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Hydra Linnaeus, 1758 
AphiaID: 267491

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hydrozoa (Class) > Hydroidolina (Subclass) > Anthoathecata (Order) > Aplanulata (Suborder) > Hydridae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Hydridae Dana, 1846
Synonymised
taxa
  Chlorohydra Schulze, 1917 (synonym)
Pelmatohydra Schulze, 1917 (synonym)
Sources  original description: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 [details]

basis of record: UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS[details]

Direct child
taxa

[show all]
 Species Hydra baikalensis Swarczewski, 1923
Species Hydra beijingensis Fan, 2003
Species Hydra canadensis Rowan, 1930
Species Hydra cauliculata Hyman, 1938
Species Hydra circumcincta Schulze, 1914
Species Hydra daqingensis Fan, 2000
Species Hydra ethiopiae Hickson, 1930
Species Hydra hadleyi (Forrest, 1959)
Species Hydra harbinensis Fan & Shi, 2003
Species Hydra hymanae Hadley & Forrest, 1949
Species Hydra iheringi Cordero, 1939
Species Hydra intaba Ewer, 1948
Species Hydra intermedia De Carvalho Wolle, 1978
Species Hydra japonica Itô, 1947
Species Hydra javanica Schulze, 1927
Species Hydra liriosoma Campbell, 1987
Species Hydra madagascariensis Campbell, 1999
Species Hydra magellanica Schulze, 1927
Species Hydra mariana Cox & Young, 1973
Species Hydra minima Forrest, 1963
Species Hydra mohensis Fan & Shi, 1999
Species Hydra oligactis Pallas, 1766
Species Hydra oregona Griffin & Peters, 1939
Species Hydra oxycnida Schulze, 1914
Species Hydra paludicola Itô, 1947
Species Hydra paranensis Cernosvitov, 1935
Species Hydra parva Itô, 1947
Species Hydra plagiodesmica Dioni, 1968
Species Hydra polymorpha Chen & Wang, 2008
Species Hydra robusta (Itô, 1947)
Species Hydra rutgersensis Forrest, 1963
Species Hydra salmacidis Lang da Silveira, Souza-Gomes & de Souza e Silva, 1997
Species Hydra shenzhensis Wang & Deng, 2012
Species Hydra sinensis Wang, Deng, Lai & Li, 2009
Species Hydra thomseni Cordero, 1941
Species Hydra umfula Ewer, 1948
Species Hydra utahensis Hyman, 1931
Species Hydra viridissima Pallas, 1766
Species Hydra vulgaris Pallas, 1766
Species Hydra zeylandica Burt, 1929
Species Hydra zhujiangensis Liu & Wang, 2010

Species Hydra brunnea Templeton, 1836 (species inquirenda)
Species Hydra hexactinella von Lendenfeld, 1886 (species inquirenda)
Species Hydra orientalis Annandale, 1905 (species inquirenda)
Species Hydra rubra Lewes, 1860 (species inquirenda)
Species Hydra tenuis Ayres, 1856 (species inquirenda)
Species Hydra verrucosa Templeton, 1836 (species inquirenda)

Species Hydra aculeata Wagner, 1833 accepted as Hydractinia aculeata (Wagner, 1833)
Species Hydra americana Hyman, 1929 accepted as Hydra vulgaris Pallas, 1766
Species Hydra attenuata Pallas, 1766 accepted as Hydra circumcincta Schulze, 1914
Species Hydra braueri Bedot, 1912 accepted as Hydra circumcincta Schulze, 1914
Species Hydra carnea Agassiz, 1851 accepted as Hydra vulgaris Pallas, 1766
Species Hydra corala Elrod & Ricker, 1902 accepted as Hydra oligactis Pallas, 1766
Species Hydra corynaria Bosc, 1797 accepted as Cladocoryne floccosa Rotch, 1871
Species Hydra dioecia Downing, 1905 accepted as Hydra oligactis Pallas, 1766
Species Hydra graysoni Maxwell, 1972 accepted as Hydra circumcincta Schulze, 1914
Species Hydra littoralis Hyman, 1931 accepted as Hydra vulgaris Pallas, 1766
Species Hydra magnipapillata Itô, 1947 accepted as Hydra vulgaris Pallas, 1766
Species Hydra monoecia Hefferan, 1902 accepted as Hydra oligactis Pallas, 1766
Species Hydra multicornis Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Clava multicornis (Forsskål, 1775)
Species Hydra ovata Boecker, 1920 accepted as Hydra circumcincta Schulze, 1914
Species Hydra oxycnicoides Schulze, 1927 accepted as Hydra oxycnida Schulze, 1914
Species Hydra pallida Beardsley, 1904 accepted as Hydra oligactis Pallas, 1766
Species Hydra pirardi Brien, 1961 accepted as Hydra oxycnida Schulze, 1914
Species Hydra pseudoligactis (Hyman, 1931) accepted as Hydra canadensis Rowan, 1930
Species Hydra ramosa Fabricius, 1780 accepted as Coryne pusilla Gaertner, 1774
Species Hydra rhaetica Asper, 1879 accepted as Hydra oligactis Pallas, 1766
Species Hydra roeselii Haacke, 1879 accepted as Hydra oligactis Pallas, 1766
Species Hydra squamata Müller, 1776 accepted as Clava squamata (Müller, 1776) accepted as Clava multicornis (Forsskål, 1775)
Species Hydra stellata Schulze, 1914 accepted as Hydra circumcincta Schulze, 1914
Species Hydra trembleyi Haacke, 1879 accepted as Hydra vulgaris Pallas, 1766
Species Hydra verticillata Delle Chiaje, 1822 accepted as Zoobotryon verticillatum (Delle Chiaje, 1822)
Species Hydra viridis Linnaeus, 1767 accepted as Hydra viridissima Pallas, 1766
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Links To GenBank (0 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To ITIS
Image 
Leloup (1952, fig. 44)
Leloup (1952, fig. 44)
added on 2009-09-10 - author: E. Leloup
scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267491
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2008-01-14 11:18:07Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2009-04-29 06:52:24Z  changed  Schuchert, Peter
  
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  Citation: Schuchert, P. (2013). Hydra Linnaeus, 1758. In: Schuchert, P. (2013) World Hydrozoa database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267491 on 2013-05-20
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