WoRMS name details
Podocoryne selena Mills, 1976
292255 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:292255)
unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Species
Podocoryne Lütken, 1850 accepted as Podocoryna M. Sars, 1846
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Mills, C.E., 1976. Podocoryne selena, a new species of hydroid from the Gulf of Mexico, and a comparison with Hydractinia echinata. Biol. Bull. mar. biol. Lab. Woods Hole 151 1: 214-224., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/1540715
page(s): 214, figs 1-4 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 214, figs 1-4 [details] Available for editors
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Note Gulf of Mexico, Florida, Franklin County,...
Type locality Gulf of Mexico, Florida, Franklin County, Turkey Point;WGS84 29°56' N, 84°30'W [imprecise]; depth 1 metre; on gastopod shells inhabited by hermit crab [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2026). World Hydrozoa Database. Podocoryne selena Mills, 1976. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=292255 on 2026-05-15
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Nomenclature
original description
Mills, C.E., 1976. Podocoryne selena, a new species of hydroid from the Gulf of Mexico, and a comparison with Hydractinia echinata. Biol. Bull. mar. biol. Lab. Woods Hole 151 1: 214-224., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/1540715
page(s): 214, figs 1-4 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 214, figs 1-4 [details] Available for editors
[request]Taxonomy
source of synonymy
van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
status source Miglietta, M. P., Schuchert, P., & Cunningham, C. W. 2009. Reconciling genealogical and morphological species in a worldwide study of the family Hydractiniidae (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa). Zoologica Scripta 38: 403-430., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00376.x
page(s): 420; note: synonym of P. americana [details]
status source Miglietta, M. P., Schuchert, P., & Cunningham, C. W. 2009. Reconciling genealogical and morphological species in a worldwide study of the family Hydractiniidae (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa). Zoologica Scripta 38: 403-430., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00376.x
page(s): 420; note: synonym of P. americana [details]
Other
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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type locality Gulf of Mexico, Florida, Franklin County, Turkey Point;WGS84 29°56' N, 84°30'W [imprecise]; depth 1 metre; on gastopod shells inhabited by hermit crab [details]
