Stylasteridae
| Stylasteridae | |
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| Stylaster nobilis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Hydrozoa |
| Order: | Anthoathecata |
| Suborder: | Filifera |
| Family: | Stylasteridae Gray, 1847 [1] |
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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.[3] About 10% of the species have adapted to live in water less than 50 metres (164 feet) deep.[4] The rest are found in deeper water, most commonly between 200 and 400 metres (656 and 1,312 feet), with the deepest known species observed at a depth of 2,789 metres (9,150 feet).[3]
In shallow reefs the Stylasteridae can grow up to 25 centimetres (9.8 in) tall and 30 centimetres (12 in) wide,[5] but some species in deeper waters can reach 1 metre (3 ft 3 in).[3][clarification needed]
Genera
[edit | edit source]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
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