WoRMS taxon details
Stylaster sanguineus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850
285906 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:285906)
accepted
Species
Stylaster elegans Verrill, 1864 · unaccepted
Stylaster tenuis Verrill, 1864 · unaccepted
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Milne Edwards H, Haime J (1850) Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 5. Monographie des oculinides. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3, 13: 63-110, pls. 3-4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13434560 [details]
Depth range reef to 128 m
Depth range reef to 128 m [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Stylaster sanguineus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=285906 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Milne Edwards H, Haime J (1850) Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 5. Monographie des oculinides. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3, 13: 63-110, pls. 3-4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13434560 [details]
original description (of Stylaster elegans Verrill, 1864) Verrill, A. E. (1864). List of the polyps and corals sent by the Museum of Comparative Zoology to other institutions in exchange, with annotations. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 1: 29-60., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6587563 [details]
original description (of Stylaster tenuis Verrill, 1864) Verrill, A. E. (1864). List of the polyps and corals sent by the Museum of Comparative Zoology to other institutions in exchange, with annotations. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 1: 29-60., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6587563
page(s): 45 [details]
basis of record Cairns, S.D. & J. van der Land. (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Stylaster elegans Verrill, 1864) Verrill, A. E. (1864). List of the polyps and corals sent by the Museum of Comparative Zoology to other institutions in exchange, with annotations. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 1: 29-60., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6587563 [details]
original description (of Stylaster tenuis Verrill, 1864) Verrill, A. E. (1864). List of the polyps and corals sent by the Museum of Comparative Zoology to other institutions in exchange, with annotations. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 1: 29-60., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6587563
page(s): 45 [details]
basis of record Cairns, S.D. & J. van der Land. (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Cairns, S.D. (2015). Stylasteridae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Anthoathecata) of the New Caledonian Region. <em>Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 28. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993), 207. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum: Paris.</em> 361 + 1 cd-rom pp., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/27379
page(s): 170 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 170 [details] Available for editors

Other
context source (Deepsea)
Cairns, Stephen (look up in IMIS) [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Agassiz, L. (1880). Report on the Florida Reefs. <em>Memoires of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 7 (1): 1-61, pls. 1-23. [details]
additional source Moseley HN. (1879). On the structure of the Stylasteridae, a family of the hydroid stony corals. <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London.</em> 169 (2): 425-503, pls. 38-44., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54095514 [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (1999). Appendix: List of extant stony corals. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 459: 13-46. [details]
additional source Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1857). Histoire naturelle des coralliaires ou polypes proprement dits 2. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. 631 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12403706 [details]
additional source Tenison Woods, J. E. (1878). On the extratropical corals of Australia. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 2: 292-341, pls 4-6.
page(s): 317 [details]
additional source Boschma H. (1985). On variation in Stylaster sanguineus. <em>Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen - Amsterdam, Series C.</em> 67 (4): 183-194, pls. 1-2. [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Agassiz, L. (1880). Report on the Florida Reefs. <em>Memoires of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 7 (1): 1-61, pls. 1-23. [details]
additional source Moseley HN. (1879). On the structure of the Stylasteridae, a family of the hydroid stony corals. <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London.</em> 169 (2): 425-503, pls. 38-44., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54095514 [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (1999). Appendix: List of extant stony corals. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 459: 13-46. [details]
additional source Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1857). Histoire naturelle des coralliaires ou polypes proprement dits 2. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. 631 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12403706 [details]
additional source Tenison Woods, J. E. (1878). On the extratropical corals of Australia. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 2: 292-341, pls 4-6.
page(s): 317 [details]
additional source Boschma H. (1985). On variation in Stylaster sanguineus. <em>Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen - Amsterdam, Series C.</em> 67 (4): 183-194, pls. 1-2. [details]





Nontype USNM 94601 [details]
Unknown type MNHN, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range reef to 128 m [details]Unreviewed
Biology calcareous colonies, no free medusae [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Stylaster elegans Verrill, 1864)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Stylaster tenuis Verrill, 1864)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (55 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Stylaster sanguineus)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Stylaster sanguineus USNM 94601)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (117 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (2 records) (from synonym Stylaster tenuis Verrill, 1864)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Stylaster tenuis Verrill, 1864)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (55 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Stylaster sanguineus)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Stylaster sanguineus USNM 94601)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (117 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (2 records) (from synonym Stylaster tenuis Verrill, 1864)
To ITIS