Hydrozoa taxon details

Anthoathecata 
AphiaID: 13551

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Cnidaria > Hydrozoa > Hydroidolina
Authority Cornelius, 1992
Status accepted
Record
status
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Rank Order
Parent Hydroidolina
Synonymised
taxa
  Anthomedusae (synonym)
Athecata (synonym)
Gymnoblastea (synonym)
Laingiomedusae (synonym)
Sources  original description: Cornelius, P.F.S., 1992. Medusa loss in leptolid Hydrozoan (Cnidaria) hydroid rafting, and abbreviated life-cycles among their remote-island faunae: an interim review. In: J. Bouillon, F. Boero, F. Cicogna, J.M. Gili & R.G. Hughes, eds., Aspects of hydrozoan biology. Scientia Marina 56 2-3: 245-261.
page(s): 245 [details]


basis of record: Bouillon, J.; Boero, F. (2000). Synopsis of the families and genera of the Hydromedusae of the world, with a list of the worldwide species. Thalassia Salent. 24: 47-296 (look up in IMIS[details]

from synonym: 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] [view taxon]

from synonym: Brusca, R.C.; Brusca, G.J. (1990). Invertebrates. Sinauer Associates: Sunderland, MA (USA). ISBN 0-87893-098-1. 922 pp. (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

Direct child
taxa
 Suborder Anthoathecata incertae sedis
Suborder Aplanulata
Suborder Capitata
Suborder Filifera
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent + fossil
Feedingtypes  omnivore [details]
predator [details]
scavenger [details]
Links To GenBank
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Notes  Diagnosis: Hydrozoans that always have a polyp stage. Hydranths either solitary or colonial, body not covered by firm perisarc. Medusae not colonial, without statocysts, with gonads on manubrium, with radial canals, with tentacles arising from bell-margin. Cnidome normally includes desmonemes (not Eudendriidae and Laingiidae). [details]

Taxonomic Remark: The original spelling in Cornelius (1992) was Anthoathecata. Cornelius (1995a) changed the spelling to Anthoathecatae, which seems unnecessary. [details]

Taxonomic status: The naming of this taxon is disputed, some prefer Anthomedusae, some Athecata (oldest name). Molecular investigations show that this group is likely not monophyletic, it will thus most probably disappear. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:13551
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  db_admin
2009-05-14 14:43:31Z  changed  Schuchert, Peter
2009-05-15 08:50:37Z  changed  Schuchert, Peter
  
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  Citation: Schuchert, P. (2013). Anthoathecata. Accessed through: Schuchert, P. (2013) World Hydrozoa database at http://www.marinespecies.org/hydrozoa/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=13551 on 2013-05-22