Marine Species Traits - Ralpharia Watson, 1980

Traits taxon details

Ralpharia Watson, 1980

AphiaID

267797 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267797)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Ralpharia magnifica Watson, 1980 (type by monotypy)

Parent

Tubulariidae Goldfuss, 1818

Direct children (8)

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Species Ralpharia coccinea Watson, 1984
Species Ralpharia gorgoniae Petersen, 1990
Species Ralpharia magnifica Watson, 1980
Species Ralpharia multitentaculata (Fraser, 1938)
Species Ralpharia neira Petersen, 1990
Species Ralpharia parasitica (Korotneff, 1887)
Species Ralpharia rosetta Watson, 1999
Species Ralpharia sanctisebastiani (Da Silveira & Migotto, 1984)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Watson, J.E., 1980. The identity of two tubularian hydroids from Australia with a description and observations on the reproduction of Ralpharia magnifica gen. et sp. nov. Mem. natn. Mus. Vict. 41 : 53-63., available online at https://doi.org/10.24199/j.mmv.1980.41.04 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Ralpharia Watson, 1980. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267797 on 2026-07-15

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Ralpharia Watson, 1980. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267797 on 2026-07-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-14 11:18:07Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2011-03-11 07:10:22Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

2013-11-12 14:03:45Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

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original description Watson, J.E., 1980. The identity of two tubularian hydroids from Australia with a description and observations on the reproduction of Ralpharia magnifica gen. et sp. nov. Mem. natn. Mus. Vict. 41 : 53-63., available online at https://doi.org/10.24199/j.mmv.1980.41.04 [details]

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]

basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]

Definitions

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ralpharia)
To Genbank