Hydrozoa taxon details

Hydractinia van Beneden, 1841 
AphiaID: 117117

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Cnidaria > Hydrozoa > Hydroidolina > Anthoathecata > Filifera > Hydractiniidae
Status accepted
Record
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Rank Genus
Typetaxon Hydractinia lactea Van Beneden, 1841
Typetaxon of  Hydractiniidae L. Aggasiz, 1862
Parent Hydractiniidae L. Aggasiz, 1862
Synonymised
taxa
  Cionistes Wright, 1861 (synonym)
Cytaeandra Haeckel, 1879 (synonym)
Echinochorium Hassal, 1841
Euhydractinia Broch, 1910
Halorhiza Stechow, 1962
Hydractomma Stechow, 1921 (synonym)
Hydrissa Stechow, 1922
Hydrodendrium Nutting, 1905 (synonym)
Hydronema Stechow, 1921c (name preoccupied by Hydronema Martynow, 1914 (Trichoplera))
Nuttingia Stechow, 1909 (invalid replacement name for Hydrodendrium Nutting, 1905)
Podocorella Stechow, 1921
Podocoryna M. Sars, 1846 (synonym)
Podocoryne Luetken, 1850 (spelling error)
Rhizocline Allman, 1864c (synonym)
Stylactaria Stechow, 1921 (synonym)
Stylactis Allman, 1864 (synonym)
Synhydra Quatrefages, 1843
Sources  basis of record: van der Land, J.; Vervoort, W.; Cairns, S.D.; Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydrozoa, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 112-120 (look up in IMIS[details]

basis of record: NODC (1997). NODC Taxonomic codes [details]

additional source: Schuchert, P. 2008a. The European athecate hydroids and their medusae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria): Filifera part 3. Revue suisse de Zoologie 115: 221-302.
page(s): 223 [details]


additional source: Bouillon, J.; Boero, F. (2000). Synopsis of the families and genera of the Hydromedusae of the world, with a list of the worldwide species. Thalassia Salent. 24: 47-296 (look up in IMIS[details]

from synonym: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: North East Atlantic Taxa (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Bouillon, J.; Medel, D.; Peña Cantero, A.L. (1997). The taxonomic status of the genus Stylactaria Stechow, 1921 (Hydroidomedusae, Anthomedusae, Hydractiniidae), with the description of a new species. Sci. Mar. (Barc.) 61(4): 471-486 (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Costello, M.J.; Emblow, C.; White, R. (Ed.). (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France. ISBN 2-85653-538-0. 463 pp. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Schuchert, P. 2007. The European athecate hydroids and their medusae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria): Filifera part 2. Revue suisse de Zoologie 114: 195-396
page(s): 224 [details] [view taxon]


