Hydrozoa name details
Hydractinia borealis (Mayer, 1900)
151761 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:151761)
unaccepted > superseded combination (genus transfer)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Lymnorea borealis Mayer, 1910) Mayer, A. G. 1900. Descriptions of new and little-known medusae from the western Atlantic. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology of Harvard 37: 1-9, plates 1-6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4271637
page(s): 6, pl. 5 figs 16-18 [details]
page(s): 6, pl. 5 figs 16-18 [details]
Taxonomic remark Not to be confouned with Hydractinia borealis (Mereschkowsky, 1878) [currently valid as Oorhiza borealis Mereschkowsky, 1878]
Taxonomic remark Not to be confouned with Hydractinia borealis (Mereschkowsky, 1878) [currently valid as Oorhiza borealis Mereschkowsky, 1878] [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Hydractinia borealis (Mayer, 1900). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/hydrozoa/aphia.php/api-docs/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151761 on 2025-04-03
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(of Lymnorea borealis Mayer, 1910) Mayer, A. G. 1900. Descriptions of new and little-known medusae from the western Atlantic. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology of Harvard 37: 1-9, plates 1-6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4271637
page(s): 6, pl. 5 figs 16-18 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Vervoort, W.; Schuchert, P. & van der Land, J. (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors
additional source Schuchert, P. (2000). Hydrozoa (Cnidaria) of Iceland collected by the BIOICE programme. <em>Sarsia.</em> 85(5-6): 411-438., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233127844_Hydrozoa_Cnidaria_of_Iceland_collected_by_the_BIOICE_programme [details] Available for editors
redescription Schuchert, P. (2008). The European athecate hydroids and their medusae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria): Filifera part 3. <em>Revue suisse de Zoologie.</em> 115: 221-302.
page(s): 230, figs 2-3 [details]
page(s): 6, pl. 5 figs 16-18 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Vervoort, W.; Schuchert, P. & van der Land, J. (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors
additional source Schuchert, P. (2000). Hydrozoa (Cnidaria) of Iceland collected by the BIOICE programme. <em>Sarsia.</em> 85(5-6): 411-438., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233127844_Hydrozoa_Cnidaria_of_Iceland_collected_by_the_BIOICE_programme [details] Available for editors
redescription Schuchert, P. (2008). The European athecate hydroids and their medusae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria): Filifera part 3. <em>Revue suisse de Zoologie.</em> 115: 221-302.
page(s): 230, figs 2-3 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomic remark Not to be confouned with Hydractinia borealis (Mereschkowsky, 1878) [currently valid as Oorhiza borealis Mereschkowsky, 1878] [details]
