WoRMS taxon details
Hydridae Dana, 1846
AphiaID: 151708
AphiaID: 151708
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hydrozoa (Class) > Hydroidolina (Subclass) > Anthoathecata (Order) > Aplanulata (Suborder) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Family | ||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Aplanulata | ||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: 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] redescription: Holstein, T. 1995. Cnidaria: Hydrozoa. pp. 1-142. In Süsswasserfauna von Mitteleuropa Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Genus Hydra Linnaeus, 1758 Genus Chlorohydra Schulze, 1917 accepted as Hydra Linnaeus, 1758 Genus Pelmatohydra Schulze, 1917 accepted as Hydra Linnaeus, 1758 | ||||||||||||||||
| Environment | |||||||||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent only | ||||||||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||
| Note |
Diagnosis: Hydroid solitary, with hollow filiform tentacles, but often moniliform distally, in one whorl under hypostome; lower part of hydranth with simple pedal disc, no perisarc except on encysted embryos.. Without medusa phase or gonophore development, eggs and sperm developed directly in epidermis of polyps in wart-like protuberances; asexual reproduction by lateral buds, leading only to temporary colonies [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:151708 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Schuchert, P. (2013). Hydridae. In: Schuchert, P. (2013) World Hydrozoa database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151708 on 2013-05-23 | |||||||||||||||||
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