WoRMS name details
Thecocarpus Nutting, 1900
150681 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:150681)
unaccepted > junior objective synonym (synonym)
Genus
Sertularia myriophyllum Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Lytocarpia myriophyllum (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by original designation)
Theocarpus Nutting, 1900 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
- Species Thecocarpus balei (Nutting, 1906) accepted as Macrorhynchia balei (Nutting, 1906) (unaccepted combination)
- Species Thecocarpus benedicti Nutting, 1900 accepted as Lytocarpia benedicti (Nutting, 1900) (basionym)
- Species Thecocarpus brevirostris (Busk, 1852) accepted as Lytocarpia brevirostris (Busk, 1852) (unaccepted combination)
- Species Thecocarpus canepa Blanco & Bellusci de Miralles, 1971 accepted as Lytocarpia canepa (Blanco & Bellusci de Miralles, 1971) (basionym)
- Species Thecocarpus chiltoni Bale, 1924 accepted as Lytocarpia chiltoni (Bale, 1924)
- Species Thecocarpus ctenatus Totton, 1930 accepted as Aglaophenia ctenata (Totton, 1930) (genus transfer)
- Species Thecocarpus flexuosus (Lamouroux, 1816) accepted as Lytocarpia flexuosa (Lamouroux, 1816) (genus transfer)
- Species Thecocarpus formosus (Busk, 1851) accepted as Lytocarpia formosa (Busk, 1851)
- Species Thecocarpus furcata Vervoort, 1941 accepted as Lytocarpia furcata (Vervoort, 1941) (basionym)
- Species Thecocarpus giardi Billard, 1907 accepted as Lytocarpia flexuosa (Lamouroux, 1816) (possible synonym)
- Species Thecocarpus incisus (Coughtrey, 1875) accepted as Lytocarpia incisa (Coughtrey, 1875)
- Species Thecocarpus leopoldi Leloup, 1930 accepted as Lytocarpia phyteuma (Stechow, 1919) (synonym)
- Species Thecocarpus myriophyllum (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Lytocarpia myriophyllum (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Thecocarpus niger Nutting, 1906 accepted as Lytocarpia nigra (Nutting, 1906) (basionym)
- Species Thecocarpus normani Nutting, 1900 accepted as Lytocarpia normani (Nutting, 1900) (basionym)
- Species Thecocarpus phyteuma Stechow, 1919 accepted as Lytocarpia phyteuma (Stechow, 1919)
- Species Thecocarpus spiralis Totton, 1930 accepted as Lytocarpia spiralis (Totton, 1930)
- Species Thecocarpus subdischotomus Ralph, 1961 accepted as Lytocarpia subdichotoma (Ralph, 1961) (basionym)
- Species Thecocarpus tenuissima (Bale, 1914) accepted as Lytocarpia tenuissima (Bale, 1914) (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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): 106 [details]
page(s): 106 [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Thecocarpus Nutting, 1900. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=150681 on 2025-07-05
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Nomenclature
original description
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): 106 [details]
basis of record Hansson, H. (2004). North East Atlantic Taxa (NEAT): Nematoda. Internet pdf Ed. Aug 1998. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 106 [details]
basis of record Hansson, H. (2004). North East Atlantic Taxa (NEAT): Nematoda. Internet pdf Ed. Aug 1998. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
