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‖ Stylaster Zool.|staɪˈlæstə(r)|
[mod.L. (Gray 1831), f. Gr. στῦλ-ος column + ἀστήρ star.]
A genus of hydrozoa, closely related to the Millepora; a species or an animal of this genus, or of the family Stylasteridæ, of which it is the type. Hence ˌstylasteˈracean, styˈlasterid, an animal of the family Stylasteridæ.
1831J. E. Gray (title) Description of a new genus (Stylaster) of Star-bearing Corals. 1872Dana Corals (1875) 48 There are a number of genera in this Stylaster family, the Stylasteridæ. 1875H. N. Moseley in Phil. Trans. CLXVI. 115, I examined a specimen of a Stylasteracean dredged by the ‘Challenger’..with the same result. 1879― Notes Nat. ‘Challenger’ 530 In the case of another Stylasterid, Allopora nobilis, the development of regular systems of polyps is commenced. 1882Cassell's Nat. Hist. VI. 277 The coloured Stylasters of the deep sea. |