Hydrozoa name details
Stylaster elegans Verrill, 1864
527670 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:527670)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Verrill, A. E. (1864). List of the polyps and corals sent by the Museum of Comparative Zoology to other institutions in exchange, with annotations. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 1: 29-60., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6587563 [details] 
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Mańko, M.; Pica, D. (2026). World Hydrozoa Database. Stylaster elegans Verrill, 1864. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/hydrozoa/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527670 on 2026-04-22
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Verrill, A. E. (1864). List of the polyps and corals sent by the Museum of Comparative Zoology to other institutions in exchange, with annotations. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 1: 29-60., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6587563 [details]
additional source Wells JW. (1954). Bikini and nearby atols: 2. Oceanography (biologic). Recent corals of the Marshall Islands. <em>Geological Survey Professional Paper.</em> 260-1: 385-486, pls. 94-185., available online at https://doi.org/10.3133/pp260i [details]
additional source Eguchi M. (1968). The hydrocorals and scleractinian corals of Sagami Bay. Collected by His Majesty the Emperor of Japan. In The hydrocorals and scleractinian corals of Sagami Bay. <em>Maruzen Co.</em> Ltd., Tokyo : 1-53, pls. 1-36, C1-C80, pls. C1-C33, A1-A2, Pl. A. [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]
status source Calder D.R., Drew D.J. (2020). The Hydrozoan Taxa (Cnidaria) of Addison Emery Verrill (1839-1926), with a Checklist of His Records of Hydroids and Hydromedusae. <em>Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History.</em> 61: 41-79., available online at https://doi.org/10.3374/014.061.0103
page(s): 46 [details] Available for editors
additional source Wells JW. (1954). Bikini and nearby atols: 2. Oceanography (biologic). Recent corals of the Marshall Islands. <em>Geological Survey Professional Paper.</em> 260-1: 385-486, pls. 94-185., available online at https://doi.org/10.3133/pp260i [details]
additional source Eguchi M. (1968). The hydrocorals and scleractinian corals of Sagami Bay. Collected by His Majesty the Emperor of Japan. In The hydrocorals and scleractinian corals of Sagami Bay. <em>Maruzen Co.</em> Ltd., Tokyo : 1-53, pls. 1-36, C1-C80, pls. C1-C33, A1-A2, Pl. A. [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]
status source Calder D.R., Drew D.J. (2020). The Hydrozoan Taxa (Cnidaria) of Addison Emery Verrill (1839-1926), with a Checklist of His Records of Hydroids and Hydromedusae. <em>Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History.</em> 61: 41-79., available online at https://doi.org/10.3374/014.061.0103
page(s): 46 [details] Available for editors