WoRMS taxon details
Clava multicornis (Forsskål, 1775)
117426 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117426)
accepted
Species
Clava cornea Wright, 1857 · unaccepted (synonym)
Clava diffusa Allman, 1863 · unaccepted (synonym)
Clava leptostyla L. Agassiz, 1862 · unaccepted (synonym)
Clava nodosa Wright, 1863 · unaccepted (synonym)
Clava parasitica Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (synonym)
Clava squamata (Müller, 1776) · unaccepted (Synonym)
Coryne squamata (Müller, 1776) · unaccepted (synonym)
Hydra multicornis Forsskål, 1775 · unaccepted (basionym)
Hydra squamata Müller, 1776 · unaccepted (basionym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Hydra multicornis Forsskål, 1775) Forsskål, P.; Niebuhr, C. (1775). Descriptiones animalium, avium, amphibiorum, piscium, insectorum, vermium / quae in itinere orientali observavit Petrus Forskål. Post mortem auctoris edidit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia medica kahirina atque tabula maris Rubri geographica. Hauniæ [Copenhagen]:ex officina Mölleri.[alternative spelling Forskål is also correct]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059
page(s): 131, pl. 26, fig. B b [details]
page(s): 131, pl. 26, fig. B b [details]
Type locality contained in Oresund Strait
type locality contained in Oresund Strait [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Distribution Magdalen Islands (from the eastern Bradelle valley to West as far as Cape North, including the Cape Breton Channel), Lower...
Distribution Magdalen Islands (from the eastern Bradelle valley to West as far as Cape North, including the Cape Breton Channel), Lower St. Lawrence estuary, middle north shore (from Sept- Iles to Cape Whittle, including the Mingan Islands), Lower North Shore ,and Western slope of Newfoundland , including the southern part of the Strait of Belle Isle but excluding the upper 50 m in the area southwest of Newfoundland. [details]
Schuchert, P. (2024). World Hydrozoa Database. Clava multicornis (Forsskål, 1775). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117426 on 2024-05-07
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original description
(of Clava leptostyla L. Agassiz, 1862) Agassiz, L. (1862). Contributions to the natural history of the United States of America. <em>Little Brown, Boston.</em> 4: 1-380, pls 1-19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16068829
page(s): 218 [details]
original description (of Clava cornea Wright, 1857) Wright, T.S., 1857. Observations on British Zoophytes. In: Edinb. New phil. J. 6 : 79-90., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25438545
page(s): 81, pl. 2 fig. 4 [details]
original description (of Hydra multicornis Forsskål, 1775) Forsskål, P.; Niebuhr, C. (1775). Descriptiones animalium, avium, amphibiorum, piscium, insectorum, vermium / quae in itinere orientali observavit Petrus Forskål. Post mortem auctoris edidit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia medica kahirina atque tabula maris Rubri geographica. Hauniæ [Copenhagen]:ex officina Mölleri.[alternative spelling Forskål is also correct]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059
page(s): 131, pl. 26, fig. B b [details]
original description (of Hydra squamata Müller, 1776) Müller, O. F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae indigenarum: characteres, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. <em>Typis Hallagerii, Havni, Copenhagen.</em> 282 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550
page(s): 230 [details]
original description (of Clava parasitica Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3131 [details]
original description (of Clava diffusa Allman, 1863) Allman, G. J. (1863). Notes on the Hydroida. I. On the structure of Corymorpha nutans. II. Diagnoses of new species of Tubularidae obtained, during the autumn of 1862, on the coasts of Shetland and Devonshire. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (3)11: 1-12., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22221455
page(s): 8 [details]
original description (of Clava nodosa Wright, 1863) Wright, T. S. 1863b. Observations on British Zoophytes. - Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh 2: 91, 216-221, 250-253, 270-286, 314-318, 349-352, 378-381, 439-442, plates 9-12, 13-15, 17, 22.., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47722202
page(s): 378 [details]
context source (Introduced species) Fofonoff, P.W.; Ruiz, G.M.; Steves, B.; Carlton, J.T. (2014). National Exotic Marine and Estuarine Species Information System (NEMESIS), available online at http://invasions.si.edu/nemesis [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Vervoort, W.; Cairns, S.D.; Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydrozoa, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 112-120 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
redescription Schuchert, P. (2008). The European athecate hydroids and their medusae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria): Filifera part 3. <em>Revue suisse de Zoologie.</em> 115: 221-302., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41183893 [details]
page(s): 218 [details]
original description (of Clava cornea Wright, 1857) Wright, T.S., 1857. Observations on British Zoophytes. In: Edinb. New phil. J. 6 : 79-90., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25438545
page(s): 81, pl. 2 fig. 4 [details]
original description (of Hydra multicornis Forsskål, 1775) Forsskål, P.; Niebuhr, C. (1775). Descriptiones animalium, avium, amphibiorum, piscium, insectorum, vermium / quae in itinere orientali observavit Petrus Forskål. Post mortem auctoris edidit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia medica kahirina atque tabula maris Rubri geographica. Hauniæ [Copenhagen]:ex officina Mölleri.[alternative spelling Forskål is also correct]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059
