Hydrozoa name details
Allopora venusta Verrill, 1868
533707 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:533707)
unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
Species
Allopora Ehrenberg, 1834 accepted as Stylaster Gray, 1831
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Verrill, A.E. (1868). Notes on Radiata in the Museum of Yale College, with descriptions of new genera and species. No. 4. Notice of the corals and Echinoderms collected by Prof. C.F. Hartt, at the Abrolhos Reefs, Province of Bahia, Brazil, 1867. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 1 (2): 351-371, pl. 4., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13380325 [details] 
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2026). World Hydrozoa Database. Allopora venusta Verrill, 1868. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/hydrozoa/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533707 on 2026-09-29
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Verrill, A.E. (1868). Notes on Radiata in the Museum of Yale College, with descriptions of new genera and species. No. 4. Notice of the corals and Echinoderms collected by Prof. C.F. Hartt, at the Abrolhos Reefs, Province of Bahia, Brazil, 1867. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 1 (2): 351-371, pl. 4., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13380325 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record 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
additional source 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
additional source Fisher WK. (1938). Hydrocorals of the North Pacific Ocean. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 84(3024): 493-554, pls 34-76., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7747411 [details] Available for editors
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 Verrill, A. E. (1870). On the geographical distribution of the polyps of the west coast of America. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1, 7, 558-567
page(s): 560, Pl. X Fig. 9 [details]
additional source Verrill, A.E., 1871. Notes on Radiata. No. 7. On the geographical distribution of the polypes of the West coast of America. Trans. Connecticut Acad. Arts Sci. 1 : 558-567.
page(s): 560, Pl. X Fig. 9 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record 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
additional source 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
additional source Fisher WK. (1938). Hydrocorals of the North Pacific Ocean. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 84(3024): 493-554, pls 34-76., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7747411 [details] Available for editors
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 Verrill, A. E. (1870). On the geographical distribution of the polyps of the west coast of America. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1, 7, 558-567
page(s): 560, Pl. X Fig. 9 [details]
additional source Verrill, A.E., 1871. Notes on Radiata. No. 7. On the geographical distribution of the polypes of the West coast of America. Trans. Connecticut Acad. Arts Sci. 1 : 558-567.
page(s): 560, Pl. X Fig. 9 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality