Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Stylaster divergens Marenzeller, 1904

Hydrocoral, Lace coral

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Cnidaria

Class
Hydrozoa

Order
Anthoathecata

Suborder
Filifera

Family
Stylasteridae

Genus
Stylaster

Species
divergens

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Allopora divergens Marenzeller, 1904 (Horton et al., 2021). Holotype: USNM 72094; Type locality: Sout-west of San Cristobal 0°57'S, 89°38'W (Cairns, 1986).

Origin: Native

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Galapagos Islands: off San Cristobal and Floreana (Cairns, 1986).

References

  • Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
  • Cairns, S.D. (1991) New Records of Stylasteridae (Hydrozoa: Hydroida) from the Galápagos and Cocos Islands. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 104(2): 209-228.
  • Cairns, S.D. (1986) Stylasteridae (Hydrozoa: Hydroida) of the Galapagos Islands. Smithsonian Contrib. Zool. 426: 1-42.
  • Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Stylaster divergens", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=9905. Accessed 31 October 2026.