WoRMS taxon details
Stylaster venustus (Verrill, 1868)
285914 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:285914)
accepted
Species
Allopora venusta Verrill, 1868 · unaccepted (basionym, changed combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Allopora venusta Verrill, 1868) Verrill, A.E. (1868). Notes on Radiata in the Museum of Yale College, with descriptions of new genera and species. No. 4. Notice of the corals and Echinoderms collected by Prof. C.F. Hartt, at the Abrolhos Reefs, Province of Bahia, Brazil, 1867. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 1 (2): 351-376., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13380325 [details]
Depth range 10-108 m
Depth range 10-108 m [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Stylaster venustus (Verrill, 1868). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=285914 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Allopora venusta Verrill, 1868) Verrill, A.E. (1868). Notes on Radiata in the Museum of Yale College, with descriptions of new genera and species. No. 4. Notice of the corals and Echinoderms collected by Prof. C.F. Hartt, at the Abrolhos Reefs, Province of Bahia, Brazil, 1867. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 1 (2): 351-376., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13380325 [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]
new combination reference Cairns, S.D. (1983). A generic revision of the Stylasterina (Coelenterata: Hydrozoa). Part 1. Description of the genera. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 33(2): 427-508. [details] Available for editors
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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]
new combination reference Cairns, S.D. (1983). A generic revision of the Stylasterina (Coelenterata: Hydrozoa). Part 1. Description of the genera. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 33(2): 427-508. [details] Available for editors

Taxonomy
status source
Calder D.R., Drew D.J. (2020). The Hydrozoan Taxa (Cnidaria) of Addison Emery Verrill (1839-1926), with a Checklist of His Records of Hydroids and Hydromedusae. <em>Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History.</em> 61: 41-79.
page(s): 46 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 46 [details] Available for editors

Other
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]





Unknown type (of Allopora venusta Verrill, 1868) MCZ, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Biology calcareous colonies, no free medusae [details]Depth range 10-108 m [details]
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Allopora venusta Verrill, 1868)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Stylaster venustus)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Allopora venusta Verrill, 1868)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Stylaster venustus USNM 76545)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (134 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Allopora venusta Verrill, 1868)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Stylaster venustus)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Allopora venusta Verrill, 1868)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Stylaster venustus USNM 76545)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (134 records)
To ITIS