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Errina Gray, 1835

117242  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117242)

  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. Errina (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Errina (Errina) Gray, 1835 · unaccepted (changed combination)
Errina (Euerrina) Broch, 1942 · unaccepted (synonymy)
Errina (Labiata) Broch, 1942 · unaccepted (changed combination)
Errina (Labiopora) Moseley, 1879 · unaccepted (synonymy)
Labiopora Moseley, 1879 · unaccepted (synonymy)

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  1. Species Errina adornata Cairns, 2015
  2. Species Errina altispina Cairns, 1986
  3. Species Errina antarctica (Gray, 1872)
  4. Species Errina argentina Bernal, Cairns & Lauretta, 2019
  5. Species Errina aspera (Linnaeus, 1767)
  6. Species Errina atlantica Hickson, 1912
  7. Species Errina australis Cairns & Zibrowius, 2013
  8. Species Errina bicolor Cairns, 1991
  9. Species Errina boschmai Cairns, 1983
  10. Species Errina capensis Hickson, 1912
  11. Species Errina chathamensis Cairns, 1991
  12. Species Errina cheilopora Cairns, 1983
  13. Species Errina cochleata Pourtalès, 1867
  14. Species Errina cooki Hickson, 1912
  15. Species Errina cyclopora Cairns, 1983
  16. Species Errina dabneyi (Pourtalès, 1871)
  17. Species Errina dendyi Hickson, 1912
  18. Species Errina fissurata Gray, 1872
  19. Species Errina furcata Cairns, 2024
  20. Species Errina gracilis von Marenzeller, 1903
  21. Species Errina guillei Cairns, 2024
  22. Species Errina japonica Eguchi, 1968
  23. Species Errina kerguelensis Broch, 1942
  24. Species Errina labrosa Pica, Cairns & Puce, 2015
  25. Species Errina laevigata Cairns, 1991
  26. Species Errina laterorifa Eguchi, 1964
  27. Species Errina macrogastra Marenzeller, 1904
  28. Species Errina novaezelandiae Hickson, 1912
  29. Species Errina reticulata Cairns, 1991
  30. Species Errina sinuosa Cairns, 1991
  31. Subgenus Errina (Errina) Gray, 1835 accepted as Errina Gray, 1835 (changed combination)
    1. Species Errina (Errina) amoena Boschma, 1956 accepted as Errina dabneyi (Pourtalès, 1871) (synonymy)
    2. Species Errina (Errina) antarctica (Gray, 1872) accepted as Errina antarctica (Gray, 1872) (changed combination)
    3. Species Errina (Errina) aspera (Linnaeus, 1767) accepted as Errina aspera (Linnaeus, 1767) (changed combination)
    4. Species Errina (Errina) boschmai Cairns, 1983 accepted as Errina boschmai Cairns, 1983
    5. Species Errina (Errina) capensis Hickson, 1912 accepted as Errina capensis Hickson, 1912 (changed combination)
    6. Species Errina (Errina) carnea Boschma, 1965 accepted as Errina carnea Boschma, 1965 accepted as Errina laterorifa Eguchi, 1964
    7. Species Errina (Errina) cheilopora Cairns, 1983 accepted as Errina cheilopora Cairns, 1983 (basionym, changed combination)
    8. Species Errina (Errina) cochleata Pourtalès, 1867 accepted as Errina cochleata Pourtalès, 1867 (changed combination)
    9. Species Errina (Errina) cruenta Boschma, 1968 accepted as Errina novaezelandiae Hickson, 1912 (synonymy)
    10. Species Errina (Errina) dabneyi (Pourtalès, 1871) accepted as Errina dabneyi (Pourtalès, 1871) (changed combination)
    11. Species Errina (Errina) fissurata Gray, 1872 accepted as Errina fissurata Gray, 1872 (changed combination)
    12. Species Errina (Errina) glabra Pourtalès, 1867 accepted as Lepidopora glabra (Pourtalès, 1867) (changed combination)
    13. Species Errina (Errina) gracilis von Marenzeller, 1903 accepted as Errina gracilis von Marenzeller, 1903 (changed combination)
