WoRMS taxon details
Hydrozoa
AphiaID: 1337
AphiaID: 1337
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) |
| Authority | Owen, 1843 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Class | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Cnidaria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Owen, R., 1843. Lectures on the comparative anatomy and physiology of the invertebrate animals. [details] basis of record: 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] additional source: Cartwright, P., & Collins, A. G. 2007. Class Hydrozoa. in: Daly, M., Brugler, M. R., Cartwright, P., Collins, A. G., Dawson, M. N., France, S. C., McFadden, C. S., Opresko, D. M., Rodriguez, E., Romano, S., & Stake, J. 2007. The phylum Cnidaria: A review of phylogenetic patterns and diversity 300 years after Linnaeus. Zootaxa 1668: 127-182., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2007f/z01668p182f.pdf page(s): 153 [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Direct child taxa | Subclass Hydroidolina Subclass Trachylinae Subclass Automedusae accepted as Trachylinae Order Hydroida accepted as Hydroidolina Infraclass Hydroidomedusae accepted as Hydroidolina Subclass Leptolida accepted as Hydroidolina Order Leptolinae accepted as Hydroidolina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, brackish, fresh, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent + fossil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Feedingtypes |
omnivore [details]
predator [details] scavenger [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | Hydrozoa Directory To AnimalsAndEarth (David Shale) To GenBank To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Note |
Diagnosis: Cnidaria with mostly epidermal gonads. Original life cycle includes a polyp and a medusa stage. The medusa stage develops the gonads. Polyps always without internal septae and pharynx, mostly radially symmetric. Medusae produced by budding from polyp stage, if such a stage is present. Medusa nearly always with a velum, without rhopalia. The original life cycle has been modified extensively: the medusa stage is often reduced to a mere appendage of the polyp stage, rarely completely reduced. In some orders the polyp stage is strongly or completely reduced. Polyp stages form often colonies of macroscopic size. Integrated colonies including polypoid and medusoid structures can also form complex colonies, giving them it the appearance of an individual organism. [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1337 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Schuchert, P. (2013). Hydrozoa. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1337 on 2013-05-21 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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