WoRMS name details
Biseriaria thuia (Linnaeus, 1758)
152161 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:152161)
unaccepted (synonym)
Species
Biseriaria Blainville, 1830 accepted as Thuiaria Fleming, 1828
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Sertularia thuja Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2026). World Hydrozoa Database. Biseriaria thuia (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=152161 on 2026-09-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Sertularia thuja Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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basis of record Westendorp, G.D. (1843). Recherches sur les Polypiers flexibles de la Belgique, et particulièrement des environs d'Ostende. <i>Annales de la Société Médico-Chirurgicale de Bruges IV</i>: 5-48, 1 plate (look up in IMIS) [details]
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basis of record Westendorp, G.D. (1843). Recherches sur les Polypiers flexibles de la Belgique, et particulièrement des environs d'Ostende. <i>Annales de la Société Médico-Chirurgicale de Bruges IV</i>: 5-48, 1 plate (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Bouillon, Jean [details]
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Validity Presumably Biseriarie thuia, mentioned in Westendorp (1843) is a junior synonym of Sertularia thuja = Thuiaria thuja. However, even in Nutting (1904), which gives a lot of references prior to 1843 for Sertularia thuja there is nothing of B. thuia. [details]