Hydractinia
creator: van der Land, Jacob
creator: Schuchert, Peter
date: 2026-08-31
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Hydractinia Van Beneden, 1844
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2026). World Hydrozoa Database. Hydractinia Van Beneden, 1844. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117117 on 2026-08-31
created: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
modified: 2015-10-12T15:17:30Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Hydractinia Van Beneden, 1844
class: Hydrozoa
family: Hydractiniidae
genus: Hydractinia
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Beneden, P.J. van. (1844). Sur les genres Eleutherie et Synhydre. Bulletins de l'Académie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres de Bruxelles. 11: 305-314.
name published in: Broch, H. 1910. Die Hydroiden der Arktischen Meere. - Fauna Arctica 5: 127-248, plates 2-4.
name published in: Hassall, A. H. (1841). Supplement to a catalogue of Irish Zoophytes. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 7: 276-287, 363-374, pls 6-10.
name published in: Nutting, C. C. 1906. Hydroids of the Hawaiian Islands collected by the steamer Albatross in 1902. - Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission for 1903 23: 931-959, pls 1-13.
name published in: Quatrefages A.D. (1843). Mémoire sur la Synhydre parasite (Synhydra parasites Nob.) nouveau genre de Polypes voisin des Hydres. Annales des Sciences naturelles (2). 20: 230-248, pls 8-9.
name published in: Stechow E. (1962). Über skelettbildende Hydrozoen. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 169: 416-428.
name published in: Stechow, E. (1921). Neue Genera und Species von Hydrozoen und anderen Evertebraten. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 87: 248-265.
name published in: Stechow, E. 1909a. Hydroidpolypen der japanischen Ostküste. I. Teil: Athecata und Plumularidae. In: F. Doflein, Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte Ostasiens. Abhandlungen der Mathematisch-Phyikalische Klasse der Königlichen Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Supplement Band 1: 1-111, plates 1-7.
name published in: Wright, T. S. (1861). Observations on British Protozoa and zoophytes. The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology. 3(8): 120-135.
name published in year: 1844
name published in year: 1910
name published in year: 1841
name published in year: 1906
name published in year: 1843
name published in year: 1962
name published in year: 1921
name published in year: 1909
name published in year: 1861
order: Anthoathecata
parent name usage ID: 1601
phylum: Cnidaria
scientific name authorship: Van Beneden, 1844
taxon rank: Genus
taxonomic status: accepted