Deep-Sea name details
Boreohydra simplex Westblad, 1937
117315 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117315)
unaccepted (synonym)
Species
Boreohydra Westblad, 1937 accepted as Plotocnide Wagner, 1885
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Westblad, E. 1937. Boreohydra simplex n. gen., n. sp., ein Solitärpolyp von der norwegischen Küste. - Arkiv for Zoologi 29: 1-6..
page(s): 1, figs 1-4 [details]
page(s): 1, figs 1-4 [details]
distribution Mediterranean distribution record unpublished? It is quite unlikely for this cold water species to appear in the Mediterranean
distribution Mediterranean distribution record unpublished? It is quite unlikely for this cold water species to appear in the Mediterranean [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Mańko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Boreohydra simplex Westblad, 1937. 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=117315 on 2025-05-08
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Boreohydra simplex Westblad, 1937. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117315 on 2025-05-08
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Westblad, E. 1937. Boreohydra simplex n. gen., n. sp., ein Solitärpolyp von der norwegischen Küste. - Arkiv for Zoologi 29: 1-6..
page(s): 1, figs 1-4 [details]
source of synonymy Pyataeva, S. V.; Hopcroft, R. R.; Lindsay, D. J.; Collins, A. G. (2016). DNA barcodes unite two problematic taxa: the meiobenthic Boreohydra simplex is a life-cycle stage of Plotocnide borealis (Hydrozoa: Aplanulata). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4150(1): 85-92., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4150.1.5
page(s): 85 [details]
redescription Schuchert, P. (2006). The European athecate hydroids and their medusae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria): Capitata Part 1. <em>Revue suisse de Zoologie.</em> 113: 325-410.
page(s): 334, fig. 4 [details]
redescription Schuchert, P. 2012. North-West European Athecate Hydroids and their Medusae. Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series) 59. The Linnean Society of London, London, pp. i-viii, 1-364.
page(s): 90, fig. 91 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 1, figs 1-4 [details]
source of synonymy Pyataeva, S. V.; Hopcroft, R. R.; Lindsay, D. J.; Collins, A. G. (2016). DNA barcodes unite two problematic taxa: the meiobenthic Boreohydra simplex is a life-cycle stage of Plotocnide borealis (Hydrozoa: Aplanulata). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4150(1): 85-92., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4150.1.5
page(s): 85 [details]
redescription Schuchert, P. (2006). The European athecate hydroids and their medusae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria): Capitata Part 1. <em>Revue suisse de Zoologie.</em> 113: 325-410.
page(s): 334, fig. 4 [details]
redescription Schuchert, P. 2012. North-West European Athecate Hydroids and their Medusae. Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series) 59. The Linnean Society of London, London, pp. i-viii, 1-364.
page(s): 90, fig. 91 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality