Hydrozoa name details
Stellapora Cairns, 1983
267856 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267856)
accepted > nomen novum
Genus
Spinipora echinata Moseley, 1879 accepted as Stellapora echinata (Moseley, 1879) (type by original designation)
Acanthopora Moseley, 1876 · unaccepted > junior homonym (nomen nudum)
Errina (Spinipora) Moseley, 1879 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Spinipora Moseley, 1879 · unaccepted > junior homonym
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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.
page(s): 454 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 454 [details] Available for editors
Homonymy Replacement name for Acanthopora Moseley, 1876
Homonymy Replacement name for Acanthopora Moseley, 1876 [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2026). World Hydrozoa Database. Stellapora Cairns, 1983. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/hydrozoa/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267856 on 2026-09-16
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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.
page(s): 454 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Acanthopora Moseley, 1876) Moseley HN. (1876). Preliminary note on the structure of the Stylasteridae, a group of stony corals which, like the Milleporidae, are hydroids, and not anthozoans. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society of London.</em> 1876 172: 93-101.
page(s): 94 [details]
original description (of Spinipora Moseley, 1879) 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]
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]
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
page(s): 454 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Acanthopora Moseley, 1876) Moseley HN. (1876). Preliminary note on the structure of the Stylasteridae, a group of stony corals which, like the Milleporidae, are hydroids, and not anthozoans. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society of London.</em> 1876 172: 93-101.
page(s): 94 [details]
original description (of Spinipora Moseley, 1879) 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]
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]
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
From editor or global species database
Homonymy Replacement name for Acanthopora Moseley, 1876 [details]