Hydrozoa - The World Hydrozoa Database - Allopora campyleca Fisher, 1938

Hydrozoa name details

Allopora campyleca Fisher, 1938

AphiaID

530791 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:530791)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)

Accepted name

Stylaster campylecus (Fisher, 1938)

Rank

Species

Parent

Allopora Ehrenberg, 1834 accepted as Stylaster Gray, 1831

Original name

Allopora campyleca Fisher, 1938

Direct children (3)

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Subspecies Allopora campyleca paragea Fisher, 1938 accepted as Stylaster parageus parageus (Fisher, 1938) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
Subspecies Allopora campyleca trachystoma Fisher, 1938 accepted as Stylaster trachystomus (Fisher, 1938) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
Subspecies Allopora campyleca tylota Fisher, 1938 accepted as Stylaster campylecus (Fisher, 1938) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Fisher WK. (1938). Hydrocorals of the North Pacific Ocean. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 84(3024): 493-554, pls 34-76., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7747411
page(s): 505, pls 34 & 36 [details] Available for editors

Type data

Type locality contained in Aleutian Islands

type locality contained in Aleutian Islands [details]

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2026). World Hydrozoa Database. Allopora campyleca Fisher, 1938. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/hydrozoa/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=530791 on 2026-08-03

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-10-08 18:03:09Z

created

Cairns, Stephen

2021-04-17 16:18:49Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

2021-04-18 11:13:42Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

2026-04-21 17:09:44Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

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original description Fisher WK. (1938). Hydrocorals of the North Pacific Ocean. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 84(3024): 493-554, pls 34-76., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7747411
page(s): 505, pls 34 & 36 [details] Available for editors

basis of record Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (1999). Appendix: List of extant stony corals. Atoll Research Bulletin. 459: 13-46. [details] Available for editors

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (57 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (Holotype USNM 42870)