Hydrozoa taxon details
Balellidae Stechow, 1922
Tubidendridae Nutting, 1906 · unaccepted (incorrect name formation on not...)
incorrect name formation on not existant genus
- Genus Balella Stechow, 1919
- Genus Balea Nutting, 1906 accepted as Balella Stechow, 1919 (preoccupied by Balea Prideaux, 1844 [Gastropoda])
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Stechow, E., 1922. Zur Systematik der Hydrozoen, Stromatoporen, Siphonophoren, Anthozoen und Ctenophoren. Arch. Naturgesch. -88 3: 141-155., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13259781
page(s): 142 [details]
page(s): 142 [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Balellidae Stechow, 1922. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/hydrozoa/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=266991 on 2025-04-04
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Stechow, E., 1922. Zur Systematik der Hydrozoen, Stromatoporen, Siphonophoren, Anthozoen und Ctenophoren. Arch. Naturgesch. -88 3: 141-155., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13259781
page(s): 142 [details]
original description (of Tubidendridae Nutting, 1906) Nutting, C. C. 1906. Hydroids of the Hawaiian Islands collected by the steamer Albatross in 1902. - Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission for 1903 23: 931-959, pls 1-13., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51691623
page(s): 940 [details]
basis of record Bouillon, J.; Gravili, C.; Pagès, F.; Gili, J.-M.; Boero, F. (2006). An introduction to Hydrozoa. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, 194. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle: Paris, France. ISBN 2-85653-580-1. 591 + 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 142 [details]
original description (of Tubidendridae Nutting, 1906) Nutting, C. C. 1906. Hydroids of the Hawaiian Islands collected by the steamer Albatross in 1902. - Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission for 1903 23: 931-959, pls 1-13., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51691623
page(s): 940 [details]
basis of record Bouillon, J.; Gravili, C.; Pagès, F.; Gili, J.-M.; Boero, F. (2006). An introduction to Hydrozoa. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, 194. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle: Paris, France. ISBN 2-85653-580-1. 591 + 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Hydroid colonies erect, branched, polysiphonic. Hydranths polymorphic. Gastrozooids with club-shaped body and with two well separated whorls of tentacles. Gonozooids with either one tentacle or none, with one whorl of gonophores. Dactylozooids small, tentacle- like. Gonophores released as immature medusae. Young medusa with four filiform tentacles, manubrium simple. [details]
