WoRMS taxon details
Sertularella diaphana (Allman, 1885)
285502 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:285502)
accepted
Species
Hincksella brevitheca Galea, 2009 · unaccepted (synonym)
Sertularella delicata Billard, 1919 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (possible synonym)
Sertularella diaphana madagascarensis Billard, 1921 · unaccepted (synonym)
Sertularella diaphana var. delicata Billard, 1919 · unaccepted
Sertularella diaphana var. gigantea Billard, 1925 · unaccepted (synonym)
Sertularella diaphana var. orthogona Billard, 1921 · unaccepted (synonym)
Sertularella pinnigera Hartlaub, 1901 · unaccepted (synonym)
Sertularella sargassi Stechow, 1920 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Sertularella speciosa Congdon, 1907 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Sertularella torreyi Nutting, 1906 · unaccepted (synonym)
Thuiaria diaphana Allman, 1885 · unaccepted (basionym)
Thuiaria distans Allman, 1877 · unaccepted (in combination with Sertularella...)
in combination with Sertularella a junior secondary homonym of Sertularella distans (Lamouroux, 1816)
Thuiaria hyalina Allman, 1888 · unaccepted (synonym)
Thuiaria pinnata Allman, 1877 · unaccepted (synonym)
Thuiaria quadrilateralis Hargitt, 1924 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Subspecies Sertularella diaphana madagascarensis Billard, 1921 accepted as Sertularella diaphana (Allman, 1885) (synonym)
- Variety Sertularella diaphana var. delicata Billard, 1919 accepted as Sertularella delicata Billard, 1919 accepted as Sertularella diaphana (Allman, 1885)
- Variety Sertularella diaphana var. gigantea Billard, 1925 accepted as Sertularella diaphana (Allman, 1885) (synonym)
- Variety Sertularella diaphana var. orthogona Billard, 1921 accepted as Sertularella diaphana (Allman, 1885) (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Thuiaria diaphana Allman, 1885) Allman, G. J. (1885). Description of Australian, Cape and other Hydoids, mostly new, from the collection of Miss H. Gatty. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 19: 132-161, pls 7-26., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31788343
page(s): 145, pl. 18 figs 1-3 [details]
page(s): 145, pl. 18 figs 1-3 [details]
Type locality contained in Moreton Bay
type locality contained in Moreton Bay [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Sertularella diaphana (Allman, 1885). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=285502 on 2025-04-29
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Hincksella brevitheca Galea, 2009) Galea, H. R. (2009). Hincksella brevitheca, a new species of hydroid (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Syntheciidae) from Cuba. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2244: 60-68., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2009/2/zt02244p068.pdf
page(s): 61 [details]
original description (of Thuiaria distans Allman, 1877) Allman, G.J. (1877). Report on the Hydroida collected during the Exploration of the Gulf Stream by L. F. de Pourtalès, Assistant United States Coast Survey. <i>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology</i>. 5: 1-66, plates 1-34., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4311825
page(s): 27 [details]
original description (of Thuiaria pinnata Allman, 1877) Allman, G.J. (1877). Report on the Hydroida collected during the Exploration of the Gulf Stream by L. F. de Pourtalès, Assistant United States Coast Survey. <i>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology</i>. 5: 1-66, plates 1-34., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4311825
page(s): 28, pl. 15 figs 1-2 [details]
original description (of Thuiaria diaphana Allman, 1885) Allman, G. J. (1885). Description of Australian, Cape and other Hydoids, mostly new, from the collection of Miss H. Gatty. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 19: 132-161, pls 7-26., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31788343
page(s): 145, pl. 18 figs 1-3 [details]
original description (of Thuiaria hyalina Allman, 1888) Allman, G. J. (1888). Report on the Hydroida dredged by H. M. S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. Part II.- The Tubularinae, Corymorphinae, Campanularinae, Sertularinae, and Thalamophora. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 23 (part 70): i-lxix, 1-90, pl. 1-39., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49519881
page(s): 69, pl. 33 figs 2 & 2a [details]
original description (of Sertularella torreyi Nutting, 1906) Nutting, C. C. 1906. Hydroids of the Hawaiian Islands collected by the steamer Albatross in 1902. - Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission for 1903 23: 931-959, pls 1-13., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51691623
page(s): 949, pl. 4 fig. 4, pl. 11 figs 2-3 [details]
original description (of Sertularella speciosa Congdon, 1907) Congdon, E. D. 1907. The hydroids of Bermuda. - Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 42: 463-485., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8868109
page(s): 476, figs 24-28 [details]
original description (of Sertularella delicata Billard, 1919) Billard A. (1919b). Note sur quelques espèces nouvelles de Sertularella de l'expédition de "Siboga". <em>Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale.</em> 58, Notes et Revue: 18-23., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6316200
page(s): 21, fig. 3a [details]
original description (of Sertularella pinnigera Hartlaub, 1901) Hartlaub, C. 1901b. Revision der Sertularella Arten. Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der Naturwissenschaften 16: 1-143., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25235779
page(s): 113, new name [details]
original description (of Sertularella sargassi Stechow, 1920) Stechow, E. (1920). Neue Ergebnisse auf dem Gebiete der Hydroidenforschung. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft für Morphologie und Physiologie in München.</em> 31: 9-45.
page(s): 37; note: new name for Thuiaria distans Allman, 1877 [details]
original description (of Sertularella diaphana madagascarensis Billard, 1921) Bull, M. H. (1921). Note sur une variété de Sertularella (Sertularella diaphana madagascariensis). <em>Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle.</em> 27(2): 184-186., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42967342
page(s): 184, fig’d [details]
original description (of Sertularella diaphana var. orthogona Billard, 1921) Bull, M. H. (1921). Note sur une variété de Sertularella (Sertularella diaphana madagascariensis). <em>Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle.</em> 27(2): 184-186., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42967342
page(s): 186 [details]
original description (of Sertularella diaphana var. gigantea Billard, 1925) Billard A. (1925b). Les hydroïdes de l'expédition du Siboga. II. Synthecidae et Sertularidae. <em>Siboga Expeditie.</em> 7b: 117-232, 7 pls.
page(s): 161, pl. 9 fig. 35 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Thuiaria quadrilateralis Hargitt, 1924) Hargitt, C. W. 1924. Hydroids of the Philippine Islands. - Philippine Journal of Science 24: 467-507, pls 1-6.
page(s): 493, pl. 5 fig. 17 [details]
basis of record Vervoort, W.; Schuchert, P. & van der Land, J. (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 61 [details]
original description (of Thuiaria distans Allman, 1877) Allman, G.J. (1877). Report on the Hydroida collected during the Exploration of the Gulf Stream by L. F. de Pourtalès, Assistant United States Coast Survey. <i>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology</i>. 5: 1-66, plates 1-34., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4311825
page(s): 27 [details]
original description (of Thuiaria pinnata Allman, 1877) Allman, G.J. (1877). Report on the Hydroida collected during the Exploration of the Gulf Stream by L. F. de Pourtalès, Assistant United States Coast Survey. <i>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology</i>. 5: 1-66, plates 1-34., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4311825
page(s): 28, pl. 15 figs 1-2 [details]
original description (of Thuiaria diaphana Allman, 1885) Allman, G. J. (1885). Description of Australian, Cape and other Hydoids, mostly new, from the collection of Miss H. Gatty. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 19: 132-161, pls 7-26., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31788343
page(s): 145, pl. 18 figs 1-3 [details]
original description (of Thuiaria hyalina Allman, 1888) Allman, G. J. (1888). Report on the Hydroida dredged by H. M. S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. Part II.- The Tubularinae, Corymorphinae, Campanularinae, Sertularinae, and Thalamophora. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 23 (part 70): i-lxix, 1-90, pl. 1-39., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49519881
page(s): 69, pl. 33 figs 2 & 2a [details]
original description (of Sertularella torreyi Nutting, 1906) Nutting, C. C. 1906. Hydroids of the Hawaiian Islands collected by the steamer Albatross in 1902. - Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission for 1903 23: 931-959, pls 1-13., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51691623
page(s): 949, pl. 4 fig. 4, pl. 11 figs 2-3 [details]
original description (of Sertularella speciosa Congdon, 1907) Congdon, E. D. 1907. The hydroids of Bermuda. - Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 42: 463-485., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8868109
page(s): 476, figs 24-28 [details]
original description (of Sertularella delicata Billard, 1919) Billard A. (1919b). Note sur quelques espèces nouvelles de Sertularella de l'expédition de "Siboga". <em>Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale.</em> 58, Notes et Revue: 18-23., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6316200
page(s): 21, fig. 3a [details]
original description (of Sertularella pinnigera Hartlaub, 1901) Hartlaub, C. 1901b. Revision der Sertularella Arten. Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der Naturwissenschaften 16: 1-143., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25235779
page(s): 113, new name [details]
original description (of Sertularella sargassi Stechow, 1920) Stechow, E. (1920). Neue Ergebnisse auf dem Gebiete der Hydroidenforschung. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft für Morphologie und Physiologie in München.</em> 31: 9-45.
page(s): 37; note: new name for Thuiaria distans Allman, 1877 [details]
original description (of Sertularella diaphana madagascarensis Billard, 1921) Bull, M. H. (1921). Note sur une variété de Sertularella (Sertularella diaphana madagascariensis). <em>Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle.</em> 27(2): 184-186., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42967342
page(s): 184, fig’d [details]
original description (of Sertularella diaphana var. orthogona Billard, 1921) Bull, M. H. (1921). Note sur une variété de Sertularella (Sertularella diaphana madagascariensis). <em>Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle.</em> 27(2): 184-186., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42967342
page(s): 186 [details]
original description (of Sertularella diaphana var. gigantea Billard, 1925) Billard A. (1925b). Les hydroïdes de l'expédition du Siboga. II. Synthecidae et Sertularidae. <em>Siboga Expeditie.</em> 7b: 117-232, 7 pls.
page(s): 161, pl. 9 fig. 35 [details] Available for editors

