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Stylaster Gray, 1831

Stylaster roseus (Pallas, 1766): Stylasteridae

AphiaID

117246 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117246)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Madrepora rosea Pallas, 1766 accepted as Stylaster roseus (Pallas, 1766) (type by subsequent designation)

Type taxon of

Stylasterinae Gray, 1847

Parent

Stylasteridae Gray, 1847

Original name

Stylaster Gray, 1831

Synonymised names

Allopora Ehrenberg, 1834 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Allopora (Stylaster) Gray, 1831 · unaccepted

Cryptaxiella Kuhn, 1939 † · unaccepted

Cryptaxis Reuss, 1865 † · unaccepted (synonymy)

Cyclopora Verrill, 1866 · unaccepted

Deontopora Hall, 1893 † · unaccepted (synonymy)

Stylaster (Allopora) Ehrenberg, 1834 · unaccepted (synonymy)

Stylaster (Eustylaster) Broch, 1914 · unaccepted (synonymy)

Stylaster (Stylaster) Gray, 1831 · unaccepted (subgenera not in use for Hydrozoa)

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Species Stylaster alaskanus Fisher, 1938
Species Stylaster amphiheloides Saville Kent, 1871
Species Stylaster antillarum Zibrowius & Cairns, 1982
Species Stylaster asper Saville Kent, 1871
Species Stylaster atlanticus Broch, 1936
Species Stylaster aurantiacus Cairns, 1986
Species Stylaster bellus (Dana, 1848)
Species Stylaster biflabellum Cairns, 2015
Species Stylaster bilobatus Hickson & England, 1909
Species Stylaster bithalamus Broch, 1936
Species Stylaster blatteus (Boschma, 1961)
Species Stylaster bocki Broch, 1936
Species Stylaster boreopacificus Broch, 1932
Species Stylaster boschmai (Eguchi, 1965)
Species Stylaster brochi (Fisher, 1938)
Species Stylaster brunneus Boschma, 1970
Species Stylaster californicus (Verrill, 1866)
Species Stylaster campylecus (Fisher, 1938)
Species Stylaster carinatus Broch, 1936
Species Stylaster cocosensis Cairns, 1991
Species Stylaster complanatus Pourtalès, 1867
Species Stylaster corallium Cairns, 1986
Species Stylaster crassior Broch, 1936
Species Stylaster crassiseptum Cairns & Lindner, 2011
Species Stylaster densicaulis Moseley, 1879
Species Stylaster dentatus Broch, 1936
Species Stylaster diastemata Cairns, 2015
Species Stylaster divergens Marenzeller, 1904
Species Stylaster duchassaingi Pourtalès, 1867
Species Stylaster eguchii (Boschma, 1966)
Species Stylaster elassotomus Fisher, 1938
Species Stylaster erubescens Pourtalès, 1868
Species Stylaster filanderae Cairns, 2024
Species Stylaster filogranus Pourtalès, 1871
Species Stylaster flabelliformis (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Stylaster fundatus Cairns, 2015
Species Stylaster galapagensis Cairns, 1986
Species Stylaster gemmascens (Esper, 1790)
Species Stylaster gracilis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850
Species Stylaster granulosus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850
Species Stylaster griggi Cairns, 2005
Species Stylaster griseus Cairns & Zibrowius, 2013
Species Stylaster hattorii (Eguchi, 1968)
Species Stylaster hawaiiensis Cairns, 2024
Species Stylaster horologium Cairns, 1991
Species Stylaster ibericus Zibrowius & Cairns, 1992
Species Stylaster imbricatus Cairns, 1991
Species Stylaster incompletus (Tenison-Woods, 1883)
Species Stylaster incrassatus Broch, 1936
Species Stylaster infundibuliferus (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Stylaster inornatus Cairns, 1986
Species Stylaster kenti Cairns & Zibrowius, 2013
Species Stylaster laevigatus Cairns, 1986
Species Stylaster leptostylus (Fisher, 1938)
Species Stylaster lindneri Cairns, 2015
Species Stylaster lonchitis Broch, 1947
Species Stylaster malpeloensis Lizcano-Sandoval & Cairns, 2018
Species Stylaster marenzelleri Cairns, 1986
Species Stylaster maroccanus Zibrowius & Cairns, 1992
Species Stylaster marshae Cairns, 1988
Species Stylaster microstriatus Broch, 1936
Species Stylaster miniatus (Pourtalès, 1868)
Species Stylaster minutus Cairns, 2024
Species Stylaster multiplex Hickson & England, 1905
Species Stylaster nobilis (Saville Kent, 1871)
Species Stylaster norvegicus (Gunnerus, 1768)
Species Stylaster obtusus Cairns, 2015
Species Stylaster omanensis Cairns & Samimi-Namin, 2015
Species Stylaster papuensis Zibrowius, 1981
Species Stylaster parageus (Fisher, 1938)
Species Stylaster polymorphus (Broch, 1936)
Species Stylaster polystomos Cairns, 2015
Species Stylaster profundiporus Broch, 1936
Species Stylaster profundus (Moseley, 1879)
Species Stylaster pulcher Quelch, 1884
Species Stylaster purpuratus (Naumov, 1960)
Species Stylaster ramosus Broch, 1947
Species Stylaster repandus Cairns & Lindner, 2011
Species Stylaster robustus (Cairns, 1983)
Species Stylaster rosaceus (Greeff, 1886)
Species Stylaster roseus (Pallas, 1766)
Species Stylaster sanguineus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850
Species Stylaster scabiosus Broch, 1935
Species Stylaster sinuosus (Cairns, 1991)
Species Stylaster solidus Broch, 1935
Species Stylaster spatula Cairns, 1986
Species Stylaster stejnegeri (Fisher, 1938)
Species Stylaster stellulatus Stewart, 1878
Species Stylaster subviolacea (Kent, 1871)
Species Stylaster tenisonwoodsi Cairns, 1988
Species Stylaster trachystomus (Fisher, 1938)
Species Stylaster tritoni Maggioni, Cairns, Pica & Benzoni, 2022
Species Stylaster venustus (Verrill, 1868)
Species Stylaster verrillii (Dall, 1884)
Species Stylaster vitreus Cairns, 2024
Subgenus Stylaster (Allopora) Ehrenberg, 1834 accepted as Stylaster Gray, 1831 (synonymy)
1. Species Stylaster (Allopora) bocki Broch, 1936 accepted as Stylaster bocki Broch, 1936 (basionym, changed combination)
2. Species Stylaster (Allopora) boreopacificus Broch, 1932 accepted as Stylaster boreopacificus Broch, 1932 (basionym, changed combination)
3. Species Stylaster (Allopora) carinata Broch, 1936 accepted as Stylaster carinatus Broch, 1936 (basionym, changed combination)
4. Species Stylaster (Allopora) norvegicus (Gunnerus, 1768) accepted as Stylaster norvegicus (Gunnerus, 1768) (changed combination)
5. Species Stylaster (Allopora) porphyrus accepted as Stylantheca papillosa (Dall, 1884) (synonymy)
6. Species Stylaster (Allopora) profundus (Moseley, 1879) accepted as Stylaster profundus (Moseley, 1879) (changed combination)
7. Species Stylaster (Allopora) scabiosa Broch, 1936 accepted as Stylaster scabiosus Broch, 1935 (changed combination)
8. Species Stylaster (Allopora) solidus Broch, 1935 accepted as Stylaster solidus Broch, 1935 (changed combination)
Subgenus Stylaster (Eustylaster) Broch, 1914 accepted as Stylaster Gray, 1831 (synonymy)
1. Species Stylaster (Eustylaster) duchassaingi Pourtalès, 1867 accepted as Stylaster duchassaingi Pourtalès, 1867 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
2. Species Stylaster (Eustylaster) gemmascens (Esper, 1790) accepted as Stylaster gemmascens (Esper, 1790) (changed combination)
3. Species Stylaster (Eustylaster) lonchitis Broch, 1947 accepted as Stylaster lonchitis Broch, 1947 (basionym, changed combination)
4. Species Stylaster (Eustylaster) ramosus Broch, 1947 accepted as Stylaster ramosus Broch, 1947 (basionym, changed combination)
5. Species Stylaster (Eustylaster) roseus (Pallas, 1766) accepted as Stylaster roseus (Pallas, 1766) (changed combination)
Subgenus Stylaster (Stenohelia) Kent, 1870 accepted as Stenohelia Kent, 1870 (changed combination)
1. Species Stylaster (Stenohelia) challengeri Boschma, 1951 accepted as Stenohelia profunda Moseley, 1879 (synonymy)
Subgenus Stylaster (Stylantheca) Fisher, 1931 accepted as Stylantheca Fisher, 1931 (changed combination)
1. Species Stylaster (Stylantheca) porphyra (Fisher, 1931) accepted as Stylantheca papillosa (Dall, 1884) (synonymy)
Subgenus Stylaster (Stylaster) Gray, 1831 accepted as Stylaster Gray, 1831 (subgenera not in use for Hydrozoa)
1. Species Stylaster (Stylaster) duchassaingi Pourtalès, 1867 accepted as Stylaster duchassaingi Pourtalès, 1867 (changed combination)
Species Stylaster abei (Eguchi, 1968) accepted as Stylaster campylecus (Fisher, 1938) (synonymy)
Species Stylaster alaskana Fisher, 1938 accepted as Stylaster alaskanus Fisher, 1938 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
Species Stylaster bella (Dana, 1846) accepted as Stylaster bellus (Dana, 1848) (wrong spelling)
Species Stylaster cancellatus Fisher, 1938 accepted as Stylaster alaskanus Fisher, 1938 (synonymy)
Species Stylaster challengeri Boschma, 1951 accepted as Stenohelia profunda Moseley, 1879 (synonymy)
Species Stylaster echinatus Broch, 1936 accepted as Stylaster filogranus Pourtalès, 1871 (synonymy)
Species Stylaster elegans Verrill, 1864 accepted as Stylaster sanguineus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850
Species Stylaster elegans Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 accepted as Stylaster duchassaingi Pourtalès, 1867
Species Stylaster eximius Saville Kent, 1871 accepted as Stylaster duchassaingi Pourtalès, 1867 (synonym)
Species Stylaster infundibuliferus Cairns, 2005 accepted as Stylaster hawaiiensis Cairns, 2024 (unaccepted > junior homonym, invalid junior homonym of Stylaster infundibuliferus (Lamarck, 1816))
Species Stylaster laevis Studer, 1878 accepted as Conopora laevis (Studer, 1878) (basionym, changed combination)
Species Stylaster madeirensis (Johnston, 1862) accepted as Stenohelia maderensis (Johnson, 1862) (changed combination)
Species Stylaster minimus Hickson & England, 1905 accepted as Stenohelia minima (Hickson & England, 1905) (basionym, changed combination)
Species Stylaster moseleyanus (Fisher, 1938) accepted as Stylaster campylecus (Fisher, 1938)
Species Stylaster obliquus Studer, 1878 accepted as Conopora laevis (Studer, 1878) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Stylaster petrograptus (Fisher, 1938) accepted as Stylantheca papillosa (Dall, 1884) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Stylaster polyorchis (Fisher, 1938) accepted as Stylaster campylecus (Fisher, 1938)
Species Stylaster porphyra (Fisher, 1931) accepted as Stylantheca papillosa (Dall, 1884) (synonymy)
Species Stylaster punctatus Pourtalès, 1871 accepted as Stylaster roseus (Pallas, 1766)
Species Stylaster rossoamericanus Brandt, 1872 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
Species Stylaster scabiosa Broch, 1935 accepted as Stylaster scabiosus Broch, 1935 (amended spelling)
Species Stylaster tenuis Verrill, 1864 accepted as Stylaster sanguineus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850
Species Stylaster tiliatus Hickson & England, 1905 accepted as Stenohelia tiliata (Hickson & England, 1905) (basionym, changed combination)
Species Stylaster umbonatus Hickson & England, 1905 accepted as Stenohelia umbonata (Hickson & England, 1905) (basionym, changed combination)
Species Stylaster verrucosus Studer, 1878 accepted as Conopora verrucosa (Studer, 1878)
Species Stylaster violaceus (Pallas, 1766) accepted as Distichopora violacea (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Stylaster virginus (Lindström, 1877) accepted as Stylaster complanatus Pourtalès, 1867 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Stylaster yabei Eguchi, 1941 accepted as Stenohelia yabei (Eguchi, 1941) (basionym, changed combination)

Environment

marine, brackish, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Gray, J. E. (1831). Description of a new genus (Stylaster) of star-bearing corals in Gray, J.E., Zoological Miscellany: London, Treuttel, Wurtz, and Co., p. 36–37. In: Gray, J.E., Zoological Miscellany: London, Treuttel, Wurtz, and C. p. 36–37., available online at https://archive.org/details/zoologicalmisce01graygoog/page/n46/mode/2up
page(s): 36 [details]

Descriptive notes

Depth range 1-1485 m

Depth range 1-1485 m [details]

Fossil range Oligocene to Recent

Fossil range Oligocene to Recent [details]

Taxonomy Cairns (1983) divided the genus into three species groups, based othe orientation of the cyclosystem on the branches.

Taxonomy Cairns (1983) divided the genus into three species groups, based othe orientation of the cyclosystem on the branches. [details]

Description Calcareous skeleton with fine, tapering branches which are rounded in section. Pores grouped along outer edges. White,...

Description Calcareous skeleton with fine, tapering branches which are rounded in section. Pores grouped along outer edges. White, purplish to yellow. Habitat: shallow to deep water. Distribution: all warm seas (Richmond, 1997). [details]

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Stylaster Gray, 1831. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117246 on 2025-07-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2010-11-20 02:14:34Z

changed

Cairns, Stephen

2010-11-21 17:12:16Z

changed

Cairns, Stephen

2017-07-14 13:20:04Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Gray, J. E. (1831). Description of a new genus (Stylaster) of star-bearing corals in Gray, J.E., Zoological Miscellany: London, Treuttel, Wurtz, and Co., p. 36–37. In: Gray, J.E., Zoological Miscellany: London, Treuttel, Wurtz, and C. p. 36–37., available online at https://archive.org/details/zoologicalmisce01graygoog/page/n46/mode/2up
page(s): 36 [details]

original description (of Allopora Ehrenberg, 1834) Ehrenberg, C. G. (1834). Beiträge zur physiologischen Kenntniss der Corallenthiere im allgemeinen, und besonders des rothen Meeres, nebst einem Versuche zur physiologischen Systematik derselben. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin. 1: 225-380., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29725862 [details]

original description (of Cryptaxis Reuss, 1865 †) Reuss AE. (1865). Zur Fauna des deutschen Oberoligocäns, II. Anthozoen. Sitzungberichte der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien. 50: 614-691, pls. 6-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6445707
page(s): 620 [details]

original description (of Deontopora Hall, 1893 †) Hall TS. (1893). On two new Tertiary stylasterids. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria (New Series). 5: 117-122., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8353945 [details]

original description (of Cryptaxiella Kuhn, 1939 †) Kühn, O., 1939. Hydrozoa. In: O.H. Schindewolf, Handbuch der Paläozoologie 2 5: A1-A68. [details]

original description (of Stylaster (Eustylaster) Broch, 1914) Broch H. (1914). Stylasteridae. The Danish Ingolf-Expedition. 5 (5): 1-27, pls. 1-5, map. [details]

