WoRMS name details
Halecium washingtoni Nutting, 1901
292300 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:292300)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
Halecium geniculatum Nutting, 1899 · unaccepted (invalid junior homonym of...)
invalid junior homonym of Halecium geniculatum Norman, 1867
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Nutting, C.C., 1901. Correspondence. American Naturalist 35 : 789. [details]
Type locality contained in Puget Sound
type locality contained in Puget Sound [details]
Taxonomy Halecium washingtoni is a new name for Halecium geniculatum Nutting, 1899: 744, pl. 63, figs 1a-d.
Halecium washingtoni...
Halecium washingtoni...
Taxonomy Halecium washingtoni is a new name for Halecium geniculatum Nutting, 1899: 744, pl. 63, figs 1a-d.
Halecium washingtoni was incorrectly synonymyized with H. tenellum in Naumov (1969), which cannot be correct as H. tenellum is a a small, monosiphonic species. Synonymy uncritically repeated by Cornelius (1975b). [details]
Halecium washingtoni was incorrectly synonymyized with H. tenellum in Naumov (1969), which cannot be correct as H. tenellum is a a small, monosiphonic species. Synonymy uncritically repeated by Cornelius (1975b). [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Halecium washingtoni Nutting, 1901. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=292300 on 2025-06-23
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Nomenclature
original description
Nutting, C.C., 1901. Correspondence. American Naturalist 35 : 789. [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Taxonomy Halecium washingtoni is a new name for Halecium geniculatum Nutting, 1899: 744, pl. 63, figs 1a-d.Halecium washingtoni was incorrectly synonymyized with H. tenellum in Naumov (1969), which cannot be correct as H. tenellum is a a small, monosiphonic species. Synonymy uncritically repeated by Cornelius (1975b). [details]