original description (of Thuiaria quadrilateralis Hargitt, 1924) Hargitt, C. W. 1924. Hydroids of the Philippine Islands. - Philippine Journal of Science 24: 467-507, pls 1-6.
page(s): 493, pl. 5 fig. 17 [details]
basis of record Vervoort, W.; Schuchert, P. & van der Land, J. (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Calder, D. R. (2019). On a collection of hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from the southwest coast of Florida, USA. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4689(1): 1-141., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4689.1.1
page(s): 89, Fig. 21i; note: record Florida, review distribution North Atlantic [details]
redescription Galea, H. R. (2010). Additional shallow-water thecate hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from Guadeloupe and Les Saintes, French Lesser Antilles. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2570: 1–40.
page(s): fig. 1B-C; note: record French Lesser Antilles, 2 morphotypes observed [details]
redescription Schuchert, P. 2003. Hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) of the Danish expedition to the Kei Islands. Steenstrupia 27 2: 137-256.
page(s): 184, fig. 40; note: record for Indonesia [details]
redescription Vervoort, W., & Watson, J. E. 2003. The marine fauna of New Zealand: Leptothecata (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) (thecate hydroids). NIWA Biodiversity Memoir 119: 1-538.
page(s): 159, fig. 36G-H; note: record New Zealand [details]
page(s): 89, Fig. 21i; note: record Florida, review distribution North Atlantic [details]
redescription Galea, H. R. (2010). Additional shallow-water thecate hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from Guadeloupe and Les Saintes, French Lesser Antilles. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2570: 1–40.
page(s): fig. 1B-C; note: record French Lesser Antilles, 2 morphotypes observed [details]
redescription Schuchert, P. 2003. Hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) of the Danish expedition to the Kei Islands. Steenstrupia 27 2: 137-256.
page(s): 184, fig. 40; note: record for Indonesia [details]
redescription Vervoort, W., & Watson, J. E. 2003. The marine fauna of New Zealand: Leptothecata (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) (thecate hydroids). NIWA Biodiversity Memoir 119: 1-538.
page(s): 159, fig. 36G-H; note: record New Zealand [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Bermuda) Calder D.R. (1991). Shallow-water hydroids of Bermuda: the Thecatae, exclusive of Plumularioidea. <em>Royal Ontario Museum Life Sciences Contributions.</em> 154: 1-140. [details] Available for editors
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context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Calder, D. R. and S. D. Cairns. 2009. Hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 381–394 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [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 Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Lira, S.M.A., Farrapeira, C.M.R., Amaral, F.M.D. & Ramos, C.A.C. (2010). Sessile and sedentary macrofauna from the Pirapama shipwreck, Pernambuco, Brazil. <em>Biota Neotropica, 10(4), 155–166.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1590/S1676-06032010000400021
page(s): 4, 7 [details]
context source (Bermuda) Calder D.R. (1991). Shallow-water hydroids of Bermuda: the Thecatae, exclusive of Plumularioidea. <em>Royal Ontario Museum Life Sciences Contributions.</em> 154: 1-140. [details] Available for editors

