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

Stylasteridae Gray, 1847

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Crypthelia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849
Errina Gray, 1835
Lepidopora Pourtalès, 1871
Pliobothrus Pourtalès, 1868
Stenohelia Kent, 1870
Stylaster Gray, 1831

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: lace corals; sylasterine hydrocorals sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Filigrankorallen; Hydrokorallen; Stylasteriden sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

Greek: Στυλαστερίδες sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: stilasteridi sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Japanese: サンゴモドキ科 sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

Lithuanian: hidrokoralai sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: hydrokorallfamilie sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: коралллы sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: bağcık mercanlarıgiller sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Стиластериди

Literature

original description	Gray J.E. (1847). An outline of an arrangement of stony corals. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 19: 120-128.
basis of record	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.
additional source	Bouillon, J.; Gravili, C.; Pagès, F.; Gili, J.-M.; Boero, F. (2006). An introduction to Hydrozoa. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, 194. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle: Paris, France. ISBN 2-85653-580-1. 591 + 1 cd-rom pp.
additional source	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.
additional source	Boschma H. (1956). Milleporina and Stylasterina. In: Moore RC (ed) Treatise on invertebrate paleontology F. Coelenterata. Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press. F90–F106.
redescription	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.
taxonomy source	Cairns, S.D. (1984). A generic revision of the Stylasteridae (Coelenterata: Hydrozoa). Part 2: Phylogenetic analysis. Bulletin of Marine Science. 35(1): 38-53.
taxonomy source	Cairns, S.D. (1987). Evolutionary trends in the Stylasteridae (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa). In: J. Bouillon, F. Boero, F. Cicogna & P.F.S. Cornelius, eds., Modern trends in the Systematics, Ecology and Evolution of Hydroids and Hydromedusae. :257-274.
ecology source	Cairns, S.D. (1992). In: J. Bouillon, F. Boero, F. Cicogna, J.M. Gili & R.G. Hughes, (eds.). Worldwide distribution of the Stylasteridae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa). Aspects of Hydrozoan Biology Scientia Marina. 56(2-3): 125-130.
subsequent type designation	Cairns, S.D. (1991). Catalog of the type specimens of stony corals (Milleporidae, Stylasteridae, Scleractinia) in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 514:1- 59.