Scandia gigas
creator: van der Land, Jacob
date: 2026-08-01
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: Scandia gigas (Pieper, 1884)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2026). World Hydrozoa Database. Scandia gigas (Pieper, 1884). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117707 on 2026-08-01
created: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
modified: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Scandia gigas (Pieper, 1884)
class: Hydrozoa
family: Hebellidae
genus: Scandia
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Pieper F.W. (1884). Ergänzungen zu Heller's "Zoophyten etc. des adriatischen Meeres". Zoologischer Anzeiger. 7: 148-152, 164-169, 185-188, 216-221.
name published in: Leloup, E. (1935). Hydraires calyptoblastiques des Indes Occidentales. (Zoologische Ergebnisse einer Reise nach Bonaire, Curaçao und Aruba im Jahre 1930, No. 13). Mémoires du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique. 2: 1-73.
name published in year: 1884
name published in year: 1935
order: Leptothecata
parent name usage ID: 117137
phylum: Cnidaria
scientific name authorship: (Pieper, 1884)
specific epithet: gigas
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted