Stylastern.
/stʌɪˈlastə/ Zoology.
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.
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Stylaster1831
1831 J. E. Gray (title) Description of a new genus (Stylaster) of Star-bearing Corals.
1872 J. D. Dana Corals & Coral Islands (1875) 48 There are a number of genera in this Stylaster family, the Stylasteridæ.
1882 Cassell's Nat. Hist. VI. 277 The coloured Stylasters of the deep sea.
Derivatives
ˌstylasteˈracean n.
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stylasterid1879
1875 H. N. Moseley in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 166 115 I examined a specimen of a Stylasteracean dredged by the ‘Challenger’..with the same result.
styˈlasterid n. an animal of the family Stylasteridæ.
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stylasterid1879
1879 H. N. Moseley Notes by Naturalist on ‘Challenger’ xx. 530 In the case of another Stylasterid, Allopora nobilis, the development of regular systems of polyps is commenced.
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