WoRMS taxon details
Diphasia attenuata (Hincks, 1866)
117877 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117877)
accepted
Species
Diphasia attenuata var. robusta Billard, 1924 · unaccepted
Nigellastrum attenuatum (Hincks, 1866) · unaccepted
Sertularia attenuata Hincks, 1866 · unaccepted (basionym)
Thuiaria attenuata (Hincks, 1866) · unaccepted
- Variety Diphasia attenuata var. robusta Billard, 1924 accepted as Diphasia attenuata (Hincks, 1866)
marine, terrestrial
(of Sertularia attenuata Hincks, 1866) Hincks, T. 1866a. On new British Hydroida. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (3) 18: 296-299., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15603451
page(s): 298 [details]
page(s): 298 [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2026). World Hydrozoa Database. Diphasia attenuata (Hincks, 1866). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117877 on 2026-10-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Diphasia attenuata var. robusta Billard, 1924) Billard, A. (1924). Note critique sur divers genres et espèces d'hydroïdes avec la description de trois espèces nouvelles. <em>Revue Suisse de Zoologie.</em> 31 2: 53-74., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43713062
page(s): 64 [details]
original description (of Sertularia attenuata Hincks, 1866) Hincks, T. 1866a. On new British Hydroida. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (3) 18: 296-299., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15603451
page(s): 298 [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): 64 [details]
original description (of Sertularia attenuata Hincks, 1866) Hincks, T. 1866a. On new British Hydroida. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (3) 18: 296-299., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15603451
page(s): 298 [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
Cornelius, P. F. S. (1995). North-West European Thecate Hydroids and their Medusae.Part 2. Sertulariidae to Campanulariidae. <em>In: R.S.K. Barnes & J.H. Crothers, eds, Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series). The Linn. Soc. London and Est. Coas. Sci. Ass. - Field Studies Council.</em> 50 : i-vii, 1-386. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 38 [details]
page(s): 38 [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Leloup, E. (1952). Coelentérés [Coelenterata]. <em>Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique: Brussels, Belgium.</em> 283 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Leloup, E. (1952). Coelentérés [Coelenterata]. <em>Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique: Brussels, Belgium.</em> 283 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Biology colonial; fixed gonophores [details]
