WoRMS taxon details
Dicoryne conferta (Alder, 1856)
117336 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117336)
accepted
Species
Dicoryne flexuosa Sars, 1874 · unaccepted (Synonym)
Dicoryne stricta Allman, 1859 · unaccepted (synonym)
Eudendrium confertum Alder, 1856 · unaccepted (basionym)
marine, terrestrial
(of Eudendrium confertum Alder, 1856) Alder, J. (1856). A notice of some new genera and species of British hydroid zoophytes. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (2).</em> 353-362, pls 12-14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2313304
page(s): 354, pl. 12 figs 5-8 [details]
page(s): 354, pl. 12 figs 5-8 [details]
Type locality contained in Cullercoats Bay
, Note Cullercoats, England, North Sea
type locality contained in Cullercoats Bay [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Type locality Cullercoats, England, North Sea [details]
Distribution Prince Edward Island (from the northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island south of Cheticamp, including the...
Distribution Prince Edward Island (from the northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island south of Cheticamp, including the Northumberland Strait and Georges Bay to the Canso Strait causeway) [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Dicoryne conferta (Alder, 1856). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117336 on 2025-06-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Dicoryne flexuosa Sars, 1874) Sars, G. O. 1874. Bidrag til Kundskaben om Norges Hydroider. - Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Kristiana 1873: 91-150, pls 2-5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43853964
page(s): 128, pl. 5 figs 21-26. [details]
original description (of Eudendrium confertum Alder, 1856) Alder, J. (1856). A notice of some new genera and species of British hydroid zoophytes. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (2).</em> 353-362, pls 12-14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2313304
page(s): 354, pl. 12 figs 5-8 [details]
original description (of Dicoryne stricta Allman, 1859) Allman, G. J. (1859). Notes on the hydroid zoophytes. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (3).</em> 4: 367-370., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2356509
page(s): 369 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Vervoort, W.; Cairns, S.D.; Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydrozoa, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 112-120 (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 128, pl. 5 figs 21-26. [details]
original description (of Eudendrium confertum Alder, 1856) Alder, J. (1856). A notice of some new genera and species of British hydroid zoophytes. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (2).</em> 353-362, pls 12-14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2313304
page(s): 354, pl. 12 figs 5-8 [details]
original description (of Dicoryne stricta Allman, 1859) Allman, G. J. (1859). Notes on the hydroid zoophytes. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (3).</em> 4: 367-370., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2356509
page(s): 369 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Vervoort, W.; Cairns, S.D.; Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydrozoa, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 112-120 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Schuchert, P. (2007). The European athecate hydroids and their medusae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria): Filifera part 2. <em>Revue suisse de Zoologie.</em> 114: 195-396.
page(s): 241, fig. 18 [details]
redescription Schuchert, P. 2012. North-West European Athecate Hydroids and their Medusae. Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series) 59. The Linnean Society of London, London, pp. i-viii, 1-364.
page(s): 218, fig. 206 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 241, fig. 18 [details]
redescription Schuchert, P. 2012. North-West European Athecate Hydroids and their Medusae. Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series) 59. The Linnean Society of London, London, pp. i-viii, 1-364.
page(s): 218, fig. 206 [details] Available for editors
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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 Leloup, E. (1952). Coelentérés [Coelenterata]. <em>Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique: Brussels, Belgium.</em> 283 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Leloup, E. (1952). Coelentérés [Coelenterata]. <em>Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique: Brussels, Belgium.</em> 283 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type locality Cullercoats, England, North Sea [details]Unreviewed
Biology colonial [details]Distribution Prince Edward Island (from the northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island south of Cheticamp, including the Northumberland Strait and Georges Bay to the Canso Strait causeway) [details]
Habitat infralittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| German | Dicoryne-Polyp | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Dicoryne flexuosa Sars, 1874)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (75 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Dicoryne conferta)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Eudendrium confertum Alder, 1856)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Dicoryne flexuosa Sars, 1874)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (12 records) (from synonym Dicoryne flexuosa Sars, 1874)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (5 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Dicoryne flexuosa Sars, 1874)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (75 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Dicoryne conferta)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Eudendrium confertum Alder, 1856)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Dicoryne flexuosa Sars, 1874)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (12 records) (from synonym Dicoryne flexuosa Sars, 1874)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (5 records)
To ITIS
