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Bougainvillia flavida Hartlaub, 1887 
AphiaID: 117323

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hydrozoa (Class) > Hydroidolina (Subclass) > Anthoathecata (Order) > Filifera (Suborder) > Bougainvilliidae (Family) > Bougainvillia (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (synonym (in part also with B. pyramidata))
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Bougainvillia britannica (Forbes, 1841)
Rank Species
Parent Bougainvillia Lesson, 1830
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]

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]

source of synonymy: Schuchert, P. 2007. The European athecate hydroids and their medusae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria): Filifera part 2. Revue suisse de Zoologie 114: 195-396
page(s): 208 [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To PESI
To ITIS
Notes  unrecognizable [details]

Synonymy: Synonymised with Bougainvillia britannica (Forbes, 1841) [details]

Synonymy: The polyp of B. flavida is not recognizable and the medusa described under this name are or B. britannica for Russell (1953) or B. muscus for Kramp (1959). [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117323
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2009-06-27 18:32:14Z  changed  Schuchert, Peter
  
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  Citation: Schuchert, P. (2013). Bougainvillia flavida Hartlaub, 1887. In: Schuchert, P. (2013) World Hydrozoa database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117323 on 2013-05-23
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