New records of Stylasteridae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from Western Australia, including the description of two new species
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I I I i ' Four species of stylasterids are reported from off Western Australia, including two new species and several lots of a poorly known deep-water species, Crypthelia I pudica. These are the first records of stylasterids from Western Australia. A checkI list of the 14 sylasterid species now known from Australia and an historical resume of their presence off Australia are given.
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