Hydractinia americana (Mayer, 1910) 
AphiaID: 157955

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Cnidaria > Hydrozoa > Hydroidolina > Anthoathecata > Filifera > Hydractiniidae > Hydractinia

Status		unaccepted (genus transfer)
Accepted name		Podocoryna americana (Mayer, 1910)
Rank		Species
Parent		Hydractinia Van Beneden, 1841
Synonymised taxa		Hydractinia selena (Mills, 1976) (synonym)
Sources		original description Edwards, C., 1972. The hydroids and the medusae Podocoryne areolata , P. borealis and P. carnea. J. mar. biol. Ass. U.K. 52 1: 97-144. page(s): 133 [details] basis of record Calder, D. 2003 MS. Checklist of Hydroids, hydromedusae and siphonophores reported from the Bay of Fundy. [details] additional source Trott, T.J. 2004. Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist (Special Issue 2): 261 - 324. [details] original description (from synonym) Mills, C.E., 1976. Podocoryne selena, a new species of hydroid from the Gulf of Mexico, and a comparison with Hydractinia echinata. Biol. Bull. mar. biol. Lab. Woods Hole 151 1: 214-224. page(s): 214 [details] [view taxon] source of synonymy (from synonym) Miglietta, M. P., Schuchert, P., & Cunningham, C. W. 2009. Reconciling genealogical and morphological species in a worldwide study of the family Hydractiniidae (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa). Zoologica Scripta 38: 403-430. page(s): 420 [details] [view taxon] [show all]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Distribution		From other sources North Atlantic Ocean North West Atlantic [details]
Links		To Encyclopedia of Life To ITIS
Note		From other sources Taxonomy Order: Anthoathecatae according to Trott (2004). [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157955
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2005-05-24 16:52:44Z   created   Vanden Berghe, Edward 2008-01-16 10:35:54Z   changed   van der Land, Jacob 2010-03-15 14:18:34Z   checked   Schuchert, Peter 2012-11-23 09:55:06Z   changed   Schuchert, Peter 2013-05-21 11:03:14Z   changed   Schuchert, Peter
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		Citation: Schuchert, P. (2013). Hydractinia americana (Mayer, 1910). In: Schuchert, P. (2013) World Hydrozoa database. Accessed through: Schuchert, P. (2013) World Hydrozoa database at http://www.marinespecies.eu/hydrozoa/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=157955 on 2013-12-11