Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Syntheciidae Marktanner-Turneretscher, 1890. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=22963 on 2025-07-16
original descriptionMarktanner-Turneretscher, G. 1890. Hydroiden des K. & K. Naturhistorischen Hofmuseums. - Annalen des K. K. Naturhistorischen Hofmuseums 5: 195-286., available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4047029[details]
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context source (Hexacorallia)Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional sourceCostello, M.J., C. Emblow & R. White (EdS.). (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France.</em> 463 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional sourceWatson, J. E. (2000). Hydroids (Hydrozoa: Leptothecatae) from the Beagle Gulf and Darwin Harbour, northern Australia. <em>The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory.</em> 16: 1-82. note: revision of family [details] Available for editors [request]
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Diagnosis Hydroid colony erect, arising from a creeping hydrorhiza, shoots unbranched or with stem and pinnately arranged hydrocladia, hydrothecae sessile, bilaterally symmetrical, in two or more longitudinal rows on hydrocaulus and hydrocladia, alternate or opposite, partly adnate, no real diaphragm but with perforated basal floor, hydrothecal rim even, operculum and nematophores absent; gonophore as fixed sporosacs, gonothecae arising from within hydrothecal cavity or from fenestrae below hydrothecae or from hydrorhiza. [details]