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Halopterididae Millard, 1962 
AphiaID: 22795

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hydrozoa (Class) > Hydroidolina (Subclass) > Leptothecata (Order) > Conica (Suborder)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
Parent Conica
Sources  original description: Millard, N.A.H., 1962. The Hydrozoa of the south and west coasts of South Africa. Part I. The Plumulariidae. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 46 11: 261-319. [details]

redescription: Schuchert, P., 1997. Review of the family Halopterididae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria). Zool. Verh. Leiden 309 : 1-162. [details] [full text]

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taxa
[show all]		 Genus Anarthroclada Naumov, 1955
Genus Antennella Allman, 1877
Genus Antennellopsis Jäderholm, 1896
Genus Astrolabia Naumov, 1955
Genus Calvinia Nutting, 1900
Genus Cladoplumaria Ansin Agis, Ramil & Vervoort, 2004
Genus Corhiza Millard, 1962
Genus Diplopteroides Peña Cantero & Vervoort, 1999
Genus Gattya Allman, 1885
Genus Halopteris Allman, 1877
Genus Monostaechas Allman, 1877
Genus Nuditheca Nutting, 1900
Genus Pentatheca Naumov, 1955
Genus Schizotricha Allman, 1883

Genus Heteroplon Allman, 1888 accepted as Halopteris Allman, 1877
Genus Paragattya Warren, 1908 accepted as Gattya Allman, 1885
Genus Tetranema Fraser, 1937b accepted as Astrolabia Naumov, 1955
Environment marine, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
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Note  Diagnosis: Plumularoidea forming colonies with erect cormoids arising either from creeping stolons, or from any strand of a polysiphonic stem formed by stolon-like tubes. Cormoid main axis bears hydrothecae, either simple or bearing hydrocladia in alternate or opposite positions. Cormoid main axis can be accompanied by stolon-like tubes. Hydrocladia either unbranched or branched. Hydrothecae with toothed or untoothed margin. Nematothecae of variable structure, one- or two chambered, movable or immovable, at least three associated with every hydrotheca, one or two inferior and one pair of laterals, nematothecae not fused to the hydrotheca, with the exception of the genus Antennellopsis in which the lateral nematothecae are partly fused to the hydrotheca. Gonophores as fixed sporosacs contained in gonotheca. Gonothecae arising from caulus or hydrocladia, never protected by hydrocladia or modified hydrocladia, not aggregated, usually dimorphic and with at least the female normally bearing nematothecae. [details]
Image 
Halopteris diaphana, a typical member of the Halopterididae
Halopteris diaphana, a typical member of the Halopterididae
added on 2009-07-13 - author: Schuchert, Peter
qualitystatus: checked by Schuchert, Peter on 2009-07-13 08:18:14
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:22795
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  db_admin
2009-07-13 06:00:41Z  changed  Schuchert, Peter
  
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  Citation: Schuchert, P. (2013). Halopterididae Millard, 1962. In: Schuchert, P. (2013) World Hydrozoa database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=22795 on 2013-05-19
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