UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO) - Hydractinia Van Beneden, 1844

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Hydractinia Van Beneden, 1844

Hydractinia echinata (Fleming, 1818)

AphiaID

117117 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117117)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon of

Hydractiniidae L. Agassiz, 1862

Parent

Hydractiniidae L. Agassiz, 1862

Original name

Hydractinia Van Beneden, 1844

Direct children (4)

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Species Hydractinia angusta Hartlaub, 1904
Species Hydractinia parvispina Hartlaub, 1905
Species Hydractinia vallini Jäderholm, 1926
Species Hydractinia clavata Jäderholm, 1905 accepted as Perarella clavata (Jäderholm, 1905) (unaccepted > superseded combination)

Environment

marine, brackish, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Beneden, P.J. van. (1844). Sur les genres Eleutherie et Synhydre. Bulletins de l'Académie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres de Bruxelles. 11: 305-314., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15742170
page(s): 314 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Hydractinia Van Beneden, 1844. Accessed through: RAS (Eds.) (2025) Register of Antarctic Species at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117117 on 2025-05-08

Regional species database citation

RAS (Eds.) (2025). Register of Antarctic Species. Hydractinia Van Beneden, 1844. Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117117 on 2025-05-08

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2015-01-22 07:49:56Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

2015-10-12 13:17:30Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

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original description Beneden, P.J. van. (1844). Sur les genres Eleutherie et Synhydre. Bulletins de l'Académie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres de Bruxelles. 11: 305-314., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15742170
page(s): 314 [details]

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]

basis of record van der Land, J.; Vervoort, W.; Cairns, S.D.; Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydrozoa, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 112-120 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source NODC. (1997). NODC Taxonomic codes. [details]

additional source Schuchert, P. (2008). The European athecate hydroids and their medusae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria): Filifera part 3. Revue suisse de Zoologie. 115: 221-302.
page(s): 223 [details]

additional source 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]