Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Medusozoa > Class Hydrozoa > Subclass Hydroidolina > Order Anthoathecata > Suborder Filifera > Family Stylasteridae > Genus Stylaster

Stylaster erubescens Pourtalès, 1868

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Stylaster*	Gray, 1831	accepted genus name
*Allopora*	Ehrenberg, 1834	synonym

Children

Stylaster erubescens britannicus Zibrowius & Cairns, 1992
Stylaster erubescens groenlandicus Zibrowius & Cairns, 1992
Stylaster erubescens meteorensis Zibrowius & Cairns, 1992

Literature

original description	Pourtalès L.F. De. (1868). Contributions to the fauna of the Gulf Stream at great depths. Bulletin Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard. 1(6): 103-142.
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
additional source	Calder, D. R. and S. D. Cairns. 2009. Hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 381–394 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	Moseley HN. (1879). On the structure of the Stylasteridae, a family of the hydroid stony corals. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. 169 (2): 425-503, pls. 38-44.
redescription	Cairns, S.D. (1986). A revision of the Northwest Atlantic Stylasteridae (Coelenterata: Hydrozoa). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 418: 1-131.
ecology source	Roberts, J.M., A. Wheeler, A. Freiwald & S.D. Cairns. (2009). Cold-water corals: The biology and geology of deep-sea coral habitats. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. 324 pp.

Genbank

Citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Stylaster erubescens Pourtalès, 1868. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117964