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Pliobothrus symmetricus Pourtalès, 1868 
AphiaID: 117962

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hydrozoa (Class) > Hydroidolina (Subclass) > Anthoathecata (Order) > Filifera (Suborder) > Stylasteridae (Family) > Pliobothrus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Typetaxon of  Pliobothrus Pourtalès, 1868
Parent Pliobothrus Pourtalès, 1868
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: Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema, and J.Van Der Land, 1999. Appendix: List of extant stony corals. Atoll Research Bulletin 459: 13-46. [details]

additional source: Calder, D. R. and S. D. Cairns. 2009. Hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 381–394 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [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): 296 [details]


redescription: Cairns, S.D., 1983. A generic revision of the Stylasterina (Coelenterata: Hydrozoa). Part 1. Description of the genera. Bull. mar. Sci. 33 2: 427-508. [details]

redescription: Cairns, S.D., 1986. A revision of the Northwest Atlantic Stylasteridae (Coelenterata: Hydrozoa). Smithson. Contr. Zool. 418 : 1-131., available online at http://www.sil.si.edu/smithsoniancontributions/Zoology/pdf_hi/SCTZ-0418.pdf
page(s): 17 [details]


redescription: Zibrowius, H. & S.D. Cairns, 1992. Revision of the northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean Stylasteridae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa). Mém. Mus. natn. Hist. nat. Paris, sér. A, Zool. 153 : 1-136. [details]

Environment marine
Fossil range recent only
Distribution European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Gulf of Mexico [details]
North Atlantic [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (32 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection
To ITIS
Notes  Biology: calcareous colonies, no free medusae [details]

Depth range: 80-1600 m [details]

Habitat: deep shelf to bathyal [details]

Synonymy: Hornera gravieri Calvet, 1911, a bryozoan name, is a junior synonym! [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117962
Taxonomic
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Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2010-09-30 14:45:18Z  changed  Cairns, Stephen
  
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  Citation: Cairns, S. (2013). Pliobothrus symmetricus Pourtalès, 1868. In: Schuchert, P. (2013) World Hydrozoa database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117962 on 2013-05-25
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