258 Species in Family Stylasteridae
Nominal species list for Stylasteridae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Adelopora crassilabrum Cairns, 1991
Adelopora fragilis Cairns, 1991
Adelopora moseleyi Cairns, 1991
Adelopora pseudothyron Cairns, 1982
Astya aspidopora Cairns, 1991
Astya subviridis (Moseley, 1879)
Calyptopora reticulata Boschma, 1968
Calyptopora sinuosa Cairns, 1991
Cheiloporidion pulvinatum Cairns, 1983
Conopora adeta Cairns, 1987
Conopora anthohelia Cairns, 1991
Conopora candelabrum Cairns, 1991
Conopora dura Hickson & England, 1909
Conopora gigantea Cairns, 1991
Conopora laevis (Studer, 1878)
Conopora major Hickson & England, 1905
Conopora tetrastichopora Cairns, 1991
Conopora unifacialis Cairns, 1991
Conopora verrucosa (Studer, 1878)
Crypthelia affinis Moseley, 1879
Crypthelia balia (Hickson & England, 1905)
Crypthelia clausa Broch, 1947
Crypthelia cryptotrema Zibrowius, 1981
Crypthelia curvata Cairns, 1991
Crypthelia cymas Cairns, 1986
Crypthelia dactylopoma Cairns, 1986
Crypthelia eueides Cairns, 1986
Crypthelia floridana Cairns, 1986
Crypthelia formosa Cairns, 1983
Crypthelia fragilis Cairns, 1983
Crypthelia gigantea Fisher, 1938
Crypthelia glebulenta Cairns, 1986
Crypthelia glossopoma Cairns, 1986
Crypthelia insolita Cairns, 1986
Crypthelia japonica (Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1849)
Crypthelia lacunosa Cairns, 1986
Crypthelia medioatlantica Zibrowius & Cairns, 1992
Crypthelia micropoma Cairns, 1985
Crypthelia papillosa Cairns, 1986
Crypthelia peircei Pourtalès, 1867
Crypthelia platypoma (Hickson & England, 1905)
Crypthelia polypoma Cairns, 1991
Crypthelia pudica Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1849
Crypthelia ramosa (Hickson & England, 1905)
Crypthelia robusta Cairns, 1991
Crypthelia stenopoma (Hickson & England, 1905)
Crypthelia studeri Cairns, 1991
Crypthelia tenuiseptata Cairns, 1986
Crypthelia trophostega Fisher, 1938
Crypthelia vascomarquesi Zibrowius & Cairns, 1992
Cyclohelia lamellata Cairns, 1991
Distichopora anceps Cairns, 1978
Distichopora anomala Cairns, 1986
Distichopora asulcata Cairns, 2005
Distichopora barbadensis Pourtalès, 1874
Distichopora borealis Fisher, 1938
Distichopora cervina Pourtalès, 1871
Distichopora coccinea Gray, 1860 Hydrozoans
Distichopora contorta Pourtalès, 1878
Distichopora cryptostylus Cairns & Pica, 2019
Distichopora dispar Cairns, 1991
Distichopora foliacea De Pourtalès, 1868
Distichopora gracilis Dana, 1848
Distichopora irregularis Moseley, 1879
Distichopora laevigranulosa Cairns, 1986
Distichopora livida Tenison-Woods, 1879
Distichopora nitida Verrill, 1864
Distichopora profunda Hickson & England, 1909
Distichopora providentiae (Hickson & England, 1909)
Distichopora robusta Lindner, Cairns & Guzman, 2004
Distichopora rosalindae Cairns, 1986
Distichopora serpens Broch, 1942
Distichopora sulcata Pourtalès, 1867
Distichopora uniserialis Cairns, 1986
Distichopora vervoorti Cairns & Hoeksema, 1998
Distichopora violacea (Pallas, 1766) Lace coral
Distichopora yucatanensis Cairns, 1986
Errina altispina Cairns, 1986
Errina antarctica (Gray, 1872) Red hydrocoral
Errina argentina Bernal, Cairns & Lauretta, 2019
Errina aspera (Linnaeus, 1767)
Errina atlantica Hickson, 1912
Errina bicolor Cairns, 1991
Errina boschmai Cairns, 1983
