Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Cnidaria > 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

German: Filigrankorallen sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

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

basis of record	Cairns, S.D., 1992. A generic revision of the Stylasteridae (Coelenterata: Hydrozoa). Part 3. Keys to the genera. Bull Mar. Sci. 49(1-2): 538-545.
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.
redescription	Cairns, S.D., 1983. A generic revision of the Stylasterina (Coelenterata: Hydrozoa). Part 1. Description of the genera. Bull. mar. Sci. 33 2: 427-508.
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.
taxonomy source	Cairns, S.D., 1984. A generic revision of the Stylasteridae (Coelenterata: Hydrozoa). Part 2: Phylogenetic analysis. Bull. mar. Sci. 35 1: 38-53.
ecology source	Cairns, S.D., 1992. Worldwide distribution of the Stylasteridae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa). In: J. Bouillon, F. Boero, F. Cicogna, J.M. Gili & R.G. Hughes, eds., 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. Smithson. Contr. Zool. 514: i-iv, 1-59.

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Citation

Cairns, S.; Schuchert, P. (2014). Stylasteridae. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:22805