Galapagos Species Database

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

Stylaster marenzelleri Cairns, 1986

Hydrocoral, Lace coral

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Cnidaria

Class
Hydrozoa

Order
Anthoathecata

Suborder
Filifera

Family
Stylasteridae

Genus
Stylaster

Species
marenzelleri

Taxon category: Accepted

Holotype: USNM 72096; Paratype: USNM 72097; Type locality: off southeastern Española 1°30'30"S, 89°35'W (Cairns, 1986)

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

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

Distribution: Galapagos Islands: off southeastern Española (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 marenzelleri", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=9907. Accessed 31 October 2026.