WoRMS taxon details
Halopteris diaphana (Heller, 1868)
117632 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117632)
accepted
Species
Anisocalyx diaphanus Heller, 1868 · unaccepted (basionym)
Antennella diaphana (Heller, 1868) · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
Plumularia cornu-copiae Hincks, 1872 · unaccepted (synonym)
Plumularia diaphana (Heller, 1868) · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
Thecocaulus diaphanus (Heller, 1868) · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Anisocalyx diaphanus Heller, 1868) Heller, C. (1868). Die Zoophyten und Echinodermen des Adriatischen Meeres. <em>Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft von Wien.</em> 18, supplement: 1-88, 3 plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43291
page(s): 42, pl. 2 fig. 5 [details]
page(s): 42, pl. 2 fig. 5 [details]
Type locality contained in Adriatic Sea
, Note Capocesto, Croatia, Mediterranean
type locality contained in Adriatic Sea [details]
Type locality Capocesto, Croatia, Mediterranean [details]
Distribution circum-(sub)tropical
Distribution circum-(sub)tropical [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Halopteris diaphana (Heller, 1868). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117632 on 2025-05-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Anisocalyx diaphanus Heller, 1868) Heller, C. (1868). Die Zoophyten und Echinodermen des Adriatischen Meeres. <em>Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft von Wien.</em> 18, supplement: 1-88, 3 plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43291
page(s): 42, pl. 2 fig. 5 [details]
original description (of Plumularia cornu-copiae Hincks, 1872) Hincks T. (1872). Contribution to the History of the Hydroida. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 4.</em> 10: 385-395, pl. 20., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81231
page(s): 389, pl. 21 fig. 1-3 [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): 42, pl. 2 fig. 5 [details]
original description (of Plumularia cornu-copiae Hincks, 1872) Hincks T. (1872). Contribution to the History of the Hydroida. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 4.</em> 10: 385-395, pl. 20., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81231
page(s): 389, pl. 21 fig. 1-3 [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. (1997). Review of the family Halopterididae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria). <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden.</em> 309: 1-162. [details] 
Other
context source (Bermuda)
Calder D.R. (1997). Shallow-water hydroids of Bermuda: superfamily Plumularioidea. <em>Royal Ontario Museum Life Sciences Contributions.</em> 161: 1-86. [details] 
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Costello, M.J., C. Emblow & R. White (EdS.). (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France.</em> 463 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Calder D.R. (1997). Shallow-water hydroids of Bermuda: superfamily Plumularioidea. <em>Royal Ontario Museum Life Sciences Contributions.</em> 161: 1-86.
page(s): 24, 32, 36-39, 84 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Amaral, F. D.; Ramos, C. A. C.; Leão, Z. M. A. N.; Kikuchi, R. K. P.; Lima, K. K. M.; Longo, L.; Cordeiro, R. T. S.; Lira, S. M. A.; Vasconcelos, S. L. (2009). Checklist and morphometry of benthic cnidarians from the Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, Brazil. Cahiers de Biologie Marine, 50, 277-290
page(s): 282 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Costello, M.J., C. Emblow & R. White (EdS.). (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France.</em> 463 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Calder D.R. (1997). Shallow-water hydroids of Bermuda: superfamily Plumularioidea. <em>Royal Ontario Museum Life Sciences Contributions.</em> 161: 1-86.
page(s): 24, 32, 36-39, 84 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Amaral, F. D.; Ramos, C. A. C.; Leão, Z. M. A. N.; Kikuchi, R. K. P.; Lima, K. K. M.; Longo, L.; Cordeiro, R. T. S.; Lira, S. M. A.; Vasconcelos, S. L. (2009). Checklist and morphometry of benthic cnidarians from the Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, Brazil. Cahiers de Biologie Marine, 50, 277-290
page(s): 282 [details]





From editor or global species database
Type locality Capocesto, Croatia, Mediterranean [details]Unreviewed
Biology colonial, fixed sporosacs [details]Distribution circum-(sub)tropical [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Halopteris diaphana)
To GenBank (31 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Anisocalyx diaphanus Heller, 1868)
To GenBank (31 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (5 records)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Halopteris diaphana)
To GenBank (31 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Anisocalyx diaphanus Heller, 1868)
To GenBank (31 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (5 records)
To ITIS