Hydrozoa name details
Thecocarpus myriophyllum (Linnaeus, 1758)
150682 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:150682)
unaccepted (synonym)
Species
- Variety Thecocarpus myriophyllum var. angulatus Billard, 1913 accepted as Lytocarpia orientalis (Billard, 1908) (synonym)
- Variety Thecocarpus myriophyllum var. elongatus Billard, 1910 accepted as Lytocarpia myriophyllum (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Variety Thecocarpus myriophyllum var. orientalis Billard, 1908 accepted as Lytocarpia orientalis (Billard, 1908) (synonym)
- Variety Thecocarpus myriophyllum var. perarmatus Billard, 1908 accepted as Lytocarpia perarmata (Billard, 1913) (raised to species level)
- Subspecies Thecocarpus myriophyllum vervoorti Stepanjants, 1979 accepted as Lytocarpia orientalis (Billard, 1908) (possible synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Sertularia myriophyllum Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Thecocarpus myriophyllum (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/hydrozoa/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=150682 on 2026-02-15
original description
(of Sertularia myriophyllum Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [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 Leloup, E. (1933). Contribution à la connaissance des hydropolypes de la côte des Pays-Bas [Contribution to the knowladge of the hydropolyps of the Dutch coast]. <i>Bull. Mus. royal d'Hist. Nat. Belg./Med. Kon. Natuurhist. Mus. Belg. 9(45)</i>: 1-30 (look up in IMIS) [details]
source of synonymy Hansson, H. (2004). North East Atlantic Taxa (NEAT): Nematoda. Internet pdf Ed. Aug 1998. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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 Leloup, E. (1933). Contribution à la connaissance des hydropolypes de la côte des Pays-Bas [Contribution to the knowladge of the hydropolyps of the Dutch coast]. <i>Bull. Mus. royal d'Hist. Nat. Belg./Med. Kon. Natuurhist. Mus. Belg. 9(45)</i>: 1-30 (look up in IMIS) [details]
source of synonymy Hansson, H. (2004). North East Atlantic Taxa (NEAT): Nematoda. Internet pdf Ed. Aug 1998. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality