WoRMS taxon details
Halopteris crassa (Billard, 1911)
287299 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:287299)
accepted
Species
Halopteris heterogona (Bale, 1924) · unaccepted (synonym)
Plumularia crassa Billard, 1911 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Thecocaulus heterogona Bale, 1924 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Plumularia crassa Billard, 1911) Billard A. (1911b). Note préliminaire sur les espèces nouvelles de Plumulariidae de l'expedition du "Siboga". <em>Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale, Notes & Revue (5).</em> 8: 62-71., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5378878
page(s): 67, fig. 9 [details]
page(s): 67, fig. 9 [details]
Type locality contained in Aru Islands
type locality contained in Aru Islands [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Halopteris crassa (Billard, 1911). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=287299 on 2025-11-15
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Plumularia crassa Billard, 1911) Billard A. (1911b). Note préliminaire sur les espèces nouvelles de Plumulariidae de l'expedition du "Siboga". <em>Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale, Notes & Revue (5).</em> 8: 62-71., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5378878
page(s): 67, fig. 9 [details]
original description (of Thecocaulus heterogona Bale, 1924) Bale W.M. (1924). Report on some hydroids from the New Zealand coast, with notes on New Zealand Hydroida generally, supplementing Farquhar's list. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 55: 225-268., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33682042
page(s): 255, fig. 13 [details]
basis of record Vervoort, W.; Schuchert, P. & van der Land, J. (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 67, fig. 9 [details]
original description (of Thecocaulus heterogona Bale, 1924) Bale W.M. (1924). Report on some hydroids from the New Zealand coast, with notes on New Zealand Hydroida generally, supplementing Farquhar's list. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 55: 225-268., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33682042
page(s): 255, fig. 13 [details]
basis of record Vervoort, W.; Schuchert, P. & van der Land, J. (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Schuchert P. (1997). Review of the family Halopterididae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria). <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden.</em> 309: 1-162.
page(s): 79, figs 26-28 [details]
page(s): 79, figs 26-28 [details]
Other
additional source
Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors 
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Biology colonial, fixed sporosacs [details]
