WoRMS name details

Hydractinia alderi (Hodge, 1863)

595783  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:595783)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Medusozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hydrozoa (Class)
  6. Hydroidolina (Subclass)
  7. Anthoathecata (Order)
  8. Filifera (Suborder)
  9. Hydractiniidae (Family)
  10. Hydractinia (Genus)
  11. Hydractinia alderi (Species)
 unaccepted > superseded combination (species inquirenda)
Species
Corynopsis alderi (Hodge, 1863) · unaccepted (indeterminate species (polyp only))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Podocoryne alderi Hodge, 1863) Hodge, G., 1863. On a new hydroid zoophyte (Podocoryne Alderi). Transactions of the Tyneside Naturalist Field Club 5 : 82-84,pl. 2. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33670534
page(s): 82, pl. 2 figs 11-15 [details] 
Status Hodge (1863) mixed up two species. The polyp is a Hydractinia species, the medusa is Bougainvillia muscus.  
Status Hodge (1863) mixed up two species. The polyp is a Hydractinia species, the medusa is Bougainvillia muscus. [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Hydractinia alderi (Hodge, 1863). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=595783 on 2025-05-03
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2012-02-24 08:58:27Z
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Schuchert, Peter
2012-11-23 09:55:06Z
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Schuchert, Peter
2017-12-07 15:29:10Z
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Schuchert, Peter
2023-12-17 14:18:21Z
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Schuchert, Peter
2024-01-22 19:44:33Z
changed
Schuchert, Peter

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Nomenclature

original description (of Podocoryne alderi Hodge, 1863) Hodge, G., 1863. On a new hydroid zoophyte (Podocoryne Alderi). Transactions of the Tyneside Naturalist Field Club 5 : 82-84,pl. 2. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33670534
page(s): 82, pl. 2 figs 11-15 [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Status Hodge (1863) mixed up two species. The polyp is a Hydractinia species, the medusa is Bougainvillia muscus. [details]

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