WoRMS taxon details
Halopteris alternata (Nutting, 1900)
117630 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117630)
accepted
Species
Plumularia alternata Nutting, 1900 · unaccepted (basionym)
marine, terrestrial
(of Plumularia alternata Nutting, 1900) 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): 62, pl. 4 figs 1-2 [details]
page(s): 62, pl. 4 figs 1-2 [details]
distribution This species does not occur in the European fauna, it is an American species
distribution This species does not occur in the European fauna, it is an American species [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Halopteris alternata (Nutting, 1900). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117630 on 2025-04-29
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Plumularia alternata Nutting, 1900) 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): 62, pl. 4 figs 1-2 [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]
page(s): 62, pl. 4 figs 1-2 [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]
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): 41, fig. 11d-e [details] Available for editors
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redescription Schuchert P. (1997). Review of the family Halopterididae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria). <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden.</em> 309: 1-162.
page(s): 42, fig. 14 [details]
page(s): 41, fig. 11d-e [details] Available for editors
[request]redescription Schuchert P. (1997). Review of the family Halopterididae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria). <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden.</em> 309: 1-162.
page(s): 42, fig. 14 [details]
Other
context source (Bermuda)
Calder, D. R. (2000). Assemblages of hydroids (Cnidaria) from three seamounts near Bermuda in the western North Atlantic. Deep-Sea Research I, 47: 1125-1139 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [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): 7, fig. 4b–d [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [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): 7, fig. 4b–d [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species vector dispersal Galapagos part of the South Pacific Ocean (Marine Region) Ships: accidental as attached or free-living fouling organisms [details]distribution This species does not occur in the European fauna, it is an American species [details]
Unreviewed
Biology colonial, fixed sporosacs [details]Habitat shelf [details]
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Halopteris alternata)
To GenBank (34 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To GenBank (34 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Plumularia alternata Nutting, 1900)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (7 records) (from synonym Plumularia alternata Nutting, 1900)
To ITIS
To GenBank (34 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To GenBank (34 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Plumularia alternata Nutting, 1900)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (7 records) (from synonym Plumularia alternata Nutting, 1900)
To ITIS
