depth range 0-27 m [details]
From editor or global species database
Image from typetaxon