original description (of Cyclopora Verrill, 1866) Verrill AE. (1866). Synopsis of the polyps and corals of the North Pacific Exploring Expedition, under Commodore C. Ringgold and Capt. John Rodgers, U.S.N., from 1853 to 1856. Collected by Dr. Wm. Stimpson, Naturalist to the Expedition. With descriptions of some additional species from the west coast of North America. Part III. Madreporaria. Communications of the Essex Institute, Salem. 5(3): 17-50, pls. 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33204514
page(s): 38 [details]

basis of record van der Land, J.; Vervoort, W.; Cairns, S.D.; Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydrozoa, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 112-120 (look up in IMIS) [details]

Taxonomy

redescription Cairns, S.D. (2015). Stylasteridae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Anthoathecata) of the New Caledonian Region. Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 28. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993), 207. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum: Paris. 361 + 1 cd-rom pp., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/27379
page(s): 158; note: Key to New Caledonian species. [details] Available for editors

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redescription Cairns S.D. (1986b). Stylasteridae (Hydrozoa: Hydroida) of the Galapagos Islands. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 426: 1-42. [details] Available for editors

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redescription Cairns, S.D. (1986). A revision of the Northwest Atlantic Stylasteridae (Coelenterata: Hydrozoa). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 418: 1-131., available online at http://www.sil.si.edu/smithsoniancontributions/Zoology/pdf_hi/SCTZ-0418.pdf
page(s): 54 [details] Available for editors

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redescription Cairns, S.D., 1988. New records of Stylasteridae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from Western Australia, including the description of two new species. Rec. W. Aust. Mus. 14 1: 105-119. [details]

redescription Cairns, S.D. (1991). The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Stylasteridae (Cnidaria: Hydroida). New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir. 98: 1-179, pls. 1-77. [details] Available for editors

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redescription Zibrowius, H. & S.D. Cairns. (1992). Revision of the northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean Stylasteridae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa). Mémoires du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, série A, Zoolologie. 153: 1-136. [details] Available for editors

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Identification resource

identification resource Cairns, S.D. (1992). A generic revision of the Stylasteridae (Coelenterata: Hydrozoa). Part 3. Keys to the genera. Bulletin of Marine Science. 49(1-2): 538-545. [1991]. published 27 Jan 1992. [details] Available for editors

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Other

context source (MSBIAS) MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0. [details]

additional source Veron JEN. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. Angus & Robertson Publishers. [details]

additional source Cairns, S.D. (1983). A generic revision of the Stylasterina (Coelenterata: Hydrozoa). Part 1. Description of the genera. Bulletin of Marine Science. 33(2): 427-508. [details] Available for editors

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additional source Broch H. (1914). Stylasteridae. The Danish Ingolf-Expedition. 5 (5): 1-27, pls. 1-5, map. [details]

additional source Moseley, H.N. (1876). Preliminary report to Professor Wyville Thompson, F.R.S., Director of the Civilian Scientific Staff, on the true corals dredged by H.M.S. 'Challenger' in deep water between the dates Dec. 30th, 1870, and August 31st. Proc. R. Soc. 24: 544-569.
page(s): 547 [details]

additional source Maragos, J. E.; Kenyon, J. (2004). Rose Atoll coral data compiled from US Fish and Wildlife Service 1994, Townsend Cromwell 2002, and Sette 2004 surveys [Table 10]. UNPUBLISHED, Unpublished
page(s): 1 [details]

additional source Cairns, S.D. & A. Lindner. (2011). A revision of the Stylasteridae (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Filifera) from Alaska and adjacent waters. ZooKeys. 158: 1–88. [details] Available for editors

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additional source Moseley, H.N. (1881 [1880]). Report on certain hydroid, alcyonarian, and madreporarian corals procured during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, in the years 1873–1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology. 2 (part 7): 1-248, pl. Hydrocorallinae 1-14, Helioporidae 1-2, Madreporaria 1-16., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-07/README.htm [details]