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Calder, D. R. and S. D. Cairns. 2009. Hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 381–394 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [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

additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors

additional source Lira, S.M.A., Farrapeira, C.M.R., Amaral, F.M.D. & Ramos, C.A.C. (2010). Sessile and sedentary macrofauna from the Pirapama shipwreck, Pernambuco, Brazil. <em>Biota Neotropica, 10(4), 155–166.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1590/S1676-06032010000400021
page(s): 4, 7 [details]





Unreviewed
Biology colonial; fixed gonophores [details]
Language | Name | |
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Japanese | ウミスギモドキ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Sertularella delicata Billard, 1919)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Sertularella speciosa Congdon, 1907)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Sertularella pinnigera Hartlaub, 1901)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Thuiaria hyalina Allman, 1888)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Thuiaria distans Allman, 1877)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sertularella diaphana)
To GenBank (31 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Thuiaria diaphana Allman, 1885)
To GenBank (31 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To GenBank (31 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Sertularella delicata Billard, 1919)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (2 records) (from synonym Thuiaria quadrilateralis Hargitt, 1924)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (2 records) (from synonym Sertularella torreyi Nutting, 1906)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (32 records) (from synonym Sertularella pinnigera Hartlaub, 1901)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (4 records) (from synonym Sertularella speciosa Congdon, 1907)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Sertularella delicata Billard, 1919)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Sertularella speciosa Congdon, 1907)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Sertularella pinnigera Hartlaub, 1901)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Thuiaria hyalina Allman, 1888)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Thuiaria distans Allman, 1877)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sertularella diaphana)
To GenBank (31 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Thuiaria diaphana Allman, 1885)
To GenBank (31 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To GenBank (31 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Sertularella delicata Billard, 1919)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (2 records) (from synonym Thuiaria quadrilateralis Hargitt, 1924)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (2 records) (from synonym Sertularella torreyi Nutting, 1906)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (32 records) (from synonym Sertularella pinnigera Hartlaub, 1901)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (4 records) (from synonym Sertularella speciosa Congdon, 1907)
To ITIS