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Eleutheria dichotoma De Quatrefages, 1842 
AphiaID: 117531

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hydrozoa (Class) > Hydroidolina (Subclass) > Anthoathecata (Order) > Capitata (Suborder) > Cladonematidae (Family) > Eleutheria (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Eleutheria Quatrefages, 1842
Synonymised
taxa
  Eleutheria anisonema Haeckel, 1879 (synonym)
Eleutheria cnidobdella Haeckel, 1879 (synonym)
Eleutheria dichocnida Haeckel, 1879 (synonym)
Eleutheria gemmipara Du Plessis, 1909 (synonym)
Eleutheria heptanema Haeckel, 1879 (synonym)
Eleutheria heteroclada Haeckel, 1879 (synonym)
Eleutheria hexanema Haeckel, 1879 (synonym)
Eleutheria krohni Krumbach, 1907 (synonym)
Eleutheria octonema Haeckel, 1879 (synonym)
Eleutheria pentanema Haeckel, 1879 (synonym)
Eleutheria prolifera (Hincks, 1861) (polyp stage)
Eleutheria tetranema Haeckel, 1879 (synonym)
Herpusa ulvae O. Schmidt, 1869 (synonym)
Sources  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.
page(s): 270 [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: 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. 2006a. The European athecate hydroids and their medusae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria): Capitata Part 1. Revue suisse de Zoologie 113: 325-410.
page(s): 381 [details]


source of synonymy (from synonym): North East Atlantic Taxa (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

basis of record (from synonym): Leloup, E. (1934). Note sur les hydropolypes de la rade de Villefranche-sur-Mer (France) [Note on the hydropolyps of the sea basin of Villifranche-sur-Mer (France)]. Bull. Mus. royal d'Hist. Nat. Belg./Med. Kon. Natuurhist. Mus. Belg. 10(31): 1-18 (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

Environment marine
Distribution East North Atlantic [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Mediterranean Sea [details]
Ukrainian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Villefranche-Sur-Mer (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (69 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 11 proteins)
To PESI
To ITIS
Notes  Biology: colonial, medusae [details]

Habitat: coastal [details]
Images 
Eleutheria dichotoma , medusa, ca. 1.5 mm, Roscoff, France
Eleutheria dichotoma , medusa, ca. 1.5 mm, Roscoff, France
added on 2013-02-26 - author: Schuchert, Peter
qualitystatus: checked by Schuchert, Peter on 2013-02-26 15:18:35

Eleutheria dichotoma , polyp with medusa buds, ca. 1 mm high, Roscoff, France
Eleutheria dichotoma , polyp with medusa buds, ca. 1 mm high, Roscoff, France
added on 2013-02-26 - author: Schuchert, Peter
qualitystatus: checked by Schuchert, Peter on 2013-02-26 15:26:33
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117531
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  Citation: WoRMS (2013). Eleutheria dichotoma De Quatrefages, 1842. In: Schuchert, P. (2013) World Hydrozoa database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117531 on 2013-06-19
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