Errina capensis Hickson, 1912
Errina chathamensis Cairns, 1991
Errina cheilopora Cairns, 1983
Errina cochleata Pourtalès, 1867
Errina cooki Hickson, 1912
Errina cyclopora Cairns, 1983
Errina dabneyi (Pourtalès, 1871)
Errina dendyi Hickson, 1912
Errina fissurata Gray, 1872
Errina gracilis von Marenzeller, 1903
Errina hicksoni Cairns, 1991
Errina japonica Eguchi, 1968
Errina kerguelensis Broch, 1942
Errina laevigata Cairns, 1991
Errina laterorifa Eguchi, 1964
Errina macrogastra von Marenzeller, 1904
Errina novaezelandiae Hickson, 1912
Errina porifera Naumov, 1960
Errina reticulata Cairns, 1991
Errina rubra Broch, 1942
Errina sinuosa Cairns, 1991
Errinopora cestoporina Cairns, 1983
Errinopora latifundata Naumov, 1960
Errinopora nanneca Fisher, 1938
Errinopora pourtalesii (Dall, 1884) Pourtales's lace hydrocoral
Errinopora stylifera (Broch, 1935)
Errinopora zarhyncha Fisher, 1938
Errinopsis fenestrata Cairns, 1983
Errinopsis reticulum Broch, 1951
Gyropora africana Boschma, 1960
Inferiolabiata labiata (Moseley, 1879)
Inferiolabiata lowei (Cairns, 1983)
Inferiolabiata spinosa Cairns, 1991
Lepidopora acrolophos Cairns, 1983
Lepidopora biserialis Cairns, 1986
Lepidopora carinata (Pourtalès, 1867)
Lepidopora clavigera Cairns, 1986
Lepidopora concatenata Cairns, 1991
Lepidopora cryptocymas Cairns, 1985
Lepidopora decipiens (Boschma, 1964)
Lepidopora dendrostylus Cairns, 1991
Lepidopora diffusa (Boschma, 1963)
Lepidopora eburnea (Calvet, 1903)
Lepidopora glabra (Pourtalès, 1867)
Lepidopora granulosa Cairns, 1983
Lepidopora microstylus Cairns, 1991
Lepidopora polystichopora Cairns, 1985
Lepidopora sarmentosa (Boschma, 1968)
Lepidopora symmetrica Cairns, 1991
Lepidotheca altispina Cairns, 1991
Lepidotheca brochi Cairns, 1986
Lepidotheca cervicornis (Broch, 1942)
Lepidotheca chauliostylus Cairns, 1991
Lepidotheca fascicularis (Cairns, 1983)
Lepidotheca hachijoensis (Eguchi, 1968)
Lepidotheca horrida (Hickson & England, 1905)
Lepidotheca inconsuta Cairns, 1991
Lepidotheca macropora Cairns, 1986
Lepidotheca pourtalesi Cairns, 1986
Lepidotheca ramosa (Hickson & England, 1905)
Lepidotheca robusta Cairns, 1991
Lepidotheca tenuistylus (Broch, 1942)
Paraerrina decipiens Broch, 1942
Phalangopora regularis Kirkpatrick, 1897
Pliobothrus echinatus Cairns, 1986
Pliobothrus fistulosus Cairns, 1991
Pliobothrus gracilis Zibrowius & Cairns, 1992
Pliobothrus spinosus (Hickson & England, 1905)
Pliobothrus symmetricus De Pourtalès, 1868
Pliobothrus tubulatus (Pourtalès, 1867)
Pseudocrypthelia pachypoma (Hickson & England, 1905)
Sporadopora dichotoma (Moseley, 1876)
Sporadopora micropora Cairns, 1991
Sporadopora mortenseni Broch, 1942
Stellapora echinata (Moseley, 1879)
Stenohelia concinna Boschma, 1964
Stenohelia conferta Boschma, 1968
Stenohelia echinata Eguchi, 1968
Stenohelia maderensis (Johnston, 1862)
Stenohelia minima (Hickson & England, 1905)
Stenohelia pauciseptata Cairns, 1986
Stenohelia profunda Moseley, 1881
Stenohelia tiliata (Hickson & England, 1905)
Stenohelia umbonata (Hickson & England, 1905)
Stenohelia yabei (Eguchi, 1941)
Stephanohelia praecipua Cairns, 1991
Stylantheca papillosa (Dall, 1884) Corrugated lace hydrocoral
Stylantheca petrograpta (Fisher, 1938)
Stylantheca porphyra Fisher, 1931 Encrusting hydrocoral
Stylaster alaskanus Fisher, 1938
