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Hydractinia alderi (Hodge, 1863) 
AphiaID: 595783

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hydrozoa (Class) > Hydroidolina (Subclass) > Anthoathecata (Order) > Filifera (Suborder) > Hydractiniidae (Family) > Hydractinia (Genus)
Status species inquirenda
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Hydractinia van Beneden, 1841
Synonymised
taxa
  Podocoryne alderi Hodge, 1863
Sources  original description: Hodge, G., 1863. On a new hydroid zoophyte (Podocoryne Alderi). Transactions of the Tyneside Naturalist Field Club 5 : 82-84,pl. 2. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/105040#page/90/mode/1up
page(s): 82 [details]


from synonym: Calder, D.R., 1988a. Shallow water hydroids of Bermuda. The Athecatae. R. Ont. Mus. Life Sci. Contrib. 148 : i-iv, 1-107.
page(s): 27 [details] [view taxon]


Environment marine
Note  Status: Hodge (1863) mixed up two species. The polyp is a Hydractinia species, the medusa is Bougainvillia muscus. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:595783
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2012-02-24 08:58:27Z  created  Schuchert, Peter
2012-11-23 09:55:06Z  changed  Schuchert, Peter
  
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  Citation: Schuchert, P. (2013). Hydractinia alderi (Hodge, 1863). In: Schuchert, P. (2013) World Hydrozoa database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=595783 on 2013-05-25
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