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Hydractinia Van Beneden, 1844

117117  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117117)

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Genus
Cionistes Wright, 1861 · unaccepted (synonym)
Echinochorium Hassall, 1841 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Hydrodendrium Nutting, 1906 · unaccepted (synonym)
Hydronema Stechow, 1921 · unaccepted (invalid junior homonym of...)  
invalid junior homonym of Hydronema Martynow, 1914 [Trichoptera]
Nuttingia Stechow, 1909 · unaccepted (invalid replacement name for...)  
invalid replacement name for Hydrodendrium Nutting, 1905
Synhydra Quatrefages, 1843 · unaccepted (not in use)

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  1. Species Hydractinia aculeata (Wagner, 1833)
  2. Species Hydractinia aggregata Fraser, 1911
  3. Species Hydractinia altispina Millard, 1955
  4. Species Hydractinia angusta Hartlaub, 1904
  5. Species Hydractinia arctica (Jäderholm, 1902)
  6. Species Hydractinia arge (Clarke, 1882)
  7. Species Hydractinia armata Fraser, 1940
  8. Species Hydractinia bayeri Hirohito, 1984
  9. Species Hydractinia betkensis (Watson, 1978)
  10. Species Hydractinia brachyurae (Hirohito, 1988)
  11. Species Hydractinia californica Torrey, 1904
  12. Species Hydractinia canalifera Millard, 1957
  13. Species Hydractinia carica Bergh, 1887
  14. Species Hydractinia carolinae Fraser, 1912
  15. Species Hydractinia cryptogonia Hirohito, 1988
  16. Species Hydractinia cytaeiformis Vervoort, 2006
  17. Species Hydractinia dendritica Hickson & Gravely, 1907
  18. Species Hydractinia diogenes Millard, 1959
  19. Species Hydractinia disjuncta Fraser, 1938
  20. Species Hydractinia echinata (Fleming, 1828)
  21. Species Hydractinia epidocleensis Leloup, 1931
  22. Species Hydractinia epispongia Fraser, 1938
  23. Species Hydractinia galeai Calder & Watling, 2021
  24. Species Hydractinia gelinea Watson, 2015
  25. Species Hydractinia gorgonoides (Nutting, 1906)
  26. Species Hydractinia granulata Hirohito, 1988
  27. Species Hydractinia hancocki Fraser, 1938
  28. Species Hydractinia inabai (Hirohito, 1988)
  29. Species Hydractinia ingolfi (Kramp, 1932)
  30. Species Hydractinia kaffraria Millard, 1955
  31. Species Hydractinia laevispina Fraser, 1922
  32. Species Hydractinia longispina Fraser, 1938
  33. Species Hydractinia mar (Gasca & Calder, 1993)
  34. Species Hydractinia marsupialia Millard, 1975
  35. Species Hydractinia michaelseni Broch, 1914
  36. Species Hydractinia minoi (Alcock, 1892)
  37. Species Hydractinia monocarpa Allman, 1876
  38. Species Hydractinia monoon (Hirohito, 1988)
  39. Species Hydractinia multispina Fraser, 1938
  40. Species Hydractinia multitentaculata (Millard, 1975)
  41. Species Hydractinia munita (Calder, 2010)
  42. Species Hydractinia nagaoensis Bouillon, Medel & Peña Cantero, 1997
  43. Species Hydractinia novaezelandiae Schuchert, 1996
  44. Species Hydractinia otagoensis (Schuchert, 1996)
  45. Species Hydractinia pacifica Hartlaub, 1905
  46. Species Hydractinia parvispina Hartlaub, 1905
  47. Species Hydractinia paucispinata Vervoort, 2006
  48. Species Hydractinia phialiformis (Antsulevich, 1983)
  49. Species Hydractinia piscicola (Komai, 1932)
  50. Species Hydractinia polycarpa Fraser, 1938
  51. Species Hydractinia polyclina L. Agassiz, 1860
  52. Species Hydractinia proboscidea (Hincks, 1868)
  53. Species Hydractinia promiscua Galea & Ferry, 2015
  54. Species Hydractinia quadrigemina Fraser, 1938
  55. Species Hydractinia rugosa Fraser, 1938
  56. Species Hydractinia sandrae (Wedler & Larson, 1986)
  57. Species Hydractinia sarsii (Steenstrup, 1850)
  58. Species Hydractinia spinipapillaris (Hirohito, 1988)
  59. Species Hydractinia spiralis Goto, 1910
  60. Species Hydractinia symbiolongicarpus Buss & Yund, 1989
  61. Species Hydractinia symbiopollicaris Buss & Yund, 1989
  62. Species Hydractinia valens Fraser, 1941
  63. Species Hydractinia vallini Jäderholm, 1926
  64. Species Hydractinia verdi Ritchie, 1907
  65. Species Hydractinia yerii (Iwasa, 1934)
  66. Subgenus Hydractinia (Euhydractinia) Broch, 1910 accepted as Hydractinia Van Beneden, 1844
  67. Subgenus Hydractinia (Stylactis) Allman, 1864 accepted as Stylactis Allman, 1864
    1. Species Hydractinia (Stylactis) ingolfi Kramp, 1932 accepted as Hydractinia ingolfi (Kramp, 1932)
  68. Species Hydractinia alderi (Hodge, 1863) accepted as Podocoryna alderi Hodge, 1863 (unaccepted > superseded combination, species inquirenda)
  69. Species Hydractinia allmanii Bonnevie, 1898 accepted as Schuchertinia allmanii (Bonnevie, 1898) (basionym)
  70. Species Hydractinia americana (Mayer, 1910) accepted as Podocoryna americana (Mayer, 1910) (genus transfer)
  71. Species Hydractinia anechinata (Ritchie, 1907) accepted as Podocoryna anechinata Ritchie, 1907
  72. Species Hydractinia antonii Miglietta, 2006 accepted as Schuchertinia antonii (Miglietta, 2006) (basionym)
