WoRMS taxon details
Dentitheca dendritica (Nutting, 1900)
574070 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:574070)
accepted
Species
Plumularia dendritica Nutting, 1900 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Sphaerocystis heteronema Fraser, 1943 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Plumularia dendritica Nutting, 1900) Nutting, C. C. 1900. American Hydroids. Part I The Plumularidae. Smithsonian Institution, United States National Museum Special Bulletin 4: 1-285., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1051509
page(s): 67, pl. 8 figs 4-6 [details]
page(s): 67, pl. 8 figs 4-6 [details]
Type locality contained in Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Dentitheca dendritica (Nutting, 1900). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=574070 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Plumularia dendritica Nutting, 1900) Nutting, C. C. 1900. American Hydroids. Part I The Plumularidae. Smithsonian Institution, United States National Museum Special Bulletin 4: 1-285., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1051509
page(s): 67, pl. 8 figs 4-6 [details]
original description (of Sphaerocystis heteronema Fraser, 1943) Fraser, C. M. (1943). Distribution records of some hydroids in the collection of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College, with description of new genera and new species. <em>Proceedings of the New England Zoölogical Club.</em> 22: 75-98, pls 15-20.
page(s): 85 [details] Available for editors
[request]
basis of record Galea, H. R. (2010). Additional shallow-water thecate hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from Guadeloupe and Les Saintes, French Lesser Antilles. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2570: 1–40.
page(s): 28 [details]
page(s): 67, pl. 8 figs 4-6 [details]
original description (of Sphaerocystis heteronema Fraser, 1943) Fraser, C. M. (1943). Distribution records of some hydroids in the collection of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College, with description of new genera and new species. <em>Proceedings of the New England Zoölogical Club.</em> 22: 75-98, pls 15-20.
page(s): 85 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Galea, H. R. (2010). Additional shallow-water thecate hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from Guadeloupe and Les Saintes, French Lesser Antilles. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2570: 1–40.
page(s): 28 [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Galea, H. R.; Ferry, R.; Bertot, J.-M. (2012). Medusoids in the life cycle of Dentitheca dendritica (Nutting, 1900) and Nemalecium gracile sp. nov. (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3527: 43-54., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2012/2/zt03532p050.pdf
page(s): 45 [details]
page(s): 45 [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (8 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Plumularia dendritica Nutting, 1900)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Dentitheca dendritica)
To GenBank (32 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Plumularia dendritica Nutting, 1900)
To GenBank (32 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (11 records) (from synonym Plumularia dendritica Nutting, 1900)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Plumularia dendritica Nutting, 1900)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Dentitheca dendritica)
To GenBank (32 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Plumularia dendritica Nutting, 1900)
To GenBank (32 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (11 records) (from synonym Plumularia dendritica Nutting, 1900)
To ITIS