page(s): 131, pl. 26, fig. B b [details]
original description (of Hydra squamata Müller, 1776) Müller, O. F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae indigenarum: characteres, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. <em>Typis Hallagerii, Havni, Copenhagen.</em> 282 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550
page(s): 230 [details]
original description (of Clava parasitica Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3131 [details]
original description (of Clava diffusa Allman, 1863) Allman, G. J. (1863). Notes on the Hydroida. I. On the structure of Corymorpha nutans. II. Diagnoses of new species of Tubularidae obtained, during the autumn of 1862, on the coasts of Shetland and Devonshire. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (3)11: 1-12., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22221455
page(s): 8 [details]
original description (of Clava nodosa Wright, 1863) Wright, T. S. 1863b. Observations on British Zoophytes. - Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh 2: 91, 216-221, 250-253, 270-286, 314-318, 349-352, 378-381, 439-442, plates 9-12, 13-15, 17, 22.., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47722202
page(s): 378 [details]
context source (Introduced species) Fofonoff, P.W.; Ruiz, G.M.; Steves, B.; Carlton, J.T. (2014). National Exotic Marine and Estuarine Species Information System (NEMESIS), available online at http://invasions.si.edu/nemesis [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Vervoort, W.; Cairns, S.D.; Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydrozoa, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 112-120 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
redescription Schuchert, P. (2008). The European athecate hydroids and their medusae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria): Filifera part 3. <em>Revue suisse de Zoologie.</em> 115: 221-302., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41183893 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species vector dispersal United States part of the North Pacific Ocean (Marine Region) Ships: accidental with ballast water, sea water systems, live wells or other deck basins [details]Introduced species vector dispersal United States part of the North Pacific Ocean (Marine Region) Aquaculture: accidental [details]
Introduced species vector dispersal United States part of the North Pacific Ocean (Marine Region) Fisheries: accidental with fishery products, packing or substrate [details]
From other sources
Biology colonial [details]Distribution Magdalen Islands (from the eastern Bradelle valley to West as far as Cape North, including the Cape Breton Channel), Lower St. Lawrence estuary, middle north shore (from Sept- Iles to Cape Whittle, including the Mingan Islands), Lower North Shore ,and Western slope of Newfoundland , including the southern part of the Strait of Belle Isle but excluding the upper 50 m in the area southwest of Newfoundland. [details]
Habitat Species found in tufts on Mytilus [details]
Habitat intertidal, infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | gewone knotspoliepgemeene knodspolyp | [details] |
| English | club-headed hydroidclub polypsclub hydroidsclub hydroid | [details] |
| German | Keulen-PolypKeulenpolyp | [details] |
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (12 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (100 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (142 publications) (from synonym Clava squamata (Müller, 1776))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Hydra multicornis Forsskål, 1775)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (62 publications) (from synonym Coryne squamata (Müller, 1776))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (87 publications) (from synonym Clava leptostyla L. Agassiz, 1862)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 35 proteins)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 35 proteins) (from synonym Hydra multicornis Forsskål, 1775)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Clava leptostyla L. Agassiz, 1862)
To PESI (from synonym Clava squamata (Müller, 1776))
To PESI (from synonym Clava cornea Wright, 1857)
To PESI (from synonym Clava diffusa Allman, 1863)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (20 records) (from synonym Clava leptostyla L. Agassiz, 1862)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (5 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 076361)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (12 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (100 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (142 publications) (from synonym Clava squamata (Müller, 1776))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Hydra multicornis Forsskål, 1775)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (62 publications) (from synonym Coryne squamata (Müller, 1776))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (87 publications) (from synonym Clava leptostyla L. Agassiz, 1862)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 35 proteins)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 35 proteins) (from synonym Hydra multicornis Forsskål, 1775)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Clava leptostyla L. Agassiz, 1862)
To PESI (from synonym Clava squamata (Müller, 1776))
To PESI (from synonym Clava cornea Wright, 1857)
To PESI (from synonym Clava diffusa Allman, 1863)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (20 records) (from synonym Clava leptostyla L. Agassiz, 1862)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (5 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 076361)
To ITIS