  73. Species Hydractinia apicata (Kramp, 1959) accepted as Podocoryna apicata Kramp, 1959
  74. Species Hydractinia areolata Alder, 1862 accepted as Podocoryna areolata (Alder, 1862) (genus transfer)
  75. Species Hydractinia australis (Schuchert, 1996) accepted as Podocoryna australis Schuchert, 1996
  76. Species Hydractinia bella (Hand, 1961) accepted as Podocoryna bella Hand, 1961 (genus transfer)
  77. Species Hydractinia borealis (Mayer, 1900) accepted as Podocoryna borealis (Mayer, 1900) (unaccepted > superseded combination, genus transfer)
  78. Species Hydractinia borealis (Mereschkowsky, 1878) accepted as Oorhiza borealis Mereschkowsky, 1878
  79. Species Hydractinia calcarea Carter, 1877 accepted as Hydrocorella calcarea (Carter, 1977) (genus transfer)
  80. Species Hydractinia calderi Bouillon, Medel & Peña Cantero, 1997 accepted as Hydractinia proboscidea (Hincks, 1868) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, synonym)
  81. Species Hydractinia carcinicola (Hiro, 1939) accepted as Bouillonactinia carcinicola (Hiro, 1939) (genus transfer)
  82. Species Hydractinia carnea (M. Sars, 1846) accepted as Podocoryna carnea M. Sars, 1846 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  83. Species Hydractinia clavata Jäderholm, 1905 accepted as Perarella clavata (Jäderholm, 1905) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  84. Species Hydractinia claviformis (Bouillon, 1965) accepted as Hydractinia proboscidea (Hincks, 1868) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, synonym)
  85. Species Hydractinia conchicola (Yamada, 1947) accepted as Schuchertinia conchicola (Yamada, 1947) (genus transfer)
  86. Species Hydractinia constrictura Huang, Xu & Guo, 2015 (unaccepted > unavailable name, electronic publication only, not registered in Zoobank)
  87. Species Hydractinia denhami (Thornely, 1904) accepted as Podocoryna denhami Thornely, 1904
  88. Species Hydractinia dongshanensis Xu & Huang, 2006 accepted as Podocoryna dongshanensis (Xu & Huang, 2006) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  89. Species Hydractinia dubia (Mayer, 1900) accepted as Podocoryna dubia (Mayer, 1900)
  90. Species Hydractinia epiconcha Stechow, 1908 accepted as Schuchertinia epiconcha (Stechow, 1908) (basionym)
  91. Species Hydractinia exigua (Haeckel, 1880) accepted as Podocoryna exigua (Haeckel, 1880) (genus transfer)
  92. Species Hydractinia fallax Broch, 1914 accepted as Perarella fallax (Broch, 1914) (basionym)
  93. Species Hydractinia fucicola (Sars, 1857) accepted as Stylactis fucicola (M. Sars, 1857)
  94. Species Hydractinia fuciola (M. Sars, 1857) accepted as Hydractinia fucicola (Sars, 1857) accepted as Stylactis fucicola (M. Sars, 1857) (spelling error)
  95. Species Hydractinia grisea Leuckart, 1847 accepted as Hydractinia echinata (Fleming, 1828) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  96. Species Hydractinia guangxiensis Huang, Li & Zhang, 2010 accepted as Podocoryna guangxiensis (Huang, Li & Zhang, 2010) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  97. Species Hydractinia hayamaensis (Hirohito, 1988) accepted as Podocoryna hayamaensis Hirohito, 1988 (basionym)
  98. Species Hydractinia hooperii (Sigerfoos, 1899) accepted as Bouillonactinia hooperii (Sigerfoos, 1899) (unaccepted > superseded combination, genus transfer)
  99. Species Hydractinia humilis (Hartlaub, 1905) accepted as Podocoryna humilis Hartlaub, 1905 accepted as Podocoryna tenuis (Browne, 1902) (secondary junior homonym of Hydractinia humilis Bonnevie, 1898)
  100. Species Hydractinia inermis (Allman, 1872) accepted as Stylactis inermis Allman, 1872 (genus transfer)
  101. Species Hydractinia lactea Van Beneden, 1844 accepted as Hydractinia echinata (Fleming, 1828) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  102. Species Hydractinia leizhouensis Huang, Zhang & Yang, 2020 accepted as Podocoryna leizhouensis (Huang, Zhang & Yang, 2020) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  103. Species Hydractinia meteoris (Thiel, 1938) accepted as Paracytaeis meteoris (Thiel, 1938)
  104. Species Hydractinia milleri Torrey, 1902 accepted as Schuchertinia milleri (Torrey, 1902) (basionym)
  105. Species Hydractinia minima (Trinci, 1903) accepted as Podocorynoides minima (Trinci, 1903)
  106. Species Hydractinia minuta Bonnevie, 1898 accepted as Hydractinia carica Bergh, 1887 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  107. Species Hydractinia misakiensis (Iwasa, 1934) accepted as Bouillonactinia misakiensis (Iwasa, 1934) (genus transfer)
  108. Species Hydractinia moniliformis Huang, Zhong & Zhang, 2010 accepted as Podocoryna moniliformis (Huang, Zhong & Zhang, 2010) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  109. Species Hydractinia multigranosi (Namikawa, 1991) accepted as Bouillonactinia multigranosi (Namikawa, 1991) (genus transfer)
  110. Species Hydractinia nassa (Millard, 1959) accepted as Cytaeis nassa (Millard, 1959) (genus transfer)
  111. Species Hydractinia ocellata (Agassiz & Mayer, 1902) accepted as Podocoryna ocellata (Agassiz & Mayer, 1902) (misspelling of genus)
  112. Species Hydractinia ornata Bonnevie, 1899 accepted as Hydractinia allmanii Bonnevie, 1898 accepted as Schuchertinia allmanii (Bonnevie, 1898) (synonym)
  113. Species Hydractinia phyllosoma Huang & Xu, 2015 (unaccepted > unavailable name, electronic publication only, not registered in Zoobank)
  114. Species Hydractinia polytentaculata Xu & Huang, 2006 accepted as Podocoryna polytentaculata (Xu & Huang, 2006) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  115. Species Hydractinia prolifica Fraser, 1948 accepted as Hydractinia rugosa Fraser, 1938 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  116. Species Hydractinia pruvoti Motz-Kossowska, 1905 accepted as Podocoryna pruvoti (Motz-Kossowska, 1905)
  117. Species Hydractinia recurvatus Lin, Xu, Huang & Wang, 2010 accepted as Podocoryna recurvata (Lin, Xu, Huang & Wang, 2010) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  118. Species Hydractinia reticulata (Fraser, 1938) accepted as Podocoryna reticulata (Fraser, 1938) (invalid secondary homonym of Hydractina reticulata (Wright, 1861))
  119. Species Hydractinia reticulata (Hirohito, 1988) accepted as Schuchertinia reticulata (Hirohito, 1988) (secondary homonym of Hydractina reticulata (Wright, 1861))
  120. Species Hydractinia rosea Van Beneden, 1844 accepted as Hydractinia echinata (Fleming, 1828) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  121. Species Hydractinia rubricata Schuchert, 1996 accepted as Clavactinia rubricata (Schuchert, 1996) (basionym)
  122. Species Hydractinia sagamiensis (Hirohito, 1988) accepted as Cytaeis sagamiensis (Hirohito, 1988) (genus transfer)
  123. Species Hydractinia selena (Mills, 1976) accepted as Hydractinia americana (Mayer, 1910) accepted as Podocoryna americana (Mayer, 1910) (synonym)
  124. Species Hydractinia serrata Kramp, 1943 accepted as Clavactinia serrata (Kramp, 1943) (basionym)
  125. Species Hydractinia sodalis Stimpson, 1858 accepted as Hydrissa sodalis (Stimpson, 1858) (basionym)
  126. Species Hydractinia spiralis Lin, Xu, Huang & Wang, 2010 accepted as Hydractinia taiwanensis Xu, Huang, Lin, Guo & Wang, 2014 accepted as Podocoryna taiwanensis (Xu, Huang, Lin, Guo & Wang, 2014) (invalid junior homonym of Hydractinia spiralis Goto, 1910)
  127. Species Hydractinia taiwanensis Xu, Huang, Lin, Guo & Wang, 2014 accepted as Podocoryna taiwanensis (Xu, Huang, Lin, Guo & Wang, 2014) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  128. Species Hydractinia tenuis (Browne, 1902) accepted as Podocoryna tenuis (Browne, 1902) (invalid junior homonym of Hydractinia humilis Bonnevie, 1898)
  129. Species Hydractinia tournieri (Picard & Rahm, 1954) accepted as Cnidostoma fallax Vanhöffen, 1911 (synonym)
  130. Species Hydractinia uchidai (Yamada, 1947) accepted as Schuchertinia uchidai (Yamada, 1947) (unaccepted > superseded combination, genus transfer)
  131. Species Hydractinia uchidai Nagao, 1961 accepted as Hydractinia nagaoensis Bouillon, Medel & Peña Cantero, 1997
  132. Species Hydractinia uniformis Stampar, Tronolone & Morandini, 2006 accepted as Podocoryna uniformis (Stampar, Tronolone & Morandini, 2006) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  133. Species Hydractinia vacuolata Xu & Huang, 2006 accepted as Turritopsis vacuolata (Xu & Huang, 2006) (wrong genus)
  134. Species Hydractinia humilis Bonnevie, 1898 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  135. Species Hydractinia incerta Van Beneden, 1867 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  136. Species Hydractinia reticulata (Wright, 1861) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  137. Species Hydractinia siphonis (Stechow, 1921) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  138. Species Hydractinia solitaria Van Beneden, 1867 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  139. Species Hydractinia tenuissima Van Beneden, 1867 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Beneden, P.J. van. (1844). Sur les genres Eleutherie et Synhydre. <em>Bulletins de l'Académie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres de Bruxelles.</em> 11: 305-314., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15742170
page(s): 314 [details]   
Schuchert, P. (2024). World Hydrozoa Database. Hydractinia Van Beneden, 1844. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117117 on 2024-03-29
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original description Beneden, P.J. van. (1844). Sur les genres Eleutherie et Synhydre. <em>Bulletins de l'Académie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres de Bruxelles.</em> 11: 305-314., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15742170
page(s): 314 [details]   

