Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Medusozoa > Class Hydrozoa > Subclass Hydroidolina > Order Anthoathecata > Suborder Filifera > Family Stylasteridae > Genus Errina

Errina aspera (Linnaeus, 1767)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Millepora Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Errina*	Gray, 1835	accepted genus name

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J.; Vervoort, W.; Cairns, S.D.; Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydrozoa, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 112-120
additional source	Verrill, A. E. (1864). List of the polyps and corals sent by the Museum of Comparative Zoology to other institutions in exchange, with annotations. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 1: 29-60.
additional source	Boschma H. (1953). Linnaeus's description of the Stylasterine coral Errina aspera, I & II. Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen - Amsterdam, Series C. 56 (3): 301-316.
additional source	Álvarez-Pérez, G.; Busquets, P.; De Mol, B.; Sandoval, N. G.; Canals, M.; Casamor, J. L. (2005). Deep-water coral occurrences in the Strait of Gibraltar. André Freiwald and J. Murray Roberts (eds.). Springer. Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 207-221
additional source	Boschma H. (1965). On stylasterine corals of the genus Errina from the island Mauritius. Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen - Amsterdam, Series C. 68 (1): 1-7, pls. 1-2.
additional source	Saville Kent W. (1871). On some new and little-known species of madrepores, or stony corals, in the British Museum Collection. Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London for the Year 1871. 275-286, pls. 23-25.
additional source	Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (1999). Appendix: List of extant stony corals. Atoll Research Bulletin. 459: 13-46.
additional source	Boschma H. (1954). Stylasterina in the collection of the Amsterdam Museum. I. Errina aspera (L.). Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen - Amsterdam, Series C. 57 (2): 143-150, pls. 1-3.
additional source	Eguchi M. (1968). The hydrocorals and scleractinian corals of Sagami Bay. Collected by His Majesty the Emperor of Japan. In The hydrocorals and scleractinian corals of Sagami Bay. Maruzen Co. Ltd., Tokyo : 1-53, pls. 1-36, C1-C80, pls. C1-C33, A1-A2, Pl. A.
source of synonymy	Zibrowius, H. & S.D. Cairns. (1992). Revision of the northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean Stylasteridae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa). Mémoires du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, série A, Zoolologie. 153: 1-136.
redescription	Zibrowius, H. & S.D. Cairns. (1992). Revision of the northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean Stylasteridae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa). Mémoires du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, série A, Zoolologie. 153: 1-136.
redescription	Cairns, S.D. (1983). A generic revision of the Stylasterina (Coelenterata: Hydrozoa). Part 1. Description of the genera. Bulletin of Marine Science. 33(2): 427-508.

Genbank

Citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Errina aspera (Linnaeus, 1767). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117957