WoRMS taxon details
Hydractinia americana (Mayer, 1910)
AphiaID: 157955
AphiaID: 157955
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hydrozoa (Class) > Hydroidolina (Subclass) > Anthoathecata (Order) > Filifera (Suborder) > Hydractiniidae (Family) > Hydractinia (Genus) |
| Status |  unaccepted (genus transfer) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||||||||
| Accepted name | Podocoryna americana (Mayer, 1910) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Hydractinia van Beneden, 1841 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Hydractinia selena (Mills, 1976) (synonym) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Edwards, C., 1972. The hydroids and the medusae Podocoryne areolata , P. borealis and P. carnea. J. mar. biol. Ass. U.K. 52 1: 97-144. page(s): 133 [details] basis of record: Calder, D. 2003 MS. Checklist of Hydroids, hydromedusae and siphonophores reported from the Bay of Fundy. [details] basis of record: Trott, T.J. 2004. Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist (Special Issue 2): 261 - 324. [details] additional source: W. Vervoort, P. Schuchert & J. van der Land, 2000-2007, as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS) [details] from synonym: Mills, C.E., 1976. Podocoryne selena, a new species of hydroid from the Gulf of Mexico, and a comparison with Hydractinia echinata. Biol. Bull. mar. biol. Lab. Woods Hole 151 1: 214-224. page(s): 214 [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Miglietta, M. P., Schuchert, P., & Cunningham, C. W. 2009. Reconciling genealogical and morphological species in a worldwide study of the family Hydractiniidae (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa). Zoologica Scripta 38: 403-430. page(s): 420 [details] [view taxon] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent only | |||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Cobscook Bay [details] Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] North America [details] North West Atlantic [details] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Links | To Encyclopedia of Life To ITIS | |||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Biology: colonial [details] Distribution: Gulf of St. Lawrence, Bay of Fundy, Gulf of Maine [details] Taxonomy: Order: Anthoathecatae according to Trott (2004). [details] | |||||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157955 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Schuchert, P. (2013). Hydractinia americana (Mayer, 1910). In: Schuchert, P. (2013) World Hydrozoa database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=157955 on 2013-05-24 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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