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Eleutheria Quatrefages, 1842

117090  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117090)

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Herpusa Schmidt, 1869 · unaccepted (synonym)

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  1. Species Eleutheria claparedii Hartlaub, 1889
  2. Species Eleutheria dichotoma Quatrefages, 1842
  3. Species Eleutheria acuminata Edmonson, 1930 accepted as Staurocladia acuminata (Edmonson, 1930) (basionym)
  4. Species Eleutheria alternata Edmonson, 1930 accepted as Staurocladia alternata (Edmonson, 1930) (basionym)
  5. Species Eleutheria anisonema Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Eleutheria dichotoma Quatrefages, 1842 (synonym)
  6. Species Eleutheria bilateralis Edmonson, 1930 accepted as Staurocladia bilateralis (Edmonson, 1930) (basionym)
  7. Species Eleutheria claparedei Hartlaub, 1889 accepted as Eleutheria claparedii Hartlaub, 1889 (unaccepted > misspelling, invalid spelling variant)
  8. Species Eleutheria cnidobdella Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Eleutheria dichotoma Quatrefages, 1842 (synonym)
  9. Species Eleutheria dichobdella Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Eleutheria dichotoma Quatrefages, 1842 (synonym)
  10. Species Eleutheria dichocnida Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Eleutheria dichotoma Quatrefages, 1842 (synonym)
  11. Species Eleutheria diplonema Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Eleutheria claparedii Hartlaub, 1889 (synonym)
  12. Species Eleutheria gemmipara Du Plessis, 1909 accepted as Eleutheria dichotoma Quatrefages, 1842 (synonym)
  13. Species Eleutheria heptanema Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Eleutheria dichotoma Quatrefages, 1842 (synonym)
  14. Species Eleutheria heteroclada Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Eleutheria dichotoma Quatrefages, 1842 (synonym)
  15. Species Eleutheria heteronema Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Eleutheria claparedii Hartlaub, 1889 (synonym)
  16. Species Eleutheria hexanema Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Eleutheria dichotoma Quatrefages, 1842 (synonym)
  17. Species Eleutheria hodgsoni Browne, 1910 accepted as Staurocladia charcoti (Bedot, 1908) (synonym)
  18. Species Eleutheria japonica Harada, 1954 accepted as Staurocladia acuminata (Edmonson, 1930) (synonym)
  19. Species Eleutheria krohni Krumbach, 1907 accepted as Eleutheria dichotoma Quatrefages, 1842 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, synonym)
  20. Species Eleutheria oahuensis Edmonson, 1930 accepted as Staurocladia oahuensis (Edmonson, 1930)
  21. Species Eleutheria octonema Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Eleutheria dichotoma Quatrefages, 1842 (synonym)
  22. Species Eleutheria pentanema Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Eleutheria dichotoma Quatrefages, 1842 (synonym)
  23. Species Eleutheria prolifera (Hincks, 1861) accepted as Eleutheria dichotoma Quatrefages, 1842 (polyp stage)
  24. Species Eleutheria robsonia Lengerich, 1922 accepted as Gonionemus vertens A. Agassiz, 1862 (synonymn)
  25. Species Eleutheria tetranema Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Eleutheria dichotoma Quatrefages, 1842 (synonym)
  26. Species Eleutheria vallentini Browne, 1902 accepted as Staurocladia vallentini (Browne, 1902) (basionym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
De Quatrefages, A. 1842a. Mémoire sur l'Eleutherie dichotome (Eleutheria dichotoma nob.), nouveau genre de Rayonnés, voisin des Hydres. Annales des Sciences naturelles (2)18: 270-288., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13405478 [details]   
Schuchert, P. (2024). World Hydrozoa Database. Eleutheria Quatrefages, 1842. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117090 on 2024-03-19
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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2006-09-11 06:44:08Z
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Martinez, Olga
2009-04-28 06:22:10Z
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2016-07-18 07:12:44Z
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original description De Quatrefages, A. 1842a. Mémoire sur l'Eleutherie dichotome (Eleutheria dichotoma nob.), nouveau genre de Rayonnés, voisin des Hydres. Annales des Sciences naturelles (2)18: 270-288., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13405478 [details]   

original description  (of Clavatella Hincks, 1861) Hincks, Th., 1861. On Clavatella, a new genus of corynoid polypes, and its reproduction. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. -37 : 73-81. [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 Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]   

additional source Costello, M.J., C. Emblow & R. White (EdS.). (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France.</em> 463 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  OpenAccess publication 

redescription Schuchert, P. (2006). The European athecate hydroids and their medusae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria): Capitata Part 1. <em>Revue suisse de Zoologie.</em> 113: 325-410., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41227513
page(s): 380 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Hydroid with an oral whorl of up to ten capitate tentacles, without aboral filiform tentacles; medusae buds carried in clusters on short blastostyles (gonostyle) or singly at base of hydranth.
Medusae adapted for crawling, unable to swim; umbrella with or without continuous ring of nematocysts along margin; with four or more simple and short radial canals; manubrium with broad base, conical, with simple circular mouth; with or without brood-chamber above base of stomach; gonads either on manubrium, or in brood-chamber from where they can also extend to the epidermis of the subumbrella; 6-14 bifurcated marginal tentacles, one upper branch with a single terminal nematocyst knob, one lower branch
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