Species under Stylaster
n= 78
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Stylaster alaskanus
Fisher, 1938
Northeast Pacific
Stylaster amphiheloides
Kent, 1871
Indo-West Pacific
Stylaster antillarum
Zibrowius & Cairns, 1982
Western Central Atlantic
Stylaster asper
Kent, 1871
Indo-West Pacific
Stylaster aurantiacus
Cairns, 1986
Western Central Atlantic
Stylaster bellus
(Dana, 1848)
Western Pacific
Stylaster bilobatus
Hickson & England, 1909
Western Central Pacific
Stylaster bithalamus
Broch, 1936
Western Indian Ocean
Stylaster blatteus
(Boschma, 1961)
Eastern Central Atlantic
Stylaster bocki
Broch, 1936
Western Central Pacific
Stylaster boreopacificus
Broch, 1932
Northwest Pacific
Stylaster boschmai
(Eguchi, 1965)
Subantarctic and Antarctic
Stylaster brochi
(Fisher, 1938)
Northeast Pacific
Stylaster brunneus
Boschma, 1970
Western Pacific
Stylaster californicus
(Verrill, 1866)
California hydrocoral Eastern Pacific 30
Stylaster campylecus
(Fisher, 1938)
White branching hydrocoral Northeast Pacific
Stylaster cancellatus
Fisher, 1938
Northeast Pacific
Stylaster carinatus
Broch, 1936
Northwest Pacific
Stylaster cocosensis
Cairns, 1991
Southwest Pacific
Stylaster complanatus
De Pourtalès, 1867
Eastern Central Pacific and Western Atlantic
Stylaster corallium
Cairns, 1986
Western Central Atlantic
Stylaster crassior
Broch, 1936
Western Indian Ocean
Stylaster densicaulis
Moseley, 1879
Southwest Atlantic, Antarctic Atlantic and Western Central Pacific
Stylaster dentatus
Broch, 1936
Northwest Pacific
Stylaster divergens
von Marenzeller, 1904
Southeast Pacific
Stylaster duchassaingi
De Pourtalès, 1867
Indo-West Pacific and Western Atlantic
Stylaster eguchii
(Boschma, 1966)
Southwest Pacific and Antarctic Atlantic
Stylaster elassotomus
Fisher, 1938
Northeast Pacific
Stylaster erubescens
De Pourtalès, 1868
Atlantic Ocean and Southwest Pacific
Stylaster eximius
Kent, 1871
Western Pacific
Stylaster filogranus
De Pourtalès, 1871
Western Atlantic
Stylaster flabelliformis
(Lamarck, 1816)
Indo-West Pacific
Stylaster galapagensis
Cairns, 1986
Eastern Pacific
Stylaster gemmascens
(Esper, 1790)
Western Pacific and Northern Atlantic
Stylaster gracilis
Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1850
Pacific Ocean
Stylaster granulosus
Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1850
Questionable in Australia
Stylaster griggi
Cairns, 2005
Eastern Central Pacific
Stylaster hattorii
(Eguchi, 1968)
Northwest Pacific
Stylaster horologium
Cairns, 1991
Western Pacific
Stylaster ibericus
Zibrowius & Cairns, 1992
Northeast Atlantic
Stylaster imbricatus
Cairns, 1991
Western Pacific
Stylaster incompletus
(Tenison Woods, 1883)
Australia
Stylaster incrassitus
(Eguchi, 1941)
Northwest Pacific
Stylaster infundibuliferus
Cairns, 2005
Eastern Central Pacific
Stylaster inornatus
Cairns, 1986
Western Central Atlantic
Stylaster laevigatus
Cairns, 1986
Western Atlantic
Stylaster lonchitis
Broch, 1947
Western Indian Ocean
Stylaster marenzelleri
Cairns, 1986
Eastern Pacific
Stylaster maroccanus
Zibrowius & Cairns, 1992
Eastern Central Atlantic
Stylaster marshae
Cairns, 1988
Eastern Indian Ocean
Stylaster microstriatus
Broch, 1936
Northwest Pacific
Stylaster miniatus
(De Pourtalès, 1868)
Western Atlantic
Stylaster moseleyanus
(Fisher, 1938)
Northeast Pacific
Stylaster multiplex
Hickson & England, 1905
Western Central Pacific
Stylaster nobilis
(Kent, 1871)
Western Indian Ocean
Stylaster norvegicus
(Gunnerus, 1768)
Pink branching hydrocoral Northeast Pacific and Northern Atlantic
Stylaster omanensis
Cairns & Samimi-Namin, 2015
Western Indian Ocean
Stylaster papuensis
Zibrowius, 1981
Western Central Pacific
Stylaster polymorphus
Broch, 1936
Distribution unknown
Stylaster polyorchis
(Fisher, 1938)
Northeast Pacific
Stylaster profundiporus
Broch, 1936
Northwest Pacific
Stylaster profundus
(Moseley, 1879)
Southwest Atlantic and Antarctic Atlantic
Stylaster pulcher
Quelch, 1884
Northwest Pacific
Stylaster purpuratus
(Naumov, 1960)
Pacific Ocean
Stylaster ramosus
Broch, 1947
Western Indian Ocean
Stylaster robustus
(Cairns, 1983)
Antarctic Atlantic
Stylaster rosaceus
(Greeff, 1886)
Eastern Central Atlantic
Stylaster roseus
(Pallas, 1766)
Western Pacific and Atlantic Ocean
Stylaster sanguineus
Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850
Pacific Ocean
Stylaster scabiosus
Broch, 1935
Pacific Ocean
Stylaster solidus
Broch, 1935
Western Pacific
Stylaster spatula
Cairns, 1986
Western Central Atlantic
Stylaster stejnegeri
(Fisher, 1938)
Eastern Pacific
Stylaster stellulatus
Stewart, 1878
Southwest Pacific
Stylaster subviolaceus
(Kent, 1871)
Eastern Atlantic
Stylaster tenisonwoodsi
Cairns, 1988
Eastern Indian Ocean
Stylaster venustus
(Verrill, 1870)
Fuchsia lace hydrocoral Eastern Pacific
Stylaster verrillii
(Dall, 1884)
Pink branching lace hydrocoral Pacific Ocean
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