Canadian Register of Marine Species

CaRMS taxon details

Filifera

Polyp with filiform tentacles, typical for the Suborder Filifera

AphiaID

16352 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:16352)

Classification

Authority

Kühn, 1913

Status

accepted

Rank

Suborder

Parent

Anthoathecata

Original name

Filifera

Direct children (16)

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Family Bougainvilliidae Lütken, 1850
Family Bythotiaridae Maas, 1905
Family Cordylophoridae von Lendenfeld, 1885
Family Eudendriidae L. Agassiz, 1862
Family Hydractiniidae L. Agassiz, 1862
Family Oceaniidae Eschscholtz, 1829
Family Pandeidae Haeckel, 1879
Family Proboscidactylidae Hand & Hendrickson, 1950
Family Protiaridae Haeckel, 1879
Family Rathkeidae Russell, 1953
Family Trichydridae Hincks, 1868
Infraorder Pandeida (uncertain > nomen dubium, unfounded grouping)
Family Calycopsidae Mayer, 1910 accepted as Bythotiaridae Maas, 1905 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Family Clavidae McCrady, 1859 accepted as Hydractiniidae L. Agassiz, 1862 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Superfamily Margelina Haeckel, 1879 (invalid grouping (polyphyletic))
Family Filifera incertae sedis (temporary name)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Kühn, A., 1913. Entwicklungsgeschichte und Verwandschaftsbeziehungen der Hydrozoen. I. Teil: Die Hydroiden. Erg. Fortschr. Zool. 4 1-2: 1-284. [details]

Taxonomic citation

CaRMS (2025). Filifera. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=16352 on 2026-01-17

Regional species database citation

Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2026). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Filifera. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=16352 on 2026-01-17

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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2009-05-14 20:42:02Z

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Schuchert, Peter

2015-11-27 07:48:32Z

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Schuchert, Peter

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original description Kühn, A., 1913. Entwicklungsgeschichte und Verwandschaftsbeziehungen der Hydrozoen. I. Teil: Die Hydroiden. Erg. Fortschr. Zool. 4 1-2: 1-284. [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. <i>Thalassia Salent. 24</i>: 47-296 (look up in IMIS) [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

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Language	Name
Japanese	刺糸亜目	[details]

To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Filifera)
To ITIS

From editor or global species database

Polyp with filiform tentacles, typical for the Suborder Filifera