Hydrozoa taxon details

Hydridae Dana, 1846 
AphiaID: 151708

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Cnidaria > Hydrozoa > Hydroidolina > Anthoathecata > Aplanulata
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
Parent Aplanulata
Sources  basis of record: Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: Bouillon, J.; Gravili, C.; Pagès, F.; Gili, J.-M.; Boero, F. (2006). An introduction to Hydrozoa. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, 194. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle: Paris, France. ISBN 2-85653-580-1. 591 + 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

redescription: Holstein, T. 1995. Cnidaria: Hydrozoa. pp. 1-142. In Süsswasserfauna von Mitteleuropa Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart [details]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Genus Hydra Linnaeus, 1758

Genus Chlorohydra Schulze, 1917 accepted as Hydra Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Pelmatohydra Schulze, 1917 accepted as Hydra Linnaeus, 1758
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
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Note  Diagnosis: Hydroid solitary, with hollow filiform tentacles, but often moniliform distally, in one whorl under hypostome; lower part of hydranth with simple pedal disc, no perisarc except on encysted embryos.. Without medusa phase or gonophore development, eggs and sperm developed directly in epidermis of polyps in wart-like protuberances; asexual reproduction by lateral buds, leading only to temporary colonies [details]
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Family Hydridae - Genus Hydra
Family Hydridae - Genus Hydra
added on 2013-06-07 - author: Schuchert, Peter
qualitystatus: checked by Schuchert, Peter on 2013-06-07 13:11:55
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:151708
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Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-04-07 08:53:48Z  created  Cuvelier, Daphne
2008-01-10 07:31:11Z  changed  Decock, Wim
2009-04-28 06:22:10Z  changed  Schuchert, Peter
2013-02-22 16:26:12Z  changed  Schuchert, Peter
  
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  Citation: Schuchert, P. (2013). Hydridae. 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=151708 on 2013-06-19