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WoRMS taxon details

Boreohydra simplex Westblad, 1937 
AphiaID: 117315

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hydrozoa (Class) > Hydroidolina (Subclass) > Anthoathecata (Order) > Aplanulata (Suborder) > Boreohydridae (Family) > Boreohydra (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Boreohydra Westblad, 1937
Sources  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]

redescription: Schuchert, P. 2006a. The European athecate hydroids and their medusae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria): Capitata Part 1. Revue suisse de Zoologie 113: 325-410.
page(s): 334 [details]

redescription: Schuchert, P. 2012. North-West European Athecate Hydroids and their Medusae. Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series) 59. The Linnean Society of London, London, pp. i-viii, 1-364.
page(s): 90 [details]

context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Environment marine
Distribution Atlantic [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Mediterranean Sea (probably not valid) [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To PESI
Notes  Biology: solitary, meiobenthic [details]

distribution: Mediterranean distribution record unpublished? It is quite unlikely for this cold water species to appear in the Mediterranean [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117315
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2013). Boreohydra simplex Westblad, 1937. In: Schuchert, P. (2013) World Hydrozoa database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117315 on 2013-05-23
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