A Revision of the Stylasteridae (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Filifera) from Alaska and Adjacent Waters
The stylasterid fauna of Alaska is revised, consisting of the description or redescription and illustration of 21 species, one additional subspecies, and a geographically adjacent species: Stylaster venustus . Six new species and one new subspecies are described: Errinopora fisheri, E. undulata, E....
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ftzenodo:oai:zenodo.org:576778 2024-09-15T18:41:21+00:00 A Revision of the Stylasteridae (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Filifera) from Alaska and Adjacent Waters Cairns, Stephen Lindner, Alberto 2011-12-22 https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.158.1910 unknown Pensoft Publishers https://zenodo.org/communities/biosyslit https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.158.1910 oai:zenodo.org:576778 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode ZooKeys, 158, 1-88, (2011-12-22) Stylasteridae Hydrozoa Cnidaria Aleutian Islands Alaska British Columbia Stylaster Errinopora info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2011 ftzenodo https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.158.1910 2024-07-26T18:11:30Z The stylasterid fauna of Alaska is revised, consisting of the description or redescription and illustration of 21 species, one additional subspecies, and a geographically adjacent species: Stylaster venustus . Six new species and one new subspecies are described: Errinopora fisheri, E. undulata, E. disticha, E. dichotoma, Stylaster crassiseptum, S. repandus , and Stylaster parageus columbiensis . Four subspecies are raised to species rank: Stylaster leptostylus, S. trachystomus , S. parageus, and Distichopora japonica, and five species and one subspecies were synonymized. A dichotomous key to the Errinopora species and tabular keys to the Errinopora and Alaskan Stylaster species are provided. The focus of the study was on the stylasterids from Alaska, primarily those from the rich Aleutian Islands, but also including records from British Columbia. This is the first revisionary work on this fauna since the seminal report by Fisher in 1938. Article in Journal/Newspaper Alaska Aleutian Islands Zenodo ZooKeys 158 1 88 |
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Stylasteridae Hydrozoa Cnidaria Aleutian Islands Alaska British Columbia Stylaster Errinopora Cairns, Stephen Lindner, Alberto A Revision of the Stylasteridae (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Filifera) from Alaska and Adjacent Waters |
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The stylasterid fauna of Alaska is revised, consisting of the description or redescription and illustration of 21 species, one additional subspecies, and a geographically adjacent species: Stylaster venustus . Six new species and one new subspecies are described: Errinopora fisheri, E. undulata, E. disticha, E. dichotoma, Stylaster crassiseptum, S. repandus , and Stylaster parageus columbiensis . Four subspecies are raised to species rank: Stylaster leptostylus, S. trachystomus , S. parageus, and Distichopora japonica, and five species and one subspecies were synonymized. A dichotomous key to the Errinopora species and tabular keys to the Errinopora and Alaskan Stylaster species are provided. The focus of the study was on the stylasterids from Alaska, primarily those from the rich Aleutian Islands, but also including records from British Columbia. This is the first revisionary work on this fauna since the seminal report by Fisher in 1938. |
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A Revision of the Stylasteridae (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Filifera) from Alaska and Adjacent Waters |
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A Revision of the Stylasteridae (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Filifera) from Alaska and Adjacent Waters |
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A Revision of the Stylasteridae (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Filifera) from Alaska and Adjacent Waters |
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A Revision of the Stylasteridae (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Filifera) from Alaska and Adjacent Waters |
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A Revision of the Stylasteridae (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Filifera) from Alaska and Adjacent Waters |
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revision of the stylasteridae (cnidaria, hydrozoa, filifera) from alaska and adjacent waters |
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