Hydrozoa taxon details

Capitata 
AphiaID: 16351

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Cnidaria > Hydrozoa > Hydroidolina > Anthoathecata
Authority Kühn, 1913 (sensu stricto)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Suborder
Parent Anthoathecata
Sources  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]

status source: Nawrocki, A. M., Schuchert, P., & Cartwright, P. 2010. Phylogenetics and evolution of Capitata (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa), and the systematics of Corynidae. Zoologica Scripta 39(3): 290-304., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.2009.00419.x [details]

Direct child
taxa
 Family Asyncorynidae Kramp, 1949
Family Capitata incertae sedis
Family Cladocorynidae Allman, 1872
Family Cladonematidae Gegenbaur, 1857
Family Corynidae Johnston, 1836
Family Halimedusidae Arai & Brinckmann-Voss, 1980
Family Hydrocorynidae Rees, 1957
Family Milleporidae Fleming, 1828
Family Moerisiidae Poche, 1914
Family Pennariidae McCrady, 1859
Family Porpitidae Goldfuss, 1818
Family Pseudosolanderiidae
Family Rosalindidae Bouillon, 1985
Family Solanderiidae Marshall, 1892
Family Sphaerocorynidae Prévot, 1959
Family Teissieridae Bouillon, 1978
Family Tricyclusidae Kramp, 1949
Family Zancleidae Russell, 1953
Family Zancleopsidae

Family Chondrophora Totton, 1954 accepted as Porpitidae Goldfuss, 1818
Family Cladonemidae accepted as Cladonematidae Gegenbaur, 1857
Family Codonidae Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Corynidae Johnston, 1836
Family Eleutheriidae Russell, 1953 accepted as Cladonematidae Gegenbaur, 1857
Family Halocordylidae accepted as Pennariidae McCrady, 1859
Family Halocorynidae accepted as Zancleidae Russell, 1953
Superfamily Moerisiida (unaccepted, invalid grouping (polyphyletic))
Family Polyorchidae Agassiz, 1862 accepted as Corynidae Johnston, 1836
Family Sarsiadae Forbes, 1848 accepted as Corynidae Johnston, 1836
Superfamily Sphaerocorynida (unaccepted, unfounded grouping)
Family Syncorynidae Allman, 1872 accepted as Corynidae Johnston, 1836
Family Velellidae accepted as Porpitidae Goldfuss, 1818
Superfamily Zancleida (unaccepted, unfounded grouping)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent + fossil
Link To ITIS
Note  Taxonomic Remark: Capitata is here used in the restricted sense, excluding the Aplanulata [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:16351
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  db_admin
2009-04-28 06:22:10Z  changed  Schuchert, Peter
2009-05-14 20:42:02Z  changed  Schuchert, Peter
2013-02-22 16:26:12Z  changed  Schuchert, Peter
  
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  Citation: Schuchert, P. (2013). Capitata. Accessed through: Schuchert, P. (2013) World Hydrozoa database at http://www.marinespecies.org/hydrozoa/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=16351 on 2013-05-21