Stylasteridae

Stylasteridae
	Stylaster nobilis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Hydrozoa
Order:	Anthoathecata
Suborder:	Filifera
Family:	Stylasteridae; Gray, 1847
Genera
	See text
Synonyms
	Adeloporinae Cairns, 1982; Distichoporinae Stechow, 1921; Stylasterinae Gray, 1847;

Stylasteridae, also known as lace corals, is a family of colonial hydrozoans with a calcified skeleton.^[1]^[2] They first appeared 65 million years ago in deep waters. About 10% of the species have adapted to shallow water.^[3] In shallow reefs they can grow up to 25 cm tall × 30 cm wide,^[4] but some species in deeper waters can reach 1 meter.^[5]

Genera[edit]

According to the World Register of Marine Species, the following genera belong to this family:^[1]

Adelopora Cairns, 1982
Astya Stechow, 1921d
Axoporella †
Calyptopora Boschma, 1968
Cheiloporidion Cairns, 1983
Congregopora Nielsen, 1919 †
Conopora Moseley, 1879
Crypthelia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849
Cyclohelia Cairns, 1991
Distichopora Lamarck, 1816
Errina Gray, 1835
Errinopora Fisher, 1938
Errinopsis Broch, 1951
Gyropora Boschma, 1960
Inferiolabiata Broch, 1951
Lepidopora Pourtalès, 1871
Lepidotheca Cairns, 1983
Leptohelia Lindner, Cairns & Zibrowius, 2014^[6]
Paraerrina Broch, 1942
Phalangopora Kirkpatrick, 1887
Pliobothrus Pourtalès, 1868
Pseudocrypthelia Cairns, 1983
Sporadopora Moseley, 1879
Stellapora Cairns, 1983
Stenohelia Kent, 1870
Stephanohelia Cairns, 1991
Stylantheca Fischer, 1931
Stylaster Gray, 1831
Systemapora Cairns, 1991

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Stylasteridae Gray, 1847". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
^ The First Deep-Sea Stylasterid (Hydrozoa, Stylasteridae) of the Red Sea - MDPI
^ Stokstad, Erik (16 February 2008). "Invasion of the Lace Corals". Science.
^ Gnecco, Mariana; Nunes, Flávia L. D.; González-Zapata, Fanny L.; Dueñas, Luisa F.; Zilberberg, Carla; Lindner, Alberto; Sánchez, Juan A. (2023). "Remarkable population structure in the tropical Atlantic lace corals Stylaster roseus(Pallas, 1766) and Stylaster blatteus(Boschma, 1961)". Coral Reefs. 42 (1): 181–194. doi:10.1007/s00338-022-02329-5.
^ Cairns, S. D. (2011). "Global Diversity of the Stylasteridae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Athecatae)". PLOS ONE. 6 (7): e21670. Bibcode:2011PLoSO...621670C. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0021670. PMC 3142106. PMID 21799741.
^ Lindner, Cairns & Zibrowius (2014). "Leptohelia flexibilis gen. nov. et sp. nov., a remarkable deep-sea stylasterid (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Stylasteridae) from the southwest Pacific" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3900 (4): 581–591. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3900.4.8. PMID 25543758.

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[worms1-1] "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Stylasteridae Gray, 1847". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 15 August 2013.

[2] The First Deep-Sea Stylasterid (Hydrozoa, Stylasteridae) of the Red Sea - MDPI

[3] Stokstad, Erik (16 February 2008). "Invasion of the Lace Corals". Science.

[4] Gnecco, Mariana; Nunes, Flávia L. D.; González-Zapata, Fanny L.; Dueñas, Luisa F.; Zilberberg, Carla; Lindner, Alberto; Sánchez, Juan A. (2023). "Remarkable population structure in the tropical Atlantic lace corals Stylaster roseus(Pallas, 1766) and Stylaster blatteus(Boschma, 1961)". Coral Reefs. 42 (1): 181–194. doi:10.1007/s00338-022-02329-5.

[5] Cairns, S. D. (2011). "Global Diversity of the Stylasteridae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Athecatae)". PLOS ONE. 6 (7): e21670. Bibcode:2011PLoSO...621670C. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0021670. PMC 3142106. PMID 21799741.

[6] Lindner, Cairns & Zibrowius (2014). "Leptohelia flexibilis gen. nov. et sp. nov., a remarkable deep-sea stylasterid (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Stylasteridae) from the southwest Pacific" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3900 (4): 581–591. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3900.4.8. PMID 25543758.

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