Deep-Sea taxon details
Oswaldella billardi Briggs, 1938
174667 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:174667)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Briggs E.A. (1939). Hydroida. <em>Scientific Report of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition.</em> 9(4): 1-46, pls. 15-16.
page(s): 40, fig. 3, pl. 15 fig. [details] Available for editors
page(s): 40, fig. 3, pl. 15 fig. [details] Available for editors
Type locality contained in Davis Sea
type locality contained in Davis Sea [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Oswaldella billardi Briggs, 1938. 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=174667 on 2026-06-30
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Oswaldella billardi Briggs, 1938. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=174667 on 2026-06-30
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original description
Briggs E.A. (1939). Hydroida. <em>Scientific Report of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition.</em> 9(4): 1-46, pls. 15-16.
page(s): 40, fig. 3, pl. 15 fig. [details] Available for editors
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Cnidaria Antarctic checklist (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source 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]
redescription Peña Cantero A.L., Vervoort W. (2004). Species of Oswaldella Stechow, 1919 (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Kirchenpaueriidae) from US Antarctic expeditions, with the description of three new species. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 38(7): 805-861., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/0022293021000045154
page(s): 818, fig. 2; note: rescription, synonymy [details]
page(s): 40, fig. 3, pl. 15 fig. [details] Available for editors
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Cnidaria Antarctic checklist (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source 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]
redescription Peña Cantero A.L., Vervoort W. (2004). Species of Oswaldella Stechow, 1919 (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Kirchenpaueriidae) from US Antarctic expeditions, with the description of three new species. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 38(7): 805-861., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/0022293021000045154
page(s): 818, fig. 2; note: rescription, synonymy [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Biology colonial, fixed sporosacs [details]
