WoRMS taxon details
Lepidopora Pourtalès, 1871
117243 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117243)
accepted
Genus
Errina glabra Pourtalès, 1867 accepted as Lepidopora glabra (Pourtalès, 1867) (type by subsequent designation)
Errina (Lepidopora) Pourtalès, 1871 · unaccepted (changed combination)
- Species Lepidopora acrolophos Cairns, 1983
- Species Lepidopora biserialis Cairns, 1986
- Species Lepidopora carinata (Pourtalès, 1867)
- Species Lepidopora clavigera Cairns, 1986
- Species Lepidopora concatenata Cairns, 1991
- Species Lepidopora cryptocymas Cairns, 1985
- Species Lepidopora decipiens (Boschma, 1964)
- Species Lepidopora dendrostylus Cairns, 1991
- Species Lepidopora diffusa (Boschma, 1963)
- Species Lepidopora eburnea (Calvet, 1903)
- Species Lepidopora gelanes Cairns, 2015
- Species Lepidopora glabra (Pourtalès, 1867)
- Species Lepidopora granulosa (Cairns, 1983)
- Species Lepidopora iwasakii Pica & Puce, 2018
- Species Lepidopora kenyaensis Cairns, 2024
- Species Lepidopora leptoclados Cairns, 2015
- Species Lepidopora polygonalis Cairns, 2015
- Species Lepidopora polystichopora Cairns, 1985
- Species Lepidopora pusilla Cairns, 2015
- Species Lepidopora sapmerensis Cairns, 2024
- Species Lepidopora sarmentosa (Boschma, 1968)
- Species Lepidopora spinosa Cairns, 2015
- Species Lepidopora splendens Cairns, 2015
- Species Lepidopora symmetrica Cairns, 1991
- Species Lepidopora talea Cairns, 2024
- Species Lepidopora unicaulis Cairns, 2015
- Species Lepidopora dabneyi Pourtalès, 1871 accepted as Errina dabneyi (Pourtalès, 1871) (basionym, changed combination)
- Species Lepidopora microstylus Cairns, 1991 accepted as Leptohelia microstylus (Cairns, 1991)
marine, terrestrial
recent + fossil
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): 40 [details]
page(s): 40 [details]
Depth range 60-2320 m
Fossil range Paleocene to Recent
Depth range 60-2320 m [details]
Fossil range Paleocene to Recent
Fossil range Paleocene to Recent [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Lepidopora Pourtalès, 1871. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117243 on 2025-06-30
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Martinez, Olga
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Nomenclature
original description
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): 40 [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]
page(s): 40 [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]
Taxonomy
redescription
Cairns, S.D. (1983). Antarctic and subantarctic Stylasterina (Coelenterata: Hydrozoa). In: Biology of the Antarctic Seas, XIII. <em>Antarctic Research Series.</em> 38 (2): 61-164. [details] Available for editors 
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redescription Cairns, S.D. (1985). Three new species of Stylasteridae (Coelenterata: Hydrozoa). <em>Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash.</em> 98(3): 728-739. [details]
redescription Cairns, S.D. (1986). A revision of the Northwest Atlantic Stylasteridae (Coelenterata: Hydrozoa). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 418: 1-131., available online at http://www.sil.si.edu/smithsoniancontributions/Zoology/pdf_hi/SCTZ-0418.pdf [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription Cairns, S.D. (1991). The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Stylasteridae (Cnidaria: Hydroida). <em>New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir.</em> 98: 1-179, pls. 1-77. [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription 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. [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription Cairns, S.D. (2015). Stylasteridae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Anthoathecata) of the New Caledonian Region. <em>Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 28. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993), 207. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum: Paris.</em> 361 + 1 cd-rom pp., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/27379
page(s): 21; note: key to New Caledonian species [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]redescription Cairns, S.D. (1985). Three new species of Stylasteridae (Coelenterata: Hydrozoa). <em>Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash.</em> 98(3): 728-739. [details]
redescription Cairns, S.D. (1986). A revision of the Northwest Atlantic Stylasteridae (Coelenterata: Hydrozoa). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 418: 1-131., available online at http://www.sil.si.edu/smithsoniancontributions/Zoology/pdf_hi/SCTZ-0418.pdf [details] Available for editors
[request]redescription Cairns, S.D. (1991). The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Stylasteridae (Cnidaria: Hydroida). <em>New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir.</em> 98: 1-179, pls. 1-77. [details] Available for editors
[request]redescription 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. [details] Available for editors
[request]redescription Cairns, S.D. (2015). Stylasteridae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Anthoathecata) of the New Caledonian Region. <em>Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 28. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993), 207. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum: Paris.</em> 361 + 1 cd-rom pp., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/27379
page(s): 21; note: key to New Caledonian species [details] Available for editors
[request]Identification resource
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 [request]
[request]Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
additional source 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. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
additional source 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. [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype USNM 1027763 [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 60-2320 m [details]Diagnosis Colonies uniplanar or bushy. Coenosteal texture quite variable. Gastro- and dactylopores randomlyarranged on branches, sometimes aligned, or sometimes with gastropores at branch axils; gastropore lips mayoccur. Both gastro- and dactylopores axial; gastrostyles present but dactylostyles not present. Dactylopores elevated on short, apically-perforate mounds (conical). Ampullae superficial and internal, with lateral efferent pores [details]
Fossil range Paleocene to Recent [details]