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 Species Hydractinia aculeata (Wagner, 1833)
Species Hydractinia aggregata Fraser, 1911
Species Hydractinia allmani Bonnevie, 1898
Species Hydractinia altispina Millard, 1955
Species Hydractinia americana (Mayer, 1910)
Species Hydractinia anechinata (Ritchie, 1907)
Species Hydractinia angusta Hartlaub, 1904
Species Hydractinia antonii Miglietta, 2006
Species Hydractinia apicata (Kramp, 1959)
Species Hydractinia arctica (Jäderholm, 1902)
Species Hydractinia areolata Alder, 1862
Species Hydractinia arge (Clarke, 1882)
Species Hydractinia armata Fraser, 1940
Species Hydractinia australis (Schuchert, 1996)
Species Hydractinia bayeri Hirohito, 1984
Species Hydractinia bella (Hand, 1961)
Species Hydractinia betkensis (Watson, 1978)
Species Hydractinia borealis (Mayer, 1900)
Species Hydractinia brachyurae (Hirohito, 1988)
Species Hydractinia californica Torrey, 1904
Species Hydractinia canalifera Millard, 1957
Species Hydractinia carcinicola (Hiro, 1939)
Species Hydractinia carica Bergh, 1887
Species Hydractinia carnea (M. Sars, 1846)
  » Variety Hydractinia carnea var. mediterranea Neppi, 1917 accepted as Hydractinia exigua (Haeckel, 1880)
Species Hydractinia carolinae Fraser, 1912
Species Hydractinia conchicola (Yamada, 1947)
Species Hydractinia cryptogonia Hirohito, 1988
Species Hydractinia cytaeiformis Vervoort, 2006
Species Hydractinia denhami (Thornely, 1904)
Species Hydractinia diogenes Millard, 1959
Species Hydractinia disjuncta Fraser, 1938
Species Hydractinia dongshanensis Xu & Huang, 2006
Species Hydractinia echinata (Fleming, 1828)
Species Hydractinia epiconcha Stechow, 1908
Species Hydractinia epidocleensis Leloup, 1931
Species Hydractinia epispongia Fraser, 1938
Species Hydractinia exigua (Haeckel, 1880)
Species Hydractinia fucicola (Sars, 1857)
Species Hydractinia gorgonoides (Nutting, 1906)
Species Hydractinia granulata Hirohito, 1988
Species Hydractinia guangxiensis Huang, Li & Zhang, 2010
Species Hydractinia hancocki Fraser, 1938
Species Hydractinia hayamaensis (Hirohito, 1988)
Species Hydractinia hooperi (Sigerfoos, 1899)
Species Hydractinia inabai (Hirohito, 1988)
Species Hydractinia inermis (Allman, 1872)
Species Hydractinia ingolfi Kramp, 1932
Species Hydractinia kaffraria Millard, 1955
Species Hydractinia laevispina Fraser, 1922
Species Hydractinia longispina Fraser, 1938
Species Hydractinia mar (Gasco & Calder, 1993)
Species Hydractinia marsupialia Millard, 1975
Species Hydractinia meteoris (Thiel, 1938)
Species Hydractinia michaelseni Broch, 1914
Species Hydractinia milleri Torrey, 1902
Species Hydractinia minoi (Alcock, 1892)
Species Hydractinia misakiensis (Iwasa, 1934)
Species Hydractinia moniliformis Huang, Zhong & Zhang, 2010
Species Hydractinia monocarpa Allman, 1876
Species Hydractinia monoon (Hirohito, 1988)
Species Hydractinia multigranosi (Namikawa, 1991)
Species Hydractinia multispina Fraser, 1938
Species Hydractinia multitentaculata (Millard, 1975)
Species Hydractinia munita (Calder, 2010)
Species Hydractinia nagaoensis Bouillon, Medel & Peña-Cantero, 1997
Species Hydractinia novaezelandiae Schuchert, 1996
Species Hydractinia ocalana (Brooks, 1964) †
Species Hydractinia ocellata (Agassiz & Mayer, 1902)
Species Hydractinia otagoensis (Schuchert, 1996)
Species Hydractinia pacifica Hartlaub, 1905
Species Hydractinia parvispina Hartlaub, 1905
Species Hydractinia paucispinata Vervoort, 2006
Species Hydractinia phialiformis (Antsulevich, 1983)
Species Hydractinia piscicola (Komai, 1932)
Species Hydractinia polycarpa Fraser, 1938
Species Hydractinia polyclina L. Agassiz, 1862
Species Hydractinia polytentaculata Xu & Huang, 2006
Species Hydractinia proboscidea (Hincks, 1868)
Species Hydractinia prolifica Fraser, 1948
Species Hydractinia pruvoti Motz-Kossowska, 1905
Species Hydractinia quadrigemina Fraser, 1938
Species Hydractinia recurvatus Lin, Xu, Huang & Wang, 2010
Species Hydractinia rubricata Schuchert, 1996
Species Hydractinia rugosa Fraser, 1938
Species Hydractinia sarsii (Steenstrup, 1850)
Species Hydractinia serrata Kramp, 1943
Species Hydractinia sodalis Stimpson, 1859
Species Hydractinia spinipapillaris (Hirohito, 1988)
Species Hydractinia spiralis Goto, 1910
Species Hydractinia symbiolongicarpus Buss & Yund, 1989
Species Hydractinia symbiopollicaris Buss & Yund, 1989
Species Hydractinia tenuis (Browne, 1902)
Species Hydractinia thatcheri Chapman, 1931 †
Species Hydractinia uchidai (Yamada, 1947)
Species Hydractinia uniformis Stampar, Tronolone & Morandini, 2006
Species Hydractinia vacuolata Xu & Huang, 2006
Species Hydractinia valens Fraser, 1943
Species Hydractinia vallini Jäderholm, 1926
Species Hydractinia verdi Ritchie, 1907
Species Hydractinia yerii (Iwasa, 1934)

Species Hydractinia alderi (Hodge, 1863) (species inquirenda)
Species Hydractinia dubia (Mayer, 1900) (species inquirenda)
Species Hydractinia humilis Bonnevie, 1898 (species inquirenda)
Species Hydractinia incerta Van Beneden, 1867 (species inquirenda)
Species Hydractinia reticulata (Wright, 1861) (species inquirenda)
Species Hydractinia siphonis (Stechow, 1921) (species inquirenda)
Species Hydractinia solitaria Van Beneden, 1867 (species inquirenda)
Species Hydractinia tenuissima Van Beneden, 1867 (species inquirenda)

