WoRMS taxon details
Plumularia floridana Nutting, 1900
117821 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117821)
accepted
Species
Plumularia alicia Torrey, 1902 · unaccepted (possible synonym)
Plumularia alicia var. minuta Billard, 1927 · unaccepted
Plumularia indica Mammen, 1965 · unaccepted (possible synonym)
Plumularia pennycuikae Millard & Bouillon, 1973 · unaccepted (possible synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Nutting, C. C. 1900. American Hydroids. Part I The Plumularidae. Smithsonian Institution, United States National Museum Special Bulletin 4: 1-285., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1051509
page(s): 59, pl. 2 figs 4-5 [details]
page(s): 59, pl. 2 figs 4-5 [details]
Note Vicinity of Cape Romano, Florida, United States
Type locality Vicinity of Cape Romano, Florida, United States [details]
Distribution circum-(sub)tropical
Distribution circum-(sub)tropical [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Plumularia floridana Nutting, 1900. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117821 on 2025-05-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Nutting, C. C. 1900. American Hydroids. Part I The Plumularidae. Smithsonian Institution, United States National Museum Special Bulletin 4: 1-285., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1051509
page(s): 59, pl. 2 figs 4-5 [details]
original description (of Plumularia indica Mammen, 1965) Mammen, T. A. 1967. On a collection of Hydroids from Southern India. III Family Plumulariidae. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India 7: 291-324.
page(s): 300, fig. 96. [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Plumularia pennycuikae Millard & Bouillon, 1973) Millard, N. A. H.; Bouillon, J. (1973). Hydroids from the Seychelles (Coelenterata). <em>Annales du Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.</em> série In-8°, Sciences Zoologiques 206: 1-106, pls 1-5.
page(s): 85, fig. 10N [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Plumularia alicia Torrey, 1902) Torrey H.B. (1902). The Hydroida of the Pacific Coast of North America. <em>University of California Publications Zoology.</em> 1: 1-104, pls 1-11., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29942277
page(s): 75, pl. 10. Figs. 96-97 [details]
original description (of Plumularia alicia var. minuta Billard, 1927) Billard, A. (1927d). Hydrozoa I. Hydrozoa benthonica (excl. Hydrocorallidae). In: Th. Monod, Contribution à l'étude de la faune du Cameroun. <em>Faune des Colonies Françaises.</em> 1(6): 467-474.
page(s): 472 [details] Available for editors [request]
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]
page(s): 59, pl. 2 figs 4-5 [details]
original description (of Plumularia indica Mammen, 1965) Mammen, T. A. 1967. On a collection of Hydroids from Southern India. III Family Plumulariidae. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India 7: 291-324.
page(s): 300, fig. 96. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Plumularia pennycuikae Millard & Bouillon, 1973) Millard, N. A. H.; Bouillon, J. (1973). Hydroids from the Seychelles (Coelenterata). <em>Annales du Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.</em> série In-8°, Sciences Zoologiques 206: 1-106, pls 1-5.
page(s): 85, fig. 10N [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Plumularia alicia Torrey, 1902) Torrey H.B. (1902). The Hydroida of the Pacific Coast of North America. <em>University of California Publications Zoology.</em> 1: 1-104, pls 1-11., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29942277
page(s): 75, pl. 10. Figs. 96-97 [details]
original description (of Plumularia alicia var. minuta Billard, 1927) Billard, A. (1927d). Hydrozoa I. Hydrozoa benthonica (excl. Hydrocorallidae). In: Th. Monod, Contribution à l'étude de la faune du Cameroun. <em>Faune des Colonies Françaises.</em> 1(6): 467-474.
page(s): 472 [details] Available for editors
[request]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]
Taxonomy
redescription
Calder, D. R. 2013. Some shallow-water hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from the central east coast of Florida, USA. Zootaxa 3648 (1): 001–072
page(s): Calder, 2013: 37, fig. 10d; note: record Florida, taxonomy, synonymy [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): Calder, 2013: 37, fig. 10d; note: record Florida, taxonomy, synonymy [details] Available for editors
[request]Other
context source (Bermuda)
Calder D.R. (1997). Shallow-water hydroids of Bermuda: superfamily Plumularioidea. <em>Royal Ontario Museum Life Sciences Contributions.</em> 161: 1-86. [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Calder D.R. (1997). Shallow-water hydroids of Bermuda: superfamily Plumularioidea. <em>Royal Ontario Museum Life Sciences Contributions.</em> 161: 1-86.
page(s): 15-17, 85 [details]
additional source Calder, D. R. and S. D. Cairns. 2009. Hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 381–394 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Gil, M.; Ramil, F. (2021). Plumularioidea (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from the Guinea Current Large Marine Ecosystem (GCLME). <em>Marine Biology Research.</em> 1-13., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/17451000.2021.1913187
page(s): 8, fig. 5a [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Calder D.R. (1997). Shallow-water hydroids of Bermuda: superfamily Plumularioidea. <em>Royal Ontario Museum Life Sciences Contributions.</em> 161: 1-86.
page(s): 15-17, 85 [details]
additional source Calder, D. R. and S. D. Cairns. 2009. Hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 381–394 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Gil, M.; Ramil, F. (2021). Plumularioidea (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from the Guinea Current Large Marine Ecosystem (GCLME). <em>Marine Biology Research.</em> 1-13., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/17451000.2021.1913187
page(s): 8, fig. 5a [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type locality Vicinity of Cape Romano, Florida, United States [details]Unreviewed
Biology colonial, no medusae [details]Distribution circum-(sub)tropical [details]
To Barcode of Life (from synonym Plumularia alicia Torrey, 1902)
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Plumularia pennycuikae Millard & Bouillon, 1973)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Plumularia floridana)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (2 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (2 records) (from synonym Plumularia alicia Torrey, 1902)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Plumularia pennycuikae Millard & Bouillon, 1973)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Plumularia floridana)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (2 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (2 records) (from synonym Plumularia alicia Torrey, 1902)
To ITIS