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Hydractinia hooperi (Sigerfoos, 1899) 
AphiaID: 231666

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hydrozoa (Class) > Hydroidolina (Subclass) > Anthoathecata (Order) > Filifera (Suborder) > Hydractiniidae (Family) > Hydractinia (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (genus transfer)
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Bouillonactinia hooperi (Sigerfoos, 1899)
Rank Species
Parent Hydractinia van Beneden, 1841
Source  original description: Sigerfoos, C.P., 1899. A new hydroid from Long Island Sound. Amer. Nat. 33 394: 801-807.
page(s): 806 [details] [full text]

Environment marine, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Caribbean Sea [details]
Mediterranean Sea [details]
West North Atlantic [details]
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Notes  Biology: colonial [details]

Taxonomic status: The taxonomic status of this species is unclear. Calder (1988) regarded its as a junior synonym of H. arge Clarke, 1882, while others (e. g. Bouillon et al., 1997) kept is distinct based size differences, zoogeographical distribution, and the observation that H. arge is larviparous. An additional difference is the substrate. While H. hooperii was originally found on a gastropod, the colony of H. arge grew on Zostera seagrass. At present, it seems not possible to reach definite conclusion, new detailed investigations must re-address the problem. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:231666
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2006-06-08 08:45:37Z  created  Boero, Ferdinando
2010-05-14 05:28:49Z  changed  Schuchert, Peter
2013-05-21 11:03:14Z  changed  Schuchert, Peter
  
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  Citation: Schuchert, P. (2013). Hydractinia hooperi (Sigerfoos, 1899). In: Schuchert, P. (2013) World Hydrozoa database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=231666 on 2013-06-19
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