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Stylaster norvegicus (Gunnerus, 1768)

117968  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117968)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Medusozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hydrozoa (Class)
  6. Hydroidolina (Subclass)
  7. Anthoathecata (Order)
  8. Filifera (Suborder)
  9. Stylasteridae (Family)
  10. Stylaster (Genus)
  11. Stylaster norvegicus (Species)
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Species
Allopora (Stylaster) norwegica (Gunnerus, 1768) · unaccepted (changed combination)
Allopora norvegica (Gunnerus, 1768) · unaccepted (changed combination)
Allopora oculina Ehrenberg, 1834 · unaccepted (synonymy)
Millepora norvegica Gunnerus, 1768 · unaccepted (basionym, changed combination)
Stylaster (Allopora) norvegicus (Gunnerus, 1768) · unaccepted (changed combination)

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(of Millepora norvegica Gunnerus, 1768) Gunnerus, J. E. (1768). Om Nogle Norske Coraller. <em>Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifter.</em> 4: 38-73., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/dms/load/img/?PPN=PPN481641912_0004&IDDOC=273812 [details] OpenAccess publication
Depth range 80-1400 m  
Depth range 80-1400 m [details]

Distribution Known from a wide area of the North Atlantic: from Denmark Strait, the northwest, southwest, and southeast of Iceland,...  
Distribution Known from a wide area of the North Atlantic: from Denmark Strait, the northwest, southwest, and southeast of Iceland, Faroes and Hebrides, Rockall, and along the coast of Norway. In Norway it is common in depths of 80-300 m, frequently found together with the bank-forming scleractinian Lophelia pertusa. Elsewhere the shallowest records are form the 75 m in the Faroes. In the Iceland – Faroes area this species has been obtained as deep as 1400 m. Type locality: Nordmør, Norway.
 [details]
Schuchert, P. (2024). World Hydrozoa Database. Stylaster norvegicus (Gunnerus, 1768). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117968 on 2024-11-22
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
van der Land, Jacob
2023-06-27 11:54:28Z
changed
Schuchert, Peter

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original description (of Stylaster norvegicus f. atlanticus Broch, 1936) Broch H. (1936). Untersuchungen an Stylasteriden (Hydrokorallen). Teil I. <em>Skrifter Utgitt Av Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi i Oslo.</em> 8: 1-103. [details] 

original description (of Millepora norvegica Gunnerus, 1768) Gunnerus, J. E. (1768). Om Nogle Norske Coraller. <em>Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifter.</em> 4: 38-73., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/dms/load/img/?PPN=PPN481641912_0004&IDDOC=273812 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Allopora oculina Ehrenberg, 1834) Ehrenberg, C. G. (1834). Beiträge zur physiologischen Kenntniss der Corallenthiere im allgemeinen, und besonders des rothen Meeres, nebst einem Versuche zur physiologischen Systematik derselben. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin.</em> 1: 225-380., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29725862 [details] 

context source (Deepsea) Cairns, Stephen (look up in IMIS) [details] 

basis of record van der Land, J.; Vervoort, W.; Cairns, S.D.; Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydrozoa, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 112-120 (look up in IMIS) [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] 

source of synonymy Zibrowius, H. & S.D. Cairns. (1992). Revision of the northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean Stylasteridae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa). <em>Mémoires du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, série A, Zoolologie.</em> 153: 1-136. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

redescription Zibrowius, H. & S.D. Cairns. (1992). Revision of the northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean Stylasteridae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa). <em>Mémoires du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, série A, Zoolologie.</em> 153: 1-136. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

redescription Schuchert, P. 2012. North-West European Athecate Hydroids and their Medusae. Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series) 59. The Linnean Society of London, London, pp. i-viii, 1-364.
page(s): 300 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Depth range 80-1400 m [details]

Distribution Known from a wide area of the North Atlantic: from Denmark Strait, the northwest, southwest, and southeast of Iceland, Faroes and Hebrides, Rockall, and along the coast of Norway. In Norway it is common in depths of 80-300 m, frequently found together with the bank-forming scleractinian Lophelia pertusa. Elsewhere the shallowest records are form the 75 m in the Faroes. In the Iceland – Faroes area this species has been obtained as deep as 1400 m. Type locality: Nordmør, Norway.
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Unreviewed
Biology calcareous colonies, no free medusae [details]

Habitat shelf to slope [details]
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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (37 publications) (from synonym Allopora oculina Ehrenberg, 1834)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Millepora norvegica Gunnerus, 1768)
To PESI 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (34 records) 
To ITIS
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