Clava multicornis (Forsskål, 1775) 
AphiaID: 117426

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Cnidaria > Hydrozoa > Hydroidolina > Anthoathecata > Filifera > Hydractiniidae > Clava

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Clava Gmelin, 1788
Synonymised taxa		Clava cornea Wright, 1857 (synonym) Clava diffusa Allman, 1863 (synonym) Clava leptostyla L. Agassiz, 1862 (synonym) Clava nodosa Wright, 1863 (synonym) Clava parasitica Gmelin, 1788 (synonym) Clava squamata (Müller, 1776) (Synonym) Hydra multicornis Forsskål, 1775 (basionym)
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] additional source: Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Trott, T.J. 2004. Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist (Special Issue 2): 261 - 324. [details] additional source: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] redescription: Schuchert, P. 2008a. The European athecate hydroids and their medusae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria): Filifera part 3. Revue suisse de Zoologie 115: 221-302. [details] source of synonymy (from synonym): UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon]
Vernacular Names		Language    Name   Dutch gemeene knodspolyp  [details] Dutch gewone knotspoliep  [details]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Distribution		Arctic Ocean [details] Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] British Isles [details] Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Mediterranean Sea [details] North West Atlantic [details] Villefranche-Sur-Mer [details] Wimereux [details]
Links		Marine Life Information Network - UK To Biodiversity Heritage Library (93 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 30 proteins) To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection To ITIS
Note		Habitat: Species found in tufts on Mytilus [details]
Images		Clava multicornis added on 2006-12-21 - author: Schuchert, Peter qualitystatus: checked by Schuchert, Peter on 2013-06-06 16:11:42 Leloup (1952, fig. 49) added on 2009-09-10 - author: E. Leloup scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten qualitystatus: not checked
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117426
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   van der Land, Jacob 2009-11-12 08:19:05Z   changed   Schuchert, Peter
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		Citation: Schuchert, P. (2013). Clava multicornis (Forsskål, 1775). In: Schuchert, P. (2013) World Hydrozoa database. Accessed through: Schuchert, P. (2013) World Hydrozoa database at http://www.marinespecies.eu/hydrozoa/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117426 on 2013-06-19