Species Hydractinia humilis (Hartlaub, 1905) (temporary name, secondary homonym of Hydractinia humilis Bonnevie, 1898)
Species Hydractinia reticulata (Hirohito, 1988) (temporary name, secondary homonym of Hydractina reticulata Wright, 1861)
Species Hydractinia reticulata (Fraser, 1938) (temporary name, secondary homonym of Hydractina reticulata Wright, 1861)
Species Hydractinia spiralis Lin, Xu, Huang & Wang, 2010 (temporary name, Invalid name as homonym of Hydractinia spiralis Goto, 1910)

Species Hydractinia calderi Bouillon, Medel & Peña-Cantero, 1997 accepted as Hydractinia proboscidea (Hincks, 1868)
Species Hydractinia clavata Jäderholm, 1905 accepted as Perarella clavata (Jäderholm, 1905)
Species Hydractinia claviformis (Bouillon, 1965) accepted as Hydractinia proboscidea (Hincks, 1868)
Species Hydractinia dendritica Hickson & Gravely, 1907 accepted as Hydractinia angusta Hartlaub, 1904
Species Hydractinia fallax Broch, 1914 accepted as Perarella fallax (Broch, 1914)
Species Hydractinia fuciola accepted as Hydractinia fucicola (Sars, 1857)
Species Hydractinia grisea Leuckart, 1847 accepted as Hydractinia echinata (Fleming, 1828)
Species Hydractinia lactea Van Beneden, 1841 accepted as Hydractinia echinata (Fleming, 1828)
Species Hydractinia minima (Trinci, 1903) accepted as Podocorynoides minima (Trinci, 1903)
Species Hydractinia minuta Bonnevie, 1898 accepted as Hydractinia carica Bergh, 1887
Species Hydractinia nassa (Millard, 1959) accepted as Cytaeis nassa (Millard, 1959)
Species Hydractinia ornata Bonnevie, 1899 accepted as Hydractinia allmani Bonnevie, 1898
Species Hydractinia rosea van Beneden, 1844 accepted as Hydractinia echinata (Fleming, 1828)
Species Hydractinia sandrae Wedler & Larson, 1986 accepted as Hydractinia hooperi (Sigerfoos, 1899)
Species Hydractinia selena (Mills, 1976) accepted as Hydractinia americana (Mayer, 1910)
Species Hydractinia tournieri (Picard & Rahm, 1954) accepted as Cnidostoma fallax Vanhöffen, 1911
Species Hydractinia uchidai Nagao, 1961 accepted as Hydractinia nagaoensis Bouillon, Medel & Peña-Cantero, 1997
Environment marine
Distribution Mozambique [details]
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Notes  Description: Encrusting colony, i.e., tissues overlie sheet-like skeleton, only a few millimetres high. Colour generally pinkish. Skeleton spines project through tissues; large hydranths with smaller reproductive individuals between. Medusa vestigial, retained. Habitat: on gastropod shells and rock. Littoral to offshore. Distribution: worldwide (Richmond, 1997).
Found on shells of Nassarius (Macnae & Kalk,1953). [details]

Synonymy: Nominal genera included in the synonymy of the genus Hydractinia van Beneden, 1841 here include: Archaeoceania Picard and Rham, 1954; Cionistes Wright, 1861; Corynopsis Allman, 1864; Halerella Stechow, 1922; Halorhiza Stechow, 1962; Hydrissa Stechow, 1921a; Hydractomma Stechow, 1921a; Hydronema Stechow, 1921a; Oorhiza Merechkowsky, 1877;Nuttingia (Hydrodendrium) Stechow, 1909; Podocoryna Sars, 1846; Rhizocline Allman, 1864; Stylactaria Stechow, 1921a; Stylactis Allman, 1864. [details]
Image 
Van Beneden (1844, pl. 6)
[image from typetaxon]
Van Beneden (1844, pl. 6)
added on 2008-05-05 - author: P.J. Van Beneden
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117117
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  Citation: Hydrozoa (2013). Hydractinia van Beneden, 1841. In: Schuchert, P. (2013) World Hydrozoa database. Accessed through: Schuchert, P. (2013) World Hydrozoa database at http://www.marinespecies.org/hydrozoa/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117117 on 2013-05-19