Willsia Forbes, 1846 
AphiaID: 720120

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

Status		unaccepted (synonym)
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name		Proboscidactyla Brandt, 1835
Rank		Genus
Typetaxon		Proboscidactyla stellata (Forbes, 1846) (type by monotypy)
Parent		Proboscidactylidae Hand & Hendrickson, 1950
Source		original description: Forbes, E., 1846. On the pulmograde medusae of the British seas. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. 18 : 284-287., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/19556#302 [details]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Species Willsia ornata McCrady, 1859 accepted as Proboscidactyla ornata (McCrady, 1859) Species Willsia stellata Forbes, 1846 accepted as Proboscidactyla stellata (Forbes, 1846)
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:720120
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2013-02-28 11:56:04Z   created   Schuchert, Peter
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		Citation: Schuchert, P. (2013). Willsia Forbes, 1846. In: Schuchert, P. (2013) World Hydrozoa database. Accessed through: Schuchert, P. (2013) World Hydrozoa database at http://www.marinespecies.eu/hydrozoa/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=720120 on 2013-05-22