WoRMS taxon details
Anthoathecata
AphiaID: 13551
AphiaID: 13551
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hydrozoa (Class) > Hydroidolina (Subclass) |
| Authority | Cornelius, 1992 | |||||||||||||
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Order | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Hydroidolina | |||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Anthomedusae (synonym) Athecata (synonym) Gymnoblastea (synonym) Laingiomedusae (synonym) | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Cornelius, P.F.S., 1992. Medusa loss in leptolid Hydrozoan (Cnidaria) hydroid rafting, and abbreviated life-cycles among their remote-island faunae: an interim review. In: J. Bouillon, F. Boero, F. Cicogna, J.M. Gili & R.G. Hughes, eds., Aspects of hydrozoan biology. Scientia Marina 56 2-3: 245-261. page(s): 245 [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] basis of record (from synonym): Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] basis of record (from synonym): Brusca, R.C.; Brusca, G.J. (1990). Invertebrates. Sinauer Associates: Sunderland, MA (USA). ISBN 0-87893-098-1. 922 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] basis of record (from synonym): Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] | |||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa | Suborder Anthoathecata incertae sedis Suborder Aplanulata Suborder Capitata Suborder Filifera | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, brackish, fresh, | |||||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent + fossil | |||||||||||||
| Feedingtypes |
omnivore [details]
predator [details] scavenger [details] | |||||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Notes |
Diagnosis: Hydrozoans that always have a polyp stage. Hydranths either solitary or colonial, body not covered by firm perisarc. Medusae not colonial, without statocysts, with gonads on manubrium, with radial canals, with tentacles arising from bell-margin. Cnidome normally includes desmonemes (not Eudendriidae and Laingiidae). [details] Taxonomic Remark: The original spelling in Cornelius (1992) was Anthoathecata. Cornelius (1995a) changed the spelling to Anthoathecatae, which seems unnecessary. [details] Taxonomic status: The naming of this taxon is disputed, some prefer Anthomedusae, some Athecata (oldest name). Molecular investigations show that this group is likely not monophyletic, it will thus most probably disappear. [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:13551 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Schuchert, P. (2013). Anthoathecata. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=13551 on 2013-06-18 | ||||||||||||||
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