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Hydractinia valens Fraser, 1943 
AphiaID: 157959

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hydrozoa (Class) > Hydroidolina (Subclass) > Anthoathecata (Order) > Filifera (Suborder) > Hydractiniidae (Family) > Hydractinia (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Hydractinia van Beneden, 1841
Sources  original description: Fraser, C. McLean, 1943. New species of hydroids, mostly from the Atlantic Ocean, in the United States National Museum. Proc. U.S. natn. Mus. 91 3125: 77-89.
page(s): 79 [details]

basis of record: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

basis of record: Bromley, J.E.C., and J.S. Bleakney. 1984. Keys to the fauna and flora of Minas Basin. National Research Council of Canada Report 24119. 366 p.  [details]

basis of record: Calder, D. 2003 MS. Checklist of Hydroids, hydromedusae and siphonophores reported from the Bay of Fundy. [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]

Environment marine, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Gulf of Maine [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection
To ITIS
Note  Biology: colonial [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157959
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-05-24 16:52:44Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-01-16 10:35:54Z  changed  van der Land, Jacob
2010-03-15 14:18:34Z  checked  Schuchert, Peter
2010-05-14 05:28:49Z  changed  Schuchert, Peter
  
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  Citation: Schuchert, P. (2013). Hydractinia valens Fraser, 1943. In: Schuchert, P. (2013) World Hydrozoa database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=157959 on 2013-05-25
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