Deep-Sea taxon details
Plumularia setacea (Linnaeus, 1758)
117824 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117824)
accepted
Species
Plumularia corrugata Nutting, 1900 · unaccepted (synonym)
Plumularia diploptera Totton, 1930 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 813 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 813 [details] Available for editors
Distribution Cosmopolitan species.
Distribution Cosmopolitan species. [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Plumularia setacea (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117824 on 2026-06-01
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Plumularia setacea (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117824 on 2026-06-01
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original description
(of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 813 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Plumularia diploptera Totton, 1930) Totton, A. K. 1930. Coelenterata. Part V.- Hydroida. - British Antarctic ("Terra Nova") Expedition, 1910, Natural History Report, Zoology 5: 131-252, pls 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49469919
page(s): 222, fig. 59a-b [details] Available for editors
original description (of Plumularia corrugata Nutting, 1900) Nutting, C. C. 1900. American Hydroids. Part I The Plumularidae. Smithsonian Institution, United States National Museum Special Bulletin 4: 1-285., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1051509
page(s): 64, pl. 6 figs 1-3 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Bermuda) Calder D.R. (1997). Shallow-water hydroids of Bermuda: superfamily Plumularioidea. <em>Royal Ontario Museum Life Sciences Contributions.</em> 161: 1-86. [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Vervoort, W.; Cairns, S.D.; Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydrozoa, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 112-120 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source NODC. (1997). NODC Taxonomic codes. [details]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Calder D.R. (1997). Shallow-water hydroids of Bermuda: superfamily Plumularioidea. <em>Royal Ontario Museum Life Sciences Contributions.</em> 161: 1-86.
page(s): 7, 14, 15, 16, 17-21, 23, 24, 85 [details]
additional source Calder, D. R. and S. D. Cairns. 2009. Hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 381–394 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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
additional source Schuchert, P. (2014a). High genetic diversity in the hydroid Plumularia setacea: A multitude of cryptic species or extensive population subdivision?. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 76: 1-9., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2014.02.020 [details] Available for editors
additional source Watson, J. E. (2024). The marine hydroids of south-eastern Australia (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa). <em>Museum Victoria Science Reports.</em> 22: 1-121., available online at https://doi.org/10.24199/j.mvsr.2024.22
page(s): 89, fig. 170 [details] Available for editors
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198573562.001.0001 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 813 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Plumularia diploptera Totton, 1930) Totton, A. K. 1930. Coelenterata. Part V.- Hydroida. - British Antarctic ("Terra Nova") Expedition, 1910, Natural History Report, Zoology 5: 131-252, pls 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49469919
page(s): 222, fig. 59a-b [details] Available for editors
original description (of Plumularia corrugata Nutting, 1900) Nutting, C. C. 1900. American Hydroids. Part I The Plumularidae. Smithsonian Institution, United States National Museum Special Bulletin 4: 1-285., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1051509
page(s): 64, pl. 6 figs 1-3 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Bermuda) Calder D.R. (1997). Shallow-water hydroids of Bermuda: superfamily Plumularioidea. <em>Royal Ontario Museum Life Sciences Contributions.</em> 161: 1-86. [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Vervoort, W.; Cairns, S.D.; Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydrozoa, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 112-120 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source NODC. (1997). NODC Taxonomic codes. [details]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Calder D.R. (1997). Shallow-water hydroids of Bermuda: superfamily Plumularioidea. <em>Royal Ontario Museum Life Sciences Contributions.</em> 161: 1-86.
page(s): 7, 14, 15, 16, 17-21, 23, 24, 85 [details]
additional source Calder, D. R. and S. D. Cairns. 2009. Hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 381–394 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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
additional source Schuchert, P. (2014a). High genetic diversity in the hydroid Plumularia setacea: A multitude of cryptic species or extensive population subdivision?. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 76: 1-9., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2014.02.020 [details] Available for editors
additional source Watson, J. E. (2024). The marine hydroids of south-eastern Australia (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa). <em>Museum Victoria Science Reports.</em> 22: 1-121., available online at https://doi.org/10.24199/j.mvsr.2024.22
page(s): 89, fig. 170 [details] Available for editors
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198573562.001.0001 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype MHNG INVE29392, geounit French Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MHNG INVE29393, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MHNG INVE29966, geounit French Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MHNG, geounit French Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Distribution Cosmopolitan species. [details]From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species vector dispersal Argentinean part of the South Atlantic Ocean (Marine Region) Ships: accidental as attached or free-living fouling organisms [details]Introduced species vector dispersal Uruguayan part of the South Atlantic Ocean (Marine Region) Ships: accidental with ballast water, sea water systems, live wells or other deck basins [details]
Introduced species vector dispersal Uruguayan part of the South Atlantic Ocean (Marine Region) Ships: accidental as attached or free-living fouling organisms [details]
Introduced species vector dispersal Argentinean part of the South Atlantic Ocean (Marine Region) Ships: accidental with ballast water, sea water systems, live wells or other deck basins [details]
Unreviewed
Biology colonial, no medusae [details]Habitat coastal to slope [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | stijne zeeborstel | [details] |
| English | little seabristleglassy plume hydroid | [details] |
| German | Kleiner Strauch-Hydroid | [details] |
| Japanese | ハネガヤ | [details] |
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
To Barcode of Life (36 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Plumularia corrugata Nutting, 1900)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (192 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Plumularia setacea)
To GenBank (202 nucleotides; 40 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (26 records)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (36 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Plumularia corrugata Nutting, 1900)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (192 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Plumularia setacea)
To GenBank (202 nucleotides; 40 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (26 records)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
