Hydrozoa taxon details
Synthecium megathecum Billard, 1925
285929 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:285929)
accepted
Species
Synthecium longithecum Totton, 1930 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (synonym)
Synthecium megathecum var. parvulum Billard, 1925 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Variety Synthecium megathecum var. parvulum Billard, 1925 accepted as Synthecium megathecum Billard, 1925 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Billard A. (1925a). Note sur quelques espèces la plupart nouvelles de Synthécides et de Sertularides du Siboga. <em>Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 49: 646-652.
page(s): 648 [details]
page(s): 648 [details]
Type locality contained in Molucca Sea
type locality contained in Molucca Sea [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Synthecium megathecum Billard, 1925. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Hydrozoa/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=285929 on 2026-01-24
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Billard A. (1925a). Note sur quelques espèces la plupart nouvelles de Synthécides et de Sertularides du Siboga. <em>Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 49: 646-652.
page(s): 648 [details]
original description (of Synthecium longithecum Totton, 1930) Totton, A. K. 1930. Coelenterata. Part V.- Hydroida. - British Antarctic ("Terra Nova") Expedition, 1910, Natural History Report, Zoology 5: 131-252, pls 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49469919
page(s): 174, fig. 26 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Synthecium megathecum var. parvulum Billard, 1925) Billard A. (1925b). Les hydroïdes de l'expédition du Siboga. II. Synthecidae et Sertularidae. <em>Siboga Expeditie.</em> 7b: 117-232, 7 pls.
page(s): 132 [details] Available for editors
basis of record 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]
additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors
redescription Billard A. (1925b). Les hydroïdes de l'expédition du Siboga. II. Synthecidae et Sertularidae. <em>Siboga Expeditie.</em> 7b: 117-232, 7 pls.
page(s): 130, fig. 6, pl. 7 fig. 2 [details] Available for editors
redescription Vervoort, W., & Watson, J. E. 2003. The marine fauna of New Zealand: Leptothecata (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) (thecate hydroids). NIWA Biodiversity Memoir 119: 1-538.
page(s): 253, fig. 60A-B; note: re-examination of type material; records New Zealand [details]
page(s): 648 [details]
original description (of Synthecium longithecum Totton, 1930) Totton, A. K. 1930. Coelenterata. Part V.- Hydroida. - British Antarctic ("Terra Nova") Expedition, 1910, Natural History Report, Zoology 5: 131-252, pls 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49469919
page(s): 174, fig. 26 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Synthecium megathecum var. parvulum Billard, 1925) Billard A. (1925b). Les hydroïdes de l'expédition du Siboga. II. Synthecidae et Sertularidae. <em>Siboga Expeditie.</em> 7b: 117-232, 7 pls.
page(s): 132 [details] Available for editors
basis of record 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]
additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors
redescription Billard A. (1925b). Les hydroïdes de l'expédition du Siboga. II. Synthecidae et Sertularidae. <em>Siboga Expeditie.</em> 7b: 117-232, 7 pls.
page(s): 130, fig. 6, pl. 7 fig. 2 [details] Available for editors
redescription Vervoort, W., & Watson, J. E. 2003. The marine fauna of New Zealand: Leptothecata (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) (thecate hydroids). NIWA Biodiversity Memoir 119: 1-538.
page(s): 253, fig. 60A-B; note: re-examination of type material; records New Zealand [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
