Hydrozoa | 
Anthoathecata | 
Stylasteridae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range				
				
					Ecology				
				
			
			
				Sessile; depth range 137 - 1097 m (Ref. 106682).  Tropical			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Indo-West Pacific.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
			
			
				Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 0.1 cm H male/unsexed; (Ref. 78568)			
			
			
						
			
			
			
			
				
					Maximum size 3.2 ems from Salomon Atoll, Chagos Archipelago (Ref. 78568).				
			
			
			
			
			
				Life cycle and mating behavior				
					Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae				
			
			
				
					Members of the order Anthoathecata are mostly colonial A-form hydroids.  Life cycle:  The zygote develops into planula inside the gonophore and is later released as an actinula which metamorphoses into polyp stage.				
			
			
			
			
			
				Moseley, H.N. 1881 Report on certain hydroid, alcyonarian, and madreporarian corals procured during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger. In Report of the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76: a summary of the scientific results, Zoology 2:1-248. (Ref. 78567)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
						 (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
			
				CITES status   (Ref. 108899)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
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						Preferred temperature  					
				 (Ref. 
115969): 3.9 - 16.5, mean 11.1 (based on 489 cells).			
 
			
			
			
			
			
						
							
				
					
						Fishing Vulnerability  					
					
					
						Low vulnerability (10 of 100).					
				
						
						
			
									
						Price category  					
					
					Unknown.