WoRMS taxon details
Rathkea Brandt, 1837
AphiaID: 117211
AphiaID: 117211
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hydrozoa (Class) > Hydroidolina (Subclass) > Anthoathecata (Order) > Filifera (Suborder) > Rathkeidae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | ||||||||||
| Typetaxon | Oceania Blumenbachii Rathke, 1835 (type by original designation) | ||||||||||
| Parent | Rathkeidae Russell, 1953 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Rathkia Brandt, 1837 (spelling variant) | ||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Brandt, J. F. 1837. Remarques sur quelques modifications dans l'arrangement de l'ordre des Acalèphes discophores ou Ombellifères. Bulletin scientifique publié par l'Académie impériale des sciences de St.-Pétersbourg 1: 185-191., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43693#page/207/mode/1up page(s): 187 [details] 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: Bouillon, J.; Boero, F. (2000). Synopsis of the families and genera of the Hydromedusae of the world, with a list of the worldwide species. Thalassia Salent. 24: 47-296 (look up in IMIS) [details] | ||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Rathkea africana Kramp, 1957 Species Rathkea antarctica Uchida, 1971 Species Rathkea formosissima (Browne, 1902) Species Rathkea lizzioides O'Sullivan, 1984 Species Rathkea octopunctata (M. Sars, 1835) Species Rathkea rubence Nair, 1951 Species Rathkea jaschnowi Noumov, 1956 accepted as Chiarella centripetalis Maas, 1897 Species Rathkea octocostatum (M. Sars, 1835) accepted as Melicertum octocostatum M. Sars, 1835 Species Rathkea octonemalis Maas, 1905 accepted as Koellikerina octonemalis (Maas, 1905) | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent only | ||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Note |
Spelling: The original spelling by Brandt (1837: 187) was Rathkia, later corrected to Rathkea by Haeckel (1879: 96). The name has been used with Haeckel's spelling thereafter and there is no point in resurrecting the original spelling. [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117211 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Schuchert, P. (2013). Rathkea Brandt, 1837. In: Schuchert, P. (2013) World Hydrozoa database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117211 on 2013-05-19 | |||||||||||
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