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Gymnangium speciosum (Allman, 1877) 
AphiaID: 284139

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hydrozoa (Class) > Hydroidolina (Subclass) > Leptothecata (Order) > Aglaopheniidae (Family) > Gymnangium (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Gymnangium Hincks, 1874
Synonymised
taxa		  Gymnangium variabile (Nutting, 1900) (synonym)
 Halicornaria speciosa Allman, 1877 (genus transfer)
 Halicornaria variablis Nutting, 1900
Sources  basis of record: 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]

additional source: Calder, D. R. and S. D. Cairns. 2009. Hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 381–394 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]

redescription: Calder, D.R., 1997. Shallow-water hydroids of Bermuda: (superfamily Plumularioidea). R. Ont. Mus. Life Sci. Contrib. 161 : 1-86.
page(s): 44 [details] [full text]

from synonym: UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Nutting, C.C., 1900. American hydroids. Pt 1. The Plumularidae. Spec. Bull. U.S. natn. Mus. 4 1: 1-285.
page(s): 127 [details] [view taxon] [full text]

Environment marine, terrestrial
Distribution Gulf of Mexico [details]
West Central Atlantic [details]
Links To Encyclopedia of Life
To ITIS
Note  Biology: colonial [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:284139
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2008-01-16 10:35:54Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2011-01-28 07:13:02Z  checked  Schuchert, Peter
  
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  Citation: Schuchert, P. (2013). Gymnangium speciosum (Allman, 1877). In: Schuchert, P. (2013) World Hydrozoa database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=284139 on 2013-05-22
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