Stylasteridae (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Filifera) from South Africa Author Cairns, Stephen D. Author Zibrowius, Helmut text Zootaxa 2013 3691 1 1 57 journal article 37002 10.11646/zootaxa.3691.1.1 c566ff57-5a45-411c-98d9-0e65200455af 1175-5326 284237 E98CE6DF-AF3B-4AAA-95CB-8ACD615C9FCC

TABLE 1. Distinguishing Characteristics of the South African species of Stylaster (Group A).

Branch Tips	S. nobilis (Kent, 1871) Blunt	S. subviolaceus (Kent, 1871) Blunt	S. blatteus (Boschma, 1961) Blunt	S. bithalamus Broch, 1936 S. griseus n. sp. Sympodial Blunt
Commensal Polynoid Tube	Absent	Absent	Absent	Present Absent
Coenosteal Colour	Rose-pink	Rose (white interior)	Dark purple	White Gray or light brown
Coenosteal Texture	Reticulate-Smooth, deep strips	Reticulate-Smooth, deep strips	Reticulate-Granular	Reticulate-Granular Reticulate-Granular (irregular granules) (irregular granules)
Cyclosystems: Prominence and Diameter	Flush, 0.7–0.8 mm	Raised, 0.9–1.3 mm	Slightly raised, 0.8–0.9 mm	Slightly raised, 1.0–1.4 mm Raised, 0.9–1.1 mm