Hydrozoa taxon details
Thyroscyphus Allman, 1877
203893 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:203893)
accepted
Genus
Thyroscyphus ramosus Allman, 1877 (type by monotypy)
Cnidoscyphus Splettstösser, 1929 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (synonym)
Lytoscyphus Pictet, 1893 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Thyroscyphus aequalis Warren, 1908
- Species Thyroscyphus bedoti Splettstösser, 1929
- Species Thyroscyphus fruticosus (Esper, 1797)
- Species Thyroscyphus longicaulis Splettstösser, 1929
- Species Thyroscyphus macrocyttarus (Lamouroux, 1826)
- Species Thyroscyphus marginatus (Allman, 1877)
- Species Thyroscyphus ramosus Allman, 1877
- Species Thyroscyphus sibogae Billard, 1930
- Species Thyroscyphus torresii (Busk, 1852)
- Species Thyroscyphus balei Calder, 1983 accepted as Thyroscyphus macrocyttarus (Lamouroux, 1826) (synonym)
- Species Thyroscyphus fruticosa (Esper, 1793) accepted as Thyroscyphus fruticosus (Esper, 1797) (incorrect gender suffix)
- Species Thyroscyphus intermedius Congdon, 1907 accepted as Symmetroscyphus intermedius (Congdon, 1907) (basionym)
- Forma Thyroscyphus intermedius f. peculiaris Leloup, 1935 accepted as Sertularella peculiaris (Leloup, 1935) (basionym)
- Species Thyroscyphus regularis Jäderholm, 1896 accepted as Thyroscyphus torresii (Busk, 1852) (synonym)
- Species Thyroscyphus repens Jäderholm, 1904 accepted as Parascyphus repens (Jäderholm, 1904) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Thyroscyphus scorpioides Vervoort, 1993 accepted as Tuberocaulus scorpioides (Vervoort, 1993) (genus transfer)
- Species Thyroscyphus simplex Allman, 1888 accepted as Thyroscyphus torresii (Busk, 1852) (synonym)
- Species Thyroscyphus simplex (Lamouroux, 1816) accepted as Parascyphus simplex (Lamouroux, 1816)
- Species Thyroscyphus vitiensis Marktanner-Turneretscher, 1890 accepted as Thyroscyphus fruticosus (Esper, 1797) (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Allman, G.J. (1877). Report on the Hydroida collected during the Exploration of the Gulf Stream by L. F. de Pourtalès, Assistant United States Coast Survey. <i>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology</i>. 5: 1-66, plates 1-34., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4311825
page(s): 10 [details]
page(s): 10 [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Thyroscyphus Allman, 1877. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Hydrozoa/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=203893 on 2026-01-15
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original description
Allman, G.J. (1877). Report on the Hydroida collected during the Exploration of the Gulf Stream by L. F. de Pourtalès, Assistant United States Coast Survey. <i>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology</i>. 5: 1-66, plates 1-34., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4311825
page(s): 10 [details]
original description (of Lytoscyphus Pictet, 1893) Pictet, C. 1893. Étude sur les hydraires de la Baie d'Amboine. Revue suisse de Zoologie 1: 1-64, pls 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10087753
page(s): 35 [details]
original description (of Cnidoscyphus Splettstösser, 1929) Splettstösser W. (1929). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Sertulariiden. Thyroscyphus Allm., Cnidoscyphus nov. gen., Parascyphus Ritchie. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Oekologie und Geographie der Tiere.</em> 58(1): 1-134.
page(s): 70 [details] Available for editors
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 10 [details]
original description (of Lytoscyphus Pictet, 1893) Pictet, C. 1893. Étude sur les hydraires de la Baie d'Amboine. Revue suisse de Zoologie 1: 1-64, pls 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10087753
page(s): 35 [details]
original description (of Cnidoscyphus Splettstösser, 1929) Splettstösser W. (1929). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Sertulariiden. Thyroscyphus Allm., Cnidoscyphus nov. gen., Parascyphus Ritchie. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Oekologie und Geographie der Tiere.</em> 58(1): 1-134.
page(s): 70 [details] Available for editors
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
