WoRMS taxon details
Bimeria Wright, 1859
AphiaID: 117014
AphiaID: 117014
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hydrozoa (Class) > Hydroidolina (Subclass) > Anthoathecata (Order) > Filifera (Suborder) > Bougainvilliidae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | ||||||||||||||||
| Typetaxon | Bimeria vestita Wright, 1859 (type by monotypy) | ||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Bougainvilliidae Lütken, 1850 | ||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Manicella Allman, 1859 (Synonym) | ||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Wright, T. S. 1859b. Observations on British zoophytes. Edinburgh new Philosophical Journal 10: 105-114, pls 8-9. page(s): 109 [details] [full text] 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 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details] additional source: Costello, M.J.; Emblow, C.; White, R. (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. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France. ISBN 2-85653-538-0. 463 pp. [details] redescription: Schuchert, P. 2007. The European athecate hydroids and their medusae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria): Filifera part 2. Revue suisse de Zoologie 114: 195-396 page(s): 247 [details] status source (from synonym): Calder, D. R. 2010. Some anthoathecate hydroids and limnopolyps (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from the Hawaiian archipelago. Zootaxa 2590: 1-91., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2010/f/zt02590p091.pdf page(s): 19 [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Bimeria australis Blackburn, 1937 Species Bimeria belgicae (Vanhöffen, 1910) Species Bimeria corynopsis Vanhöffen, 1910 Species Bimeria currumbinensis Pennycuik, 1959 Species Bimeria fluminalis Annandale, 1915 Species Bimeria rigida Warren, 1919 Species Bimeria vestita Wright, 1859 Species Bimeria amoyensis Hargitt, 1927 accepted as Bimeria vestita Wright, 1859 Species Bimeria baltica Stechow, 1927 accepted as Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) Species Bimeria biscayana Browne, 1907 accepted as Amphinema biscayana (Browne, 1907) Species Bimeria crassa Stechow, 1923 accepted as Garveia crassa (Stechow, 1923) Species Bimeria fragilis Stechow, 1919 accepted as Garveia grisea (Motz-Kossowska, 1905) Species Bimeria franciscana Torrey, 1902 accepted as Garveia franciscana (Torrey, 1902) Species Bimeria gracilis Clark, 1876 accepted as Garveia gracilis (Clark, 1876) Species Bimeria humilis Allman, 1877 accepted as Bimeria vestita Wright, 1859 Species Bimeria laxa Farser, 1938 accepted as Garveia laxa (Fraser, 1938) Species Bimeria Monidi Billard, 1927 accepted as Garveia franciscana (Torrey, 1902) Species Bimeria nutans (Wright, 1859) accepted as Garveia nutans Wright, 1859 Species Bimeria pusilla Fraser, 1925 accepted as Garveia pusilla (Fraser, 1925) Species Bimeria robusta Torrey, 1902 accepted as Garveia robusta (Torrey, 1902) Species Bimeria tunicata Fraser, 1943 accepted as Garveia franciscana (Torrey, 1902) | ||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent only | ||||||||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||
| Note |
Diagnosis: Colonies stolonal or erect, with perisarc enveloping hydranth and extending as a sheath over proximal ends of tentacles. Hydranth ovoid to vasiform; hypostome dome-shaped; tentacles in single whorl or in two close whorls. Gonophores fixed sporosacs on hydrorhiza and branches. [details] | ||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117014 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Schuchert, P. (2013). Bimeria Wright, 1859. In: Schuchert, P. (2013) World Hydrozoa database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117014 on 2013-06-20 | |||||||||||||||||
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