Genus Stylaster Gray, 1831

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• Stylaster Gray, J.E. (ed.) 1831. The Zoological Miscellany. London : Treuttel, Würtz & Co. Vol. 1. [36].

 

Introduction

Stylaster colonies branch in a single plane with fine, tapered and delicate tips. Gastropores are linked by individual cyclosystems and surrounded by dactylopores. These alternate on the sides of branches, in a zig-zag fashion. Reproductive ampullae occur on the sides of older branches (Cairns, 2011).

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Described from Scott Reef Western Australia. Great Barrier Reef.

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Hydroid and medusa stages: colonial (host(s): polychaete worm; Pedicularia sea snail).

 

General References

Cairns, S.D. 2011. Global diversity of the Stylasteridae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Athecatae). PLoS ONE (Public Library of Science) 6: 13

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
	HYDROZOA Owen, 1843	30-Jun-2017	ADDED	Dr Narissa Bax