Hydrozoa taxon details

Filifera 
AphiaID: 16352

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Cnidaria > Hydrozoa > Hydroidolina > Anthoathecata
Authority Kühn, 1913
Status accepted
Record
status
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Rank Suborder
Parent Anthoathecata
Source  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]

Direct child
taxa
 Family Australomedusidae Russell, 1971
Family Axoporidae Boschma, 1951 †
Family Balellidae Stechow, 1922
Family Bougainvilliidae Lütken, 1850
Family Bythotiaridae Maas, 1905
Family Clathrozoellidae Peña Cantero, Vervoort & Watson, 2003
Family Cordylophoridae von Lendenfeld, 1885
Family Cytaeididae L. Agassiz, 1862
Family Eucodoniidae Schuchert, 1996
Family Eudendriidae L. Agassiz, 1862
Family Filifera incertae sedis
Family Heterotentaculidae Schuchert, 2010
Family Hydractiniidae L. Aggasiz, 1862
Family Jeanbouilloniidae Pagès, Flood & Youngbluth, 2006
Family Magapiidae Schuchert & Bouillon, 2009
Family Niobiidae Petersen, 1979
Family Oceaniidae Eschscholtz, 1829
Family Pandeidae Haeckel, 1879
Family Proboscidactylidae Hand & Hendrickson, 1950
Family Protiaridae Haeckel, 1879
Family Ptilocodiidae Coward, 1909
Family Rathkeidae Russell, 1953
Family Rhysiidae (Hickson & Gravely, 1907)
Family Stylasteridae Gray, 1847
Family Trichydridae Hincks, 1868
Family Tubiclavoididae Moura, Cunha & Schuchert, 2007

Infraorder Pandeida (nomen dubium, unfounded grouping)

Family Atractylidae Hincks, 1868 accepted as Bougainvilliidae Lütken, 1850
Family Bimeridae Allman, 1872 accepted as Bougainvilliidae Lütken, 1850
Family Calycopsidae Mayer, 1910 accepted as Bythotiaridae Maas, 1905
Family Clavidae McCrady, 1859 accepted as Hydractiniidae L. Aggasiz, 1862
Family Clavopsellidae Thiel, 1962 accepted as Bougainvilliidae Lütken, 1850
Family Dicorynidae Allman, 1864a accepted as Bougainvilliidae Lütken, 1850
Family Hippocrenidae McCrady, 1959 accepted as Bougainvilliidae Lütken, 1850
Family Hydrichthyidae accepted as Pandeidae Haeckel, 1879
Family Laingiidae Bouillon, 1978 accepted as Magapiidae Schuchert & Bouillon, 2009
Family Lizusidae Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Bougainvilliidae Lütken, 1850
Family Margelidae Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Bougainvilliidae Lütken, 1850
Superfamily Margelina (unaccepted, invalid grouping (polyphyletic))
Family Nemopsidae L. Agassiz, 1862 accepted as Bougainvilliidae Lütken, 1850
Subfamily Pachycordylini Cockerell, 1911 accepted as Bougainvilliidae Lütken, 1850
Family Pandeiidae Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Pandeidae Haeckel, 1879
Family Platystomidae Zhang, 1982 accepted as Australomedusidae Russell, 1971
Family Russelliidae Kramp, 1957 accepted as Heterotentaculidae Schuchert, 2010
Family Thamnostomidae Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Bougainvilliidae Lütken, 1850
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent + fossil
Link To ITIS
Image 
Polyp with filiform tentacles, typical for the Suborder Filifera
Polyp with filiform tentacles, typical for the Suborder Filifera
added on 2013-06-07 - author: Schuchert, Peter
qualitystatus: checked by Schuchert, Peter on 2013-06-07 10:35:53
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:16352
Taxonomic
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  Citation: Schuchert, P. (2013). Filifera. Accessed through: Schuchert, P. (2013) World Hydrozoa database at http://www.marinespecies.eu/hydrozoa/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=16352 on 2013-06-20