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Definition of Stylaster

Stylaster
Stylaster Sty*las"ter, n. [NL., from Gr. ? pillar + ? star.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of delicate, usually pink, calcareous hydroid corals of the genus Stylaster.

Meaning of Stylaster from wikipedia

- Fisher, 1938 Stylaster amphiheloides Kent, 1871 Stylaster antillarum Zibrowius & Cairns, 1982 †Stylaster antiquus Sismondi, 1871 Stylaster asper Kent,...
- Stylaster nobilis, the noble coral, is a branching colonial hydroid in the family Stylasteridae. Noble corals are pink or orange and tree-like with paler...
- Serrata stylaster is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails. The s**** grows to a length of...
- Valid. †Rhabdohydra Hydrozoa. Valid. †Sphenoecium Hydrozoa. Valid. †Sporadopora Hydrozoa. Valid. †Stylaster Hydrozoa. Valid. †Subaxopora Hydrozoa. Valid....
- It is not clear whether Stylaster californicus belongs in the Filifera. Upper left: blue top snail (Calliostoma ligatum)....
- on the structure of species of the genera Millepora, Pocillopora, and Stylaster, and remarks on the affinities of certain palaeozoic corals. Philosophical...
- Stenohelia Kent, 1870 Stephanohelia Cairns, 1991 Stylantheca Fischer, 1931 Stylaster Gray, 1831 Systemapora Cairns, 1991 "WoRMS - World Register of Marine...
- is found as far north as Monterey Bay. It lives embedded in the corals Stylaster californicus and Errinopora pourtalesii. It is listed as Data Deficient...
- including very large individual colonies of the California hydrocoral, Stylaster californicus. The bank lies about 3 nautical miles (6 km) west-southwest...
- cheliferum) and also on hydrozoans such as the pink branching hydrocoral (Stylaster norvigicus) and the purple encrusting hydrocoral (Stylantheca). Pteraster...