African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Sertularella ligulata (Thornely, 1904)

AfReMaS name details

Sertularella ligulata (Thornely, 1904)

AphiaID

214471 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:214471)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (incorrect genus)

Accepted name

Sertularia ligulata Thornely, 1904 accepted as Sertularia loculosa Busk, 1852 accepted as Tridentata loculosa (Busk, 1852)

Rank

Species

Parent

Sertularella Gray, 1848

Original name

Sertularia ligulata Thornely, 1904

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Sertularia ligulata Thornely, 1904) Thornely, L. A. 1904. Report on the Hydroida collected by professor Herdman, at Ceylon, in 1902. - Report to the Government of Ceylon on the pearl oyster fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar 2, no. suppl. Rep. 8: 107-126., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1943078
page(s): 116, pl. 2 figs 1-1B [details]

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P. (2021). World Hydrozoa Database. Sertularella ligulata (Thornely, 1904). Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2021) African Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=214471 on 2026-05-20

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Sertularella ligulata (Thornely, 1904). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=214471 on 2026-05-20

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-10-13 09:05:27Z

created

Fondo, Esther

2011-08-12 10:57:18Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

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Sources (2)

original description (of Sertularia ligulata Thornely, 1904) Thornely, L. A. 1904. Report on the Hydroida collected by professor Herdman, at Ceylon, in 1902. - Report to the Government of Ceylon on the pearl oyster fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar 2, no. suppl. Rep. 8: 107-126., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1943078
page(s): 116, pl. 2 figs 1-1B [details]

basis of record Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]