Stylaster amphiheloides Kent, 1871
Stylaster antillarum Zibrowius & Cairns, 1982
Stylaster asper Kent, 1871
Stylaster atlanticus Broch, 1936
Stylaster aurantiacus Cairns, 1986
Stylaster bellus (Dana, 1848)
Stylaster bilobatus Hickson & England, 1909
Stylaster bithalamus Broch, 1936
Stylaster blatteus (Boschma, 1961)
Stylaster bocki Broch, 1936
Stylaster boreopacificus Broch, 1932
Stylaster boschmai (Eguchi, 1965)
Stylaster brochi (Fisher, 1938)
Stylaster brunneus Boschma, 1970
Stylaster californicus (Verrill, 1866) California hydrocoral
Stylaster campylecus (Fisher, 1938) White branching hydrocoral
Stylaster cancellatus Fisher, 1938
Stylaster carinatus Broch, 1936
Stylaster cocosensis Cairns, 1991
Stylaster complanatus De Pourtalès, 1867
Stylaster corallium Cairns, 1986
Stylaster crassior Broch, 1936
Stylaster densicaulis Moseley, 1879
Stylaster dentatus Broch, 1936
Stylaster divergens von Marenzeller, 1904
Stylaster duchassaingi De Pourtalès, 1867
Stylaster echinatus Broch, 1936
Stylaster eguchii (Boschma, 1966)
Stylaster elassotomus Fisher, 1938
Stylaster erubescens De Pourtalès, 1868
Stylaster eximius Kent, 1871
Stylaster filogranus De Pourtalès, 1871
Stylaster flabelliformis (Lamarck, 1816)
Stylaster galapagensis Cairns, 1986
Stylaster gemmascens (Esper, 1790)
Stylaster gracilis Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1850
Stylaster granulosus Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1850
Stylaster griggi Cairns, 2005
Stylaster hattorii (Eguchi, 1968)
Stylaster horologium Cairns, 1991
Stylaster ibericus Zibrowius & Cairns, 1992
Stylaster imbricatus Cairns, 1991
Stylaster incompletus (Tenison Woods, 1883)
Stylaster incrassitus (Eguchi, 1941)
Stylaster infundibuliferus Cairns, 2005
Stylaster inornatus Cairns, 1986
Stylaster laevigatus Cairns, 1986
Stylaster lonchitis Broch, 1947
Stylaster marenzelleri Cairns, 1986
Stylaster maroccanus Zibrowius & Cairns, 1992
Stylaster marshae Cairns, 1988
Stylaster microstriatus Broch, 1936
Stylaster miniatus (De Pourtalès, 1868)
Stylaster moseleyanus (Fisher, 1938)
Stylaster multiplex Hickson & England, 1905
Stylaster nobilis (Kent, 1871)
Stylaster norvegicus (Gunnerus, 1768) Pink branching hydrocoral
Stylaster omanensis Cairns & Samimi-Namin, 2015
Stylaster papuensis Zibrowius, 1981
Stylaster polymorphus Broch, 1936
Stylaster polyorchis (Fisher, 1938)
Stylaster profundiporus Broch, 1936
Stylaster profundus (Moseley, 1879)
Stylaster pulcher Quelch, 1884
Stylaster punctatus Pourtalès, 1871
Stylaster purpuratus (Naumov, 1960)
Stylaster ramosus Broch, 1947
Stylaster robustus (Cairns, 1983)
Stylaster rosaceus (Greeff, 1886)
Stylaster roseus (Pallas, 1766)
Stylaster sanguineus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850
Stylaster scabiosus Broch, 1935
Stylaster sinuosus (Cairns, 1991)
Stylaster solidus Broch, 1935
Stylaster spatula Cairns, 1986
Stylaster stejnegeri (Fisher, 1938)
Stylaster stellulatus Stewart, 1878
Stylaster subviolacea (Kent, 1871)
Stylaster subviolaceus (Kent, 1871)
Stylaster tenisonwoodsi Cairns, 1988
Stylaster tritoni Maggioni, Cairns, Pica & Benzoni, 2022
Stylaster venustus (Verrill, 1870) Fuchsia lace hydrocoral
Stylaster verrillii (Dall, 1884) Pink branching lace hydrocoral
Systemapora ornata Cairns, 1991
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