Deep-Sea taxon details
Lytocarpia myriophyllum (Linnaeus, 1758)
117302 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117302)
accepted
Species
Thecocarpus myriophyllum (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, terrestrial
(of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
Distribution cosmopolitan
Distribution cosmopolitan [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Lytocarpia myriophyllum (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117302 on 2025-05-29
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Lytocarpia myriophyllum (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117302 on 2025-05-29
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(of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Vervoort, W.; Cairns, S.D.; Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydrozoa, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 112-120 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Calder, D. (2003). Checklist of Hydroids, hydromedusae and siphonophores reported from the Bay of Fundy. [details]
additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors
additional source Fourt, M.; Goujard, A.; Pérez, T.; Chevaldonné, P. (2017). Guide de la faune profonde de la mer Méditerranée. Explorations des roches et des canyons sous-marins des côtes françaises. <em>Patrimoines naturels. Publications scientifiques du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle Paris.</em> 75: 1-184. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 71, figs A-C [details] Available for editors
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Vervoort, W.; Cairns, S.D.; Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydrozoa, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 112-120 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Calder, D. (2003). Checklist of Hydroids, hydromedusae and siphonophores reported from the Bay of Fundy. [details]
additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors
additional source Fourt, M.; Goujard, A.; Pérez, T.; Chevaldonné, P. (2017). Guide de la faune profonde de la mer Méditerranée. Explorations des roches et des canyons sous-marins des côtes françaises. <em>Patrimoines naturels. Publications scientifiques du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle Paris.</em> 75: 1-184. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 71, figs A-C [details] Available for editors
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Biology colonial [details]Distribution cosmopolitan [details]
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | pheasant-tail hydroidpheasant's tail coralline | [details] |
| German | Fasanenfedermoos | [details] |
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (31 publications) (from synonym Thecocarpus myriophyllum (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lytocarpia myriophyllum)
To GenBank (39 nucleotides; 10 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Thecocarpus myriophyllum (Linnaeus, 1758))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (5 records) (from synonym Thecocarpus myriophyllum (Linnaeus, 1758))
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (31 publications) (from synonym Thecocarpus myriophyllum (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lytocarpia myriophyllum)
To GenBank (39 nucleotides; 10 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Thecocarpus myriophyllum (Linnaeus, 1758))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (5 records) (from synonym Thecocarpus myriophyllum (Linnaeus, 1758))
To ITIS
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