    14. Species Errina (Errina) horrida Hickson & England, 1905 accepted as Lepidotheca horrida (Hickson & England, 1905) accepted as Paraerrina horrida (Hickson & England, 1905) (changed combination)
    15. Species Errina (Errina) kerguelensis Broch, 1942 accepted as Errina kerguelensis Broch, 1942 (changed combination)
    16. Species Errina (Errina) labiata (Moseley, 1879) accepted as Inferiolabiata labiata (Moseley, 1879) accepted as Paraerrina labiata (Moseley, 1879) (changed combination)
    17. Species Errina (Errina) laterorifa Eguchi, 1964 accepted as Errina laterorifa Eguchi, 1964 (changed combination)
    18. Species Errina (Errina) macrogastra Marenzeller, 1904 accepted as Errina macrogastra Marenzeller, 1904 (changed combination)
    19. Species Errina (Errina) moseleyi (Ridley, 1881) accepted as Errina antarctica (Gray, 1872) (synonymy)
    20. Species Errina (Errina) novaezelandiae Hickson, 1912 accepted as Errina novaezelandiae Hickson, 1912 (changed combination)
    21. Species Errina (Errina) ramosa Hickson & England, 1905 accepted as Lepidotheca ramosa (Hickson & England, 1905) accepted as Paraerrina ramosa (Hickson & England, 1905) (changed combination)
    22. Species Errina (Errina) rubra Broch, 1942 accepted as Errina rubra Broch, 1942 accepted as Errina dendyi Hickson, 1912 (changed combination)
    23. Species Errina (Errina) spongiosa Broch, 1942 accepted as Errina antarctica (Gray, 1872) (synonymy)
  32. Subgenus Errina (Euerrina) Broch, 1942 accepted as Errina Gray, 1835 (synonymy)
    1. Species Errina (Eu-Errina) antarctica (Gray, 1872) accepted as Errina antarctica (Gray, 1872) (changed combination)
    2. Species Errina (Eu-Errina) aspera (Linnaeus, 1767) accepted as Errina aspera (Linnaeus, 1767) (changed combination)
    3. Species Errina (Eu-Errina) capensis Hickson, 1912 accepted as Errina capensis Hickson, 1912 (changed combination)
    4. Species Errina (Eu-Errina) novaezelandiae Hickson, 1912 accepted as Errina novaezelandiae Hickson, 1912 (changed combination)
    5. Species Errina (Euerrina) rubra Broch, 1942 accepted as Errina rubra Broch, 1942 accepted as Errina dendyi Hickson, 1912 (changed combination)
    6. Species Errina (Euerrina) spongiosa Broch, 1942 accepted as Errina spongiosa Broch, 1942 accepted as Errina antarctica (Gray, 1872) (unaccepted subgenus)
  33. Subgenus Errina (Inferiolabiata) Broch, 1951 accepted as Inferiolabiata Broch, 1951 accepted as Paraerrina Broch, 1942 (synonymy)
    1. Species Errina (Inferiolabiata) cervicornis Broch, 1942 accepted as Inferiolabiata cervicornis (Broch, 1942) accepted as Paraerrina cervicornis (Broch, 1942) (changed combination)
    2. Species Errina (Inferiolabiata) echinata (Moseley, 1879) accepted as Stellapora echinata (Moseley, 1879) (changed combination)
    3. Species Errina (Inferiolabiata) fascicularis Cairns, 1983 accepted as Lepidotheca fascicularis (Cairns, 1983) accepted as Paraerrina fascicularis (Cairns, 1983) (basionym, changed combination)
    4. Species Errina (Inferiolabiata) glabra (Pourtalès, 1867) accepted as Lepidopora glabra (Pourtalès, 1867) (changed combination)
    5. Species Errina (Inferiolabiata) labiata Moseley, 1879 accepted as Inferiolabiata labiata (Moseley, 1879) accepted as Paraerrina labiata (Moseley, 1879) (basionym, changed combination)
    6. Species Errina (Inferiolabiata) lowei Cairns, 1983 accepted as Inferiolabiata lowei (Cairns, 1983) accepted as Paraerrina lowei (Cairns, 1983) (basionym, changed combination)
