Hydra viridissima Pallas, 1766 
AphiaID: 290156

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Cnidaria > Hydrozoa > Hydroidolina > Anthoathecata > Aplanulata > Hydridae > Hydra

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Hydra Linnaeus, 1758
Synonymised taxa		Chlorohydra viridissima (Pallas, 1766) Hydra viridis Linnaeus, 1767 (synonym)
Sources		original description: Pallas, P.S. (1766) Elenchus zoophytorum. Van Cleef, Hagae-Comitum, pp. 1-451, available online at http://www.gdz-cms.de/no_cache/en/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=222048 page(s): 31 [details] [full text] redescription: Schuchert, P. 2010. The European athecate hydroids and their medusae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria): Capitata Part 2. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 117: 337-555. page(s): 441 [details] redescription: Schuchert, P. 2012. North-West European Athecate Hydroids and their Medusae. Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series) 59. The Linnean Society of London, London, pp. i-viii, 1-364. page(s): 98 [details] from synonym: Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. 12th ed. v. 1 (pt 2): 533-1327, available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 page(s): 1320 [details] [view taxon] [full text]
Vernacular Names		Language    Name   English green hydra  [details]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Links		To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (47 publications) To GenBank (79 nucleotides; 63 proteins) To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection
Images		Pallas (1766), page 31 added on 2009-05-25 - author: Schuchert, Peter qualitystatus: checked by Schuchert, Peter on 2009-05-25 08:51:59 Pallas (1766), page 32 added on 2009-05-25 - author: Schuchert, Peter qualitystatus: checked by Schuchert, Peter on 2009-05-25 08:52:32 Hydra viridissima from pond near Geneva, Switzerland, size about 5 mm added on 2009-05-25 - author: Schuchert, Peter qualitystatus: checked by Schuchert, Peter on 2009-05-25 09:03:36
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:290156
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2008-01-16 10:35:54Z   created   van der Land, Jacob 2008-01-28 06:47:01Z   changed   Decock, Wim 2009-05-25 06:13:45Z   changed   Schuchert, Peter
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		Citation: Schuchert, P. (2013). Hydra viridissima Pallas, 1766. 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=290156 on 2013-05-22