WoRMS taxon details
Oswaldella billardi Briggs, 1938
174667 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:174667)
accepted
Species
- Subspecies Oswaldella billardi shetlandica Stepanjants, 1979 accepted as Oswaldella shetlandica Stepanjants, 1979 (promoted to full species)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Type locality contained in Davis Sea
type locality contained in Davis Sea [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2026). World Hydrozoa Database. Oswaldella billardi Briggs, 1938. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=174667 on 2026-08-01
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Nomenclature
original description
Briggs E.A. (1939). Hydroida. <em>Scientific Report of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition.</em> 9(4): 1-46, pls. 15-16.
page(s): 40, fig. 3, pl. 15 fig. [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Cnidaria Antarctic checklist (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 40, fig. 3, pl. 15 fig. [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Cnidaria Antarctic checklist (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Peña Cantero A.L., Vervoort W. (2004). Species of Oswaldella Stechow, 1919 (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Kirchenpaueriidae) from US Antarctic expeditions, with the description of three new species. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 38(7): 805-861., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/0022293021000045154
page(s): 818, fig. 2; note: rescription, synonymy [details]
page(s): 818, fig. 2; note: rescription, synonymy [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 Vervoort, W.; Schuchert, P. & van der Land, J. (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Vervoort, W.; Schuchert, P. & van der Land, J. (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Biology colonial, fixed sporosacs [details]
