Hydrozoa taxon details
Errina dabneyi (Pourtalès, 1871)
117959 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117959)
accepted
Species
Errina (Errina) amoena Boschma, 1956 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Errina (Errina) dabneyi (Pourtalès, 1871) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Errina amoena Boschma, 1956 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Lepidopora dabneyi Pourtalès, 1871 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Lepidopora dabneyi Pourtalès, 1871) Pourtalès L.F. de. (1871). Deep-sea corals. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 2 (4): 1-93, pls. 1-8., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.13636
page(s): 41 (footnote), pl. 7 figs 10-11 [details]
page(s): 41 (footnote), pl. 7 figs 10-11 [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Errina dabneyi (Pourtalès, 1871). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/hydrozoa/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117959 on 2026-07-15
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(of Errina amoena Boschma, 1956) Boschma H. (1956). Stylasterina in the collection of the Paris Museum. II. Errina amoena nov. spec. <em>Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen - Amsterdam, Series C.</em> 59 (3): 281-289, pls. 1-3.
page(s): 281, fig. [details] Available for editors
original description (of Lepidopora dabneyi Pourtalès, 1871) Pourtalès L.F. de. (1871). Deep-sea corals. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 2 (4): 1-93, pls. 1-8., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.13636
page(s): 41 (footnote), pl. 7 figs 10-11 [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 Boschma H. (1963). The Stylasterine coral Errina dabneyi. <em>Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen - Amsterdam, Series C.</em> 66 (5): 397-405, pl. 1. [details] Available for editors
additional source Hickson SJ. (1912). Notes on some Stylasterina in the Muséum d'histoire Naturelle de Paris. <em>Bull. Mus. natn. Hist. nat. Paris.</em> 18: 461-466. [details]
additional source 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 [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] Available for editors
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., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400059567
page(s): 53, figs 11A-I, 12A-F, 13A-F; note: synonymy [details] Available for editors
page(s): 281, fig. [details] Available for editors
original description (of Lepidopora dabneyi Pourtalès, 1871) Pourtalès L.F. de. (1871). Deep-sea corals. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 2 (4): 1-93, pls. 1-8., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.13636
page(s): 41 (footnote), pl. 7 figs 10-11 [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 Boschma H. (1963). The Stylasterine coral Errina dabneyi. <em>Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen - Amsterdam, Series C.</em> 66 (5): 397-405, pl. 1. [details] Available for editors
additional source Hickson SJ. (1912). Notes on some Stylasterina in the Muséum d'histoire Naturelle de Paris. <em>Bull. Mus. natn. Hist. nat. Paris.</em> 18: 461-466. [details]
additional source 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 [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] Available for editors
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., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400059567
page(s): 53, figs 11A-I, 12A-F, 13A-F; note: synonymy [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Depth range 215-500 m [details]Taxonomy Hornera verrucossa Calvet, 1911, a bryozoan genus name, is a junior synonym! [details]
Unreviewed
Biology calcareous colonies, no free medusae [details]Habitat slope [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Errina amoena Boschma, 1956)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (5 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (9 records) (from synonym Lepidopora dabneyi Pourtalès, 1871)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (Holotype USNM 75605) (from synonym Errina amoena Boschma, 1956)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Errina amoena Boschma, 1956)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (5 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (9 records) (from synonym Lepidopora dabneyi Pourtalès, 1871)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (Holotype USNM 75605) (from synonym Errina amoena Boschma, 1956)
To ITIS