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Stylasteridae  Gray, 1847
Taxonomic Serial No.: 50889

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): hydrocorals [English]
  
    hydrocoralliaires [French]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2003   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    PhylumCnidaria Hatschek, 1888 – cnidarians, coelenterates, cnidaires, coelentérés, água viva, anêmona, caravela, cnidario, coral, hidra  
       SubphylumMedusozoa   
          ClassHydrozoa Owen, 1843 – hydralike animals, hydroids, hydrozoans, hydraires, hydrozoaires, água viva, hidra, hidrozoa, hidrozoário, pólipo  
             SubclassHydroidolina   
                OrderAnthoathecatae  – athecate hydroids, hydromedusae  
                   FamilyStylasteridae Gray, 1847 – hydrocorals, hydrocoralliaires  
    Direct Children:  
                      GenusAdelopora Cairns, 1982  
                      GenusAstya Stechow, 1921  
                      GenusCalyptopora Boschma, 1968  
                      GenusCheiloporidion Cairns, 1983  
                      GenusConopora Moseley, 1879  
                      GenusCrypthelia Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1849  
                      GenusCyclohelia Cairns, 1991  
                      GenusDistichopora Lamarck, 1816  
                      GenusErrina Gray, 1835  
                      GenusErrinopora Fisher, 1931  
                      GenusErrinopsis Broch, 1951  
                      GenusGyropora Boschma, 1960  
                      GenusInferiolabiata Broch, 1951  
                      GenusLepidopora De Pourtalès, 1871  
                      GenusLepidotheca Cairns, 1983  
                      GenusParaerrina Broch, 1942  
                      GenusPhalangopora Kirkpatrick, 1887  
                      GenusPliobothrus De Pourtalès, 1868  
                      GenusPseudocrypthelia Cairns, 1983  
                      GenusSporadopora Moseley, 1879  
                      GenusStellapora Cairns, 1983  
                      GenusStenohelia Kent, 1870  
                      GenusStephanohelia Cairns, 1991  
                      GenusStylantheca Fisher, 1931  
                      GenusStylaster Gray, 1831  
                      GenusSystemapora Cairns, 1991  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Stephen D. Cairns   
  Notes: Research Scientist/Curator, Department of Systematic Biology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560-0163, USA   
  Reference for: Stylasteridae    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: ITIS*ca, website (version 2002)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: hydrocoralliaires[French]   
       
  Source: American Fisheries Society, 1991, database (version 1)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Stylasteridae   
       
  Source: American Fisheries Society, 1991, database (version 1)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Stylasteridae   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Stylasteridae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Cairns, Stephen D.   
  Publication Date: 1983   
  Article/Chapter Title: A generic revision of the Stylasterina (Coelenterata: Hydrozoa). Description of the genera, pt. 1   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Bulletin of Marine Science, vol. 33, no. 2   
  Page(s): 427-508   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 0007-4977   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Stylasteridae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Cairns, Stephen D., Dale R. Calder, Anita Brinckmann-Voss, Clovis B. Castro, Daphne G. Fautin,...   
  Publication Date: 2002   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and Scientific Names of Aquatic Invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Cnidaria and Ctenophora, Second Edition, 2002   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication 28   
  Page(s): xi + 115   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-888569-39-5, 0097-0638  
  Notes: Full author list: Cairns, Stephen D., Dale R. Calder, Anita Brinckmann-Voss, Clovis B. Castro, Daphne G. Fautin, Philip R. Pugh, Claudia E. Mills, Walter C. Jaap, Mary N. Arai, Stephen H. D. Haddock, and Dennis M. Opresko   
  Reference for: Stylasteridae, hydrocorals [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Grassé, Pierre-P., ed.   
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Traité de Zoologie: Anatomie, Systématique, Biologie: Cnidaires, Hydrazoaires, Scyphozoaires, Cubozoaires, Cténaires, Tome 3, fascicule 2   
  Page(s): 1-1117   
  Publisher: Masson   
  Publication Place: Paris, France   
  ISBN/ISSN: 2-225-81332-9   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Stylasteridae   
       

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