WoRMS taxon details
Hydranthea Hincks, 1868
117104 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117104)
accepted
Genus
Atractylis margarica Hincks, 1862 accepted as Hydranthea margarica (Hincks, 1862) (type by monotypy)
Georginella Hadzi, 1914 · unaccepted (synonym)
Umbrellaria Zoja, 1893 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Species Hydranthea margarica (Hincks, 1862)
- Species Hydranthea phialiformis Antsulevich, 1983 accepted as Hydractinia phialiformis (Antsulevich, 1983)
- Species Hydranthea aloysii (Zoja, 1893) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Hydranthea diaphana (Hadzi, 1914) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Hincks, Th., 1868. A history of the British hydroid zoophytes.London, John van Voorst. Volume 1 : i-lxviii + 1-338, volume 2: pls 1-67., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46798707
page(s): 99 [details]
page(s): 99 [details]
Taxonomy Placed in Lovenellidae based on phylohgeny in Leclère et al. (2009)
Taxonomy Placed in Lovenellidae based on phylohgeny in Leclère et al. (2009) [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Hydranthea Hincks, 1868. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117104 on 2025-04-06
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Nomenclature
original description
Hincks, Th., 1868. A history of the British hydroid zoophytes.London, John van Voorst. Volume 1 : i-lxviii + 1-338, volume 2: pls 1-67., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46798707
page(s): 99 [details]
original description (of Georginella Hadzi, 1914) Hadzi, J. 1914a. Poredbena hidroidska istraivanja. III. Haleciella microtheca g. n., sp.n.; Georginella diaphana g. n., sp. n.; Halanthus adriaticus g. n., sp. n.; Campanopsis clausa (Hadzi) i o porodici Campanopsida uopce. Rad Jugoslavenske Akademije Znanosti i Umjetnosti, Matematicko-prirodoslovni razred 202: 191-241. [details]
original description (of Umbrellaria Zoja, 1893) Zoja R. (1893). Intorno ad un nuovo idroide. <em>Mittheilungen aus der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel.</em> 10(4): 519-526, pl. 33., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9626372
page(s): 520 [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): 99 [details]
original description (of Georginella Hadzi, 1914) Hadzi, J. 1914a. Poredbena hidroidska istraivanja. III. Haleciella microtheca g. n., sp.n.; Georginella diaphana g. n., sp. n.; Halanthus adriaticus g. n., sp. n.; Campanopsis clausa (Hadzi) i o porodici Campanopsida uopce. Rad Jugoslavenske Akademije Znanosti i Umjetnosti, Matematicko-prirodoslovni razred 202: 191-241. [details]
original description (of Umbrellaria Zoja, 1893) Zoja R. (1893). Intorno ad un nuovo idroide. <em>Mittheilungen aus der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel.</em> 10(4): 519-526, pl. 33., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9626372
page(s): 520 [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]
Other
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Hydroid colony stolonal, hydrotheca short, collar-shaped, on short pedicel; hydranth elongated, large, with intertentacular web with merotrichous haploneme nematocysts; gonophores as eumedusoid, only short-lived male free eumedusoids known; without tentacles; with four radial canals; ‘‘gonads’’ on radial canals, 8 statocysts; gonothecae reduced or absent; when present, attached to hydrorhiza. [details]Taxonomy Placed in Lovenellidae based on phylohgeny in Leclère et al. (2009) [details]