    7. Species Errina (Inferiolabiata) tenuistylus Broch, 1942 accepted as Lepidotheca tenuistylus (Broch, 1942) accepted as Paraerrina tenuistylus (Broch, 1942) (changed combination)
  34. Subgenus Errina (Labiata) Broch, 1942 accepted as Errina Gray, 1835 (changed combination)
    1. Species Errina (Labiata) cervicornis Broch, 1942 accepted as Inferiolabiata cervicornis (Broch, 1942) accepted as Paraerrina cervicornis (Broch, 1942) (basionym, changed combination)
    2. Species Errina (Labiata) labiata Moseley, 1879 accepted as Inferiolabiata labiata (Moseley, 1879) accepted as Paraerrina labiata (Moseley, 1879) (changed combination)
    3. Species Errina (Labiata) tenuistylus Broch, 1942 accepted as Lepidotheca tenuistylus (Broch, 1942) accepted as Paraerrina tenuistylus (Broch, 1942) (basionym, changed combination)
  35. Subgenus Errina (Labiopora) Moseley, 1879 accepted as Errina Gray, 1835 (synonymy)
    1. Species Errina (Labiopora) antarctica (Gray, 1872) accepted as Errina antarctica (Gray, 1872) (changed combination)
    2. Species Errina (Labiopora) aspera (Linnaeus, 1767) accepted as Errina aspera (Linnaeus, 1767) (changed combination)
    3. Species Errina (Labiopora) capensis Hickson, 1912 accepted as Errina capensis Hickson, 1912 (basionym, changed combination)
    4. Species Errina (Labiopora) gracilis von Marenzeller, 1903 accepted as Errina gracilis von Marenzeller, 1903 (changed combination)
    5. Species Errina (Labiopora) moseleyi (Ridley, 1881) accepted as Errina antarctica (Gray, 1872) (synonymy)
    6. Species Errina (Labiopora) novaezelandiae Hickson, 1912 accepted as Errina novaezelandiae Hickson, 1912 (changed combination)
  36. Subgenus Errina (Lepidopora) Pourtalès, 1871 accepted as Lepidopora Pourtalès, 1871 (changed combination)
    1. Species Errina (Lepidopora) atlantica Hickson, 1912 accepted as Errina atlantica Hickson, 1912 (changed combination)
    2. Species Errina (Lepidopora) carinata (Pourtalès, 1867) accepted as Lepidopora carinata (Pourtalès, 1867) (changed combination)
    3. Species Errina (Lepidopora) cochleata Pourtalès, 1867 accepted as Errina cochleata Pourtalès, 1867 (changed combination)
    4. Species Errina (Lepidopora) decipiens Boschma, 1964 accepted as Lepidopora decipiens (Boschma, 1964) (basionym, changed combination)
    5. Species Errina (Lepidopora) diffusa Boschma, 1963 accepted as Lepidopora diffusa (Boschma, 1963) (basionym, changed combination)
    6. Species Errina (Lepidopora) glabra Pourtalès, 1867 accepted as Lepidopora glabra (Pourtalès, 1867) (changed combination)
    7. Species Errina (Lepidopora) hicksoni Boschma, 1963 accepted as Lepidopora eburnea (Calvet, 1903) (synonymy)
    8. Species Errina (Lepidopora) horrida Hickson & England, 1905 accepted as Lepidotheca horrida (Hickson & England, 1905) accepted as Paraerrina horrida (Hickson & England, 1905) (changed combination)
    9. Species Errina (Lepidopora) porifera Naumov, 1960 accepted as Errinopora porifera (Naumov, 1960) (changed combination)
    10. Species Errina (Lepidopora) ramosa Hickson & England, 1905 accepted as Lepidotheca ramosa (Hickson & England, 1905) accepted as Paraerrina ramosa (Hickson & England, 1905) (changed combination)
    11. Species Errina (Lepidopora) sarmentosa Boschma, 1968 accepted as Lepidopora sarmentosa (Boschma, 1968) (basionym, changed combination)
  37. Subgenus Errina (Spinipora) Moseley, 1879 accepted as Stellapora Cairns, 1983 (synonymy)
    1. Species Errina (Spinipora) echinata (Moseley, 1879) accepted as Stellapora echinata (Moseley, 1879) (basionym, changed combination)
