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Dicoryne Allman, 1859

Leloup (1952, fig. 60)

AphiaID

117017 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117017)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Dicoryne stricta Allman, 1859 accepted as Dicoryne conferta (Alder, 1856) (type by monotypy)

Parent

Bougainvilliidae Lütken, 1850

Original name

Dicoryne Allman, 1859

Synonymised names

Heterocordyle Allman, 1864 · unaccepted (synonym)

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Species Dicoryne annulata von Lendenfeld, 1885
Species Dicoryne conferta (Alder, 1856)
Species Dicoryne conybearei (Allman, 1864)
Species Dicoryne flexuosa Sars, 1874 accepted as Dicoryne conferta (Alder, 1856) (Synonym)
Species Dicoryne stricta Allman, 1859 accepted as Dicoryne conferta (Alder, 1856) (synonym)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Allman, G. J. (1859). Notes on the hydroid zoophytes. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (3). 4: 367-370., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2356509
page(s): 370 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark It is unclear if this genus belongs to the Bougainvilliidae, Pandeidae or any other similar family is also possible. The...

Taxonomic remark It is unclear if this genus belongs to the Bougainvilliidae, Pandeidae or any other similar family is also possible. The position of the gonophores on the gonozooids is untypical. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2026). World Hydrozoa Database. Dicoryne Allman, 1859. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117017 on 2026-08-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2018-03-09 07:02:20Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

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Nomenclature

original description Allman, G. J. (1859). Notes on the hydroid zoophytes. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (3). 4: 367-370., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2356509
page(s): 370 [details]

original description (of Heterocordyle Allman, 1864) Allman, G. J. 1864c. On the construction and limitation of genera among the Hydroida. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (3) 13: 345-380., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22217607
page(s): 365 [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]

Taxonomy

redescription Schuchert, P. (2007). The European athecate hydroids and their medusae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria): Filifera part 2. Revue suisse de Zoologie. 114: 195-396., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.80395
page(s): 241 [details]

Other

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

additional source Leloup, E. (1952). Coelentérés [Coelenterata]. Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique: Brussels, Belgium. 283 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

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Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

From editor or global species database

Diagnosis Colonial hydroids, branched or not, perisarc not ensheathing bases of tentacles; hydranth with one whorl of filiform tentacles; gonophores on specialized blastostyles replacing a hydranth, numerous, released as swimming ciliated sporosacs provided with one or two tentacle-like processes at their proximal end (tentaculoids). [details]

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