Bougainvilliidae Lütken, 1850 
AphiaID: 1594

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

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Family
Parent		Filifera
Synonymised taxa		Atractylidae Hincks, 1868 (synonym) Bimeridae Allman, 1872 (synyonym) Clavopsellidae Thiel, 1962 (synonym) Dicorynidae Allman, 1864a (synonym) Hippocrenidae McCrady, 1959 (synonym) Lizusidae Haeckel, 1879 (synonym) Margelidae Haeckel, 1879 (synonym) Nemopsidae L. Agassiz, 1862 (synonym) Pachycordylini Cockerell, 1911 (synonym) Thamnostomidae Haeckel, 1879 (synonym)
Sources		original description: Lütken, C., 1850. Nogle Bemaerkninger om Medusernes systematiske Inddeling, navnlig med Hensyn til Forbes's History of British Naked-eyed Medusae. Vidensk. Meddr dansk naturh. Foren., 1850 : 15-35. [details] basis of record: 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] additional source: Calder, D.R., 1988a. Shallow water hydroids of Bermuda. The Athecatae. R. Ont. Mus. Life Sci. Contrib. 148 : i-iv, 1-107. page(s): 12 [details] additional source: Schuchert, P. 2007. The European athecate hydroids and their medusae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria): Filifera part 2. Revue suisse de Zoologie 114: 195-396 page(s): 196 [details]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Genus Bimeria Wright, 1859 Genus Bougainvillia Lesson, 1830 Genus Chiarella Maas, 1897 Genus Dicoryne Allman, 1859 Genus Garveia Wright, 1859 Genus Koellikerina Kramp, 1939 Genus Millardiana Wedler & Larson, 1986 Genus Nemopsis Agassiz, 1849 Genus Nubiella Bouillon, 1980 Genus Pachycordyle Weismann, 1883 Genus Parawrightia Warren, 1907 Genus Rhizorhagium M. Sars, 1874 Genus Silhouetta Millard & Bouillon, 1973 Genus Thamnostoma Haeckel, 1879 Genus Velkovrhia Matjasic & Sket, 1971 Genus Aselomaris Berrill, 1948 accepted as Rhizorhagium M. Sars, 1874 Genus Atractylis Wright, 1858 accepted as Bougainvillia Lesson, 1830 Genus Calyptospadix Clarke, 1882 accepted as Garveia Wright, 1859 Genus Circe Brandt, 1835 accepted as Lizzella Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Spirocodon Haeckel, 1880 Genus Clavopsella Stechow, 1919 accepted as Pachycordyle Weismann, 1883 Genus Corynopsis Allman, 1864 accepted as Bougainvillia Lesson, 1830 Genus Gravelia Totton, 1930 accepted as Rhizorhagium M. Sars, 1874 Genus Heterocordyle Allman, 1864 accepted as Dicoryne Allman, 1859 Genus Hippocrene Brandt, 1835 accepted as Bougainvillia Lesson, 1830 Genus Koellikeria L. Agassiz, 1862 accepted as Koellikerina Kramp, 1939 Genus Lizusa Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Bougainvillia Lesson, 1830 Genus Lizzella Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Spirocodon Haeckel, 1880 Genus Manicella Allman, 1859 accepted as Bimeria Wright, 1859 Genus Margelis Steenstrup, 1850 accepted as Bougainvillia Lesson, 1830 Genus Perigonimus M. Sars, 1846 accepted as Bougainvillia Lesson, 1830 Genus Perigonymus accepted as Perigonimus M. Sars, 1846 accepted as Bougainvillia Lesson, 1830 Genus Pruvotella Motz-Kossowska, 1905 accepted as Garveia Wright, 1859 Genus Thamnitis Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Thamnostoma Haeckel, 1879 Genus Thieliana Stepanjants, Timoshkin, Anokhin & Napara, 2000 accepted as Pachycordyle Weismann, 1883
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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Notes		Diagnosis: Hydroids solitary or colonial; hydranths stolonal, branched, or rarely sessile, arising from creeping hydrorhiza; erect colonies monopodial with terminal hydranths, stems monosiphonic or polysiphonic; perisarc terminating either at base of hydranths or forming a pseudohydrotheca; hydranths with one or more whorls of filiform distal tentacles, tentacles confined to narrow zone below hypostome; gonophores free medusae or fixed sporosacs developing either on hydrocauli, stolons, or blastostyles. Medusae bell-shaped; mouth circular, with simple or dichotomously branched oral tentacles inserted distinctly above mouth rim, ending in nematocyst clusters; four radial canals and circular canal; marginal tentacles solid, contractile, either solitary or in clusters, borne on 4, 8, or 16 tentacular bulbs; gonads on manubrium, either forming a continuous ring or in adradial, interradial, or perradial position; adaxial ocelli absent or present.  [details] Remark: KEY TO THE GENERA OF THE BOUGAINVILLIIDAE: see Schuchert (2007) [details]
Image		Family Bougainvillidae, typical polyp and medusa added on 2011-10-19 - author: Schuchert, Peter qualitystatus: checked by Schuchert, Peter on 2011-10-19 12:56:39
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1594
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   db_admin 2009-04-28 12:00:23Z   changed   Schuchert, Peter
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		Citation: Schuchert, P. (2013). Bougainvilliidae Lütken, 1850. 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=1594 on 2013-05-22