original description  (of Echinochorium Hassall, 1841) Hassall, A. H. (1841). Supplement to a catalogue of Irish Zoophytes. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 7: 276-287, 363-374, pls 6-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2315000
page(s): 371 [details]   

original description  (of Synhydra Quatrefages, 1843) Quatrefages A.D. (1843). Mémoire sur la Synhydre parasite (Synhydra parasites Nob.) nouveau genre de Polypes voisin des Hydres. <em>Annales des Sciences naturelles (2).</em> 20: 230-248, pls 8-9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13405877
page(s): 232 [details]   

original description  (of Hydrodendrium 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): 936 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Nuttingia Stechow, 1909) Stechow, E. 1909a. Hydroidpolypen der japanischen Ostküste. I. Teil: Athecata und Plumularidae. In: F. Doflein, Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte Ostasiens. Abhandlungen der Mathematisch-Phyikalische Klasse der Königlichen Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Supplement Band 1: 1-111, plates 1-7.
page(s): 10  [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Hydractinia (Euhydractinia) Broch, 1910) Broch, H. 1910. Die Hydroiden der Arktischen Meere. - Fauna Arctica 5: 127-248, plates 2-4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7161644
page(s): 141 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Hydronema Stechow, 1921) Stechow, E. (1921d). Neue Genera und Species von Hydrozoen und anderen Evertebraten. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 87: 248-265., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45494398
page(s): 252 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Cionistes Wright, 1861) Wright, T. S. (1861). Observations on British Protozoa and zoophytes. <em>The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology.</em> 3(8): 120-135., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/60913#/summary
page(s): 123 [details]   

original description  (of Podocorella Stechow, 1921) Stechow, E. (1921d). Neue Genera und Species von Hydrozoen und anderen Evertebraten. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 87: 248-265., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45494398
page(s): 250 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Halorhiza Stechow, 1962) Stechow E. (1962). Über skelettbildende Hydrozoen. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 169: 416-428.
page(s): 417 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

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

additional source NODC. (1997). NODC Taxonomic codes.  [details]   

additional source Schuchert, P. (2008). The European athecate hydroids and their medusae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria): Filifera part 3. <em>Revue suisse de Zoologie.</em> 115: 221-302., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41183893
page(s): 223 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source Bouillon, J.; Boero, F. (2000). Synopsis of the families and genera of the Hydromedusae of the world, with a list of the worldwide species. <i>Thalassia Salent. 24</i>: 47-296 (look up in IMIS[details]   
 
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Publication date The valid introduction of the name Hydractinia is 1844 and not 1841, see Calder (2010). See also for this publication for de invalidation of senior synonyms. [details]
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