  38. Species Errina amoena Boschma, 1956 accepted as Errina dabneyi (Pourtalès, 1871)
  39. Species Errina carinata (Pourtalès, 1867) accepted as Lepidopora carinata (Pourtalès, 1867) (changed combination)
  40. Species Errina carnea Boschma, 1965 accepted as Errina laterorifa Eguchi, 1964 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  41. Species Errina cervicornis Broch, 1942 accepted as Inferiolabiata cervicornis (Broch, 1942) accepted as Paraerrina cervicornis (Broch, 1942) (changed combination)
  42. Species Errina cruenta Boschma, 1968 accepted as Errina novaezelandiae Hickson, 1912 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  43. Species Errina decipiens Boschma, 1964 accepted as Lepidopora decipiens (Boschma, 1964) (changed combination)
  44. Species Errina diffusa Boschma, 1963 accepted as Lepidopora diffusa (Boschma, 1963) (changed combination)
  45. Species Errina echinata (Moseley, 1879) accepted as Stellapora echinata (Moseley, 1879) (changed combination)
  46. Species Errina fascicularis Cairns, 1983 accepted as Lepidotheca fascicularis (Cairns, 1983) accepted as Paraerrina fascicularis (Cairns, 1983)
  47. Species Errina glabra Pourtalès, 1867 accepted as Lepidopora glabra (Pourtalès, 1867) (basionym, changed combination)
  48. Species Errina hachijoensis Eguchi, 1968 accepted as Lepidotheca hachijoensis (Eguchi, 1968) accepted as Paraerrina hachijoensis (Eguchi, 1968) (basionym, changed combination)
  49. Species Errina hicksoni Boschma, 1963 accepted as Lepidopora eburnea (Calvet, 1903) (synonymy)
  50. Species Errina hicksoni Cairns, 1991 accepted as Errina australis Cairns & Zibrowius, 2013 (unaccepted > junior homonym, junior homonym of Errina hicksoni Boschma, 1963)
  51. Species Errina horrida Hickson & England, 1905 accepted as Lepidotheca horrida (Hickson & England, 1905) accepted as Paraerrina horrida (Hickson & England, 1905) (basionym, changed combination)
  52. Species Errina labiata Moseley, 1879 accepted as Inferiolabiata labiata (Moseley, 1879) accepted as Paraerrina labiata (Moseley, 1879) (basionym, changed combination)
  53. Species Errina lowei Cairns, 1983 accepted as Inferiolabiata lowei (Cairns, 1983) accepted as Paraerrina lowei (Cairns, 1983) (basionym, changed combination)
  54. Species Errina moseleyi (Ridley, 1881) accepted as Errina antarctica (Gray, 1872) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, synonymy)
  55. Species Errina porifera Naumov, 1960 accepted as Errinopora porifera (Naumov, 1960)
  56. Species Errina pourtalesii Dall, 1884 accepted as Errinopora pourtalesii (Dall, 1884) (basionym, changed combination)
  57. Species Errina ramosa Hickson & England, 1905 accepted as Lepidotheca ramosa (Hickson & England, 1905) accepted as Paraerrina ramosa (Hickson & England, 1905) (basionym, changed combination)
  58. Species Errina rubra Broch, 1942 accepted as Errina dendyi Hickson, 1912 (synonymy)
  59. Species Errina sarmentosa Boschma, 1968 accepted as Lepidopora sarmentosa (Boschma, 1968) (changed combination)
  60. Species Errina spongiosa Broch, 1942 accepted as Errina antarctica (Gray, 1872) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  61. Species Errina tenuistylus Broch, 1942 accepted as Lepidotheca tenuistylus (Broch, 1942) accepted as Paraerrina tenuistylus (Broch, 1942) (changed combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Gray JE. (1835). Characters of two new genera of corals, Errina and Anthophora. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1835: 85-86.
page(s): 85 [details] 
Depth range 6-1772 m  
Depth range 6-1772 m [details]

Fossil range Paleocene to Recent  
Fossil range Paleocene to Recent [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Errina Gray, 1835. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117242 on 2025-04-12
Date
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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van der Land, Jacob
2006-09-11 06:44:08Z
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Martinez, Olga
2010-11-21 17:12:16Z
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Cairns, Stephen
2020-02-04 09:05:49Z
changed
Schuchert, Peter
2024-11-09 09:22:08Z
changed
Schuchert, Peter

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Nomenclature

original description Gray JE. (1835). Characters of two new genera of corals, Errina and Anthophora. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1835: 85-86.
page(s): 85 [details] 

original description (of Labiopora Moseley, 1879) Moseley HN. (1879). On the structure of the Stylasteridae, a family of the hydroid stony corals. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. 169 (2): 425-503, pls. 38-44., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54095514 [details] 

original description (of Errina (Euerrina) Broch, 1942) Broch H. (1942). Investigations on Stylasteridae (Hydrocorals). Skrifer Utgitt av Det Norske Vidensk-Akademi i Oslo, I. Mat.-Naturv. Klasse No. 3. 3: 3-113. [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Errina (Labiata) Broch, 1942) Broch H. (1942). Investigations on Stylasteridae (Hydrocorals). Skrifer Utgitt av Det Norske Vidensk-Akademi i Oslo, I. Mat.-Naturv. Klasse No. 3. 3: 3-113. [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record van der Land, J.; Vervoort, W.; Cairns, S.D.; Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydrozoa, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 112-120 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

Taxonomy

redescription Cairns, S.D. (2015). Stylasteridae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Anthoathecata) of the New Caledonian Region. Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 28. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993), 207. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum: Paris. 361 + 1 cd-rom pp., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/27379
page(s): 127 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

redescription Cairns S.D. (1986b). Stylasteridae (Hydrozoa: Hydroida) of the Galapagos Islands. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 426: 1-42. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

redescription Cairns, S.D. (1983). Antarctic and subantarctic Stylasterina (Coelenterata: Hydrozoa). In: Biology of the Antarctic Seas, XIII. Antarctic Research Series. 38 (2): 61-164. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

redescription Cairns, S.D. (1986). A revision of the Northwest Atlantic Stylasteridae (Coelenterata: Hydrozoa). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 418: 1-131., available online at http://www.sil.si.edu/smithsoniancontributions/Zoology/pdf_hi/SCTZ-0418.pdf
page(s): 49 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

redescription Cairns, S.D. (1991). The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Stylasteridae (Cnidaria: Hydroida). New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir. 98: 1-179, pls. 1-77. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

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

Identification resource

identification resource Cairns, S.D. (1992). A generic revision of the Stylasteridae (Coelenterata: Hydrozoa). Part 3. Keys to the genera. Bulletin of Marine Science. 49(1-2): 538-545. [1991]. published 27 Jan 1992. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone]. , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details] 

additional source Cairns, S.D. (1983). A generic revision of the Stylasterina (Coelenterata: Hydrozoa). Part 1. Description of the genera. Bulletin of Marine Science. 33(2): 427-508. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Moseley HN. (1879). On the structure of the Stylasteridae, a family of the hydroid stony corals. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. 169 (2): 425-503, pls. 38-44., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54095514 [details] 

additional source Boschma H. (1956). Milleporina and Stylasterina. In: Moore RC (ed) Treatise on invertebrate paleontology F. Coelenterata. Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press. F90–F106. [details] 

additional source Wells JW. (1954). Recent corals of the Marshall Islands: Bikini and nearby atolls, part 2, oceanography (biologic). U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper. 260(I): 385-486.
page(s): 395, 476 [details] 

additional source Moseley, H.N. (1881 [1880]). Report on certain hydroid, alcyonarian, and madreporarian corals procured during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, in the years 1873–1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology. 2 (part 7): 1-248, pl. Hydrocorallinae 1-14, Helioporidae 1-2, Madreporaria 1-16., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-07/README.htm [details] 

 
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Depth range 6-1772 m [details]

Diagnosis Colonies uniplanar or bushy. Coenosteal texture usually reticulate-granular, but may be linearimbricate, and occur in a variety of colours. Gastro- and dactylopores arranged uniformly on branches; gastropore abcauline lips may be present. Gastrostyles present. Dactylopore spines thick walled and horseshoe-shaped, the dactylotome facing downward (adcauline), sometimes clustered; dactylostyles absent. Ampullae usually superficial with lateral or apical efferent pores [details]

Fossil range Paleocene to Recent [details]
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