Hydrozoa taxon details
Coryne pusilla Gaertner, 1774
117471 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117471)
accepted
Species
Actigia pusilla (Gaertner, 1774) · unaccepted (synonym)
Coryne fruticosa Hincks, 1861 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Coryne glandulosa Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Coryne vermicularis Hincks, 1866 · unaccepted (synonym)
Hydra ramosa Fabricius, 1780 · unaccepted (synonym)
Stipula ramosa (Fabricius, 1780) · unaccepted > superseded combination (synonym)
Syncoryne pusilla (Gaertner, 1774) · unaccepted (genus a synonym)
- Variety Coryne pusilla var. Napolitana Weisman, 1883 accepted as Coryne muscoides (Linnaeus, 1761) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, probable synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Gaertner, J. (1774). Zoophyta, quaedam minuta. <em>In: Pallas, P.S., Specilegia Zoologia. Berolini: G.A. Lange.</em> fasc. 10: 24-41., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/spicilegiazoolog110pall#page/532/mode/1up
page(s): 40, pl. 4 fig. 8 [details]
page(s): 40, pl. 4 fig. 8 [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Coryne pusilla Gaertner, 1774. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/hydrozoa/aphia.php/api-docs/css/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117471 on 2025-10-07
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original description
Gaertner, J. (1774). Zoophyta, quaedam minuta. <em>In: Pallas, P.S., Specilegia Zoologia. Berolini: G.A. Lange.</em> fasc. 10: 24-41., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/spicilegiazoolog110pall#page/532/mode/1up
page(s): 40, pl. 4 fig. 8 [details]
original description (of Coryne fruticosa Hincks, 1861) Hincks, T. (1861). A catalogue of the zoophytes of South Devon and South Cornwall. <em>The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology.</em> 8(3): 152-161, 251-262, 290-297, pls 6-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/60917#/summary
page(s): 158, pl. 6 figs 5-6 [details]
original description (of Hydra ramosa Fabricius, 1780) Fabricius, O. (1780). Fauna Groenlandica, systematice sistens animalia groenlandiae occidentalis hactenus indagata, quoad nomen specificium, triviale, vernaculumque, synonyma auctorum plurimum, descriptionem, locum, victum, generationem, mores, usum capturamque singuli, pro ut detegendi occasio fuit, maximaque parte secundum proprias observationes. [Fauna Greenland, systematically presenting the animals of Western Greenland so far investigated, as to the specific name, trivial, vernacular, synonyms of the authors for the most part, description, place, life, generation, manners, use and catch of each one, as there was an opportunity to discover, and for the most part according to personal observations.]. <em>Hafniae [= Copenhagen] & Lipsiae [= Leipzig], Ioannis Gottlob Rothe.</em> xvi + 452 pp., 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13442285
page(s): 348 [details]
original description (of Coryne vermicularis Hincks, 1866) Hincks, T. 1866a. On new British Hydroida. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (3) 18: 296-299., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15603451
page(s): 296 [details]
original description (of Coryne glandulosa Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, J.B.P. de. (1815-1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres, présentant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent; précédée d'une introduction offrant la détermination des caractères essentiels de l'animal, sa distinction du végétal et des autres corps naturels; enfin, l'exposition des principes fondamentaux de la zoologie. <em>In: Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. 5; Paris.</em> Paris: 7 volumes. Vol. 1 [Introduction]: Verdière, i-xvi, 1-462 [March 1815]; Vol. 2 [les Polypes, les Radiaires]: Verdière, 1-568 [March 1816]; Vol. 3 [suite des Radiaires; les Tuniciers; les Vers]: Verdière, 1-586 [August, 1816]; Vol. 4: Deterville/Verdière, 1-603 [April 1817]; Vol. 5 [les Arachnides; les Crustacés; les Annélides; les Cirrhipèdes; les Conchiferes]: Paris, Deterville/Verdière, 1-612 [25 July 1818]; Vol. 6(1) [suite des Conchifères; Les Mollusques]: published by the author, i-vi, 1-343 [June 1819]; Vol. 6(2) (suite): published by the author, 1-232 [April 1822]; Vol. 7 (suite): published by the author, 1-711. [August 1822]., available online at https://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.40014
page(s): vol. 2, page 62 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Vervoort, W.; Cairns, S.D.; Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydrozoa, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 112-120 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [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
additional source Calder, D. R. (2017). Additions to the hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) of the Bay of Fundy, northeastern North America, with a checklist of species reported from the region. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4256(1): 1-86., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4256.1.1
page(s): 9. Figs 3, 4b [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [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): 134, fig. 142 [details] Available for editors
redescription Schuchert, P. (2001). Survey of the family Corynidae (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa). <em>Revue Suisse de Zoologie.</em> 108: 739-878.
page(s): 776, fig. 14A-B [details]
status source Schuchert, P. 2005b. Species boundaries in the hydrozoan genus <i>Coryne</i>. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 36 (2005) 194-199, available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2005.03.021
note: molecular data, status of populations of Mediterranean and outside NE Atlantic [details] Available for editors
page(s): 40, pl. 4 fig. 8 [details]
original description (of Coryne fruticosa Hincks, 1861) Hincks, T. (1861). A catalogue of the zoophytes of South Devon and South Cornwall. <em>The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology.</em> 8(3): 152-161, 251-262, 290-297, pls 6-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/60917#/summary
page(s): 158, pl. 6 figs 5-6 [details]
original description (of Hydra ramosa Fabricius, 1780) Fabricius, O. (1780). Fauna Groenlandica, systematice sistens animalia groenlandiae occidentalis hactenus indagata, quoad nomen specificium, triviale, vernaculumque, synonyma auctorum plurimum, descriptionem, locum, victum, generationem, mores, usum capturamque singuli, pro ut detegendi occasio fuit, maximaque parte secundum proprias observationes. [Fauna Greenland, systematically presenting the animals of Western Greenland so far investigated, as to the specific name, trivial, vernacular, synonyms of the authors for the most part, description, place, life, generation, manners, use and catch of each one, as there was an opportunity to discover, and for the most part according to personal observations.]. <em>Hafniae [= Copenhagen] & Lipsiae [= Leipzig], Ioannis Gottlob Rothe.</em> xvi + 452 pp., 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13442285
page(s): 348 [details]
original description (of Coryne vermicularis Hincks, 1866) Hincks, T. 1866a. On new British Hydroida. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (3) 18: 296-299., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15603451
page(s): 296 [details]
original description (of Coryne glandulosa Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, J.B.P. de. (1815-1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres, présentant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent; précédée d'une introduction offrant la détermination des caractères essentiels de l'animal, sa distinction du végétal et des autres corps naturels; enfin, l'exposition des principes fondamentaux de la zoologie. <em>In: Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. 5; Paris.</em> Paris: 7 volumes. Vol. 1 [Introduction]: Verdière, i-xvi, 1-462 [March 1815]; Vol. 2 [les Polypes, les Radiaires]: Verdière, 1-568 [March 1816]; Vol. 3 [suite des Radiaires; les Tuniciers; les Vers]: Verdière, 1-586 [August, 1816]; Vol. 4: Deterville/Verdière, 1-603 [April 1817]; Vol. 5 [les Arachnides; les Crustacés; les Annélides; les Cirrhipèdes; les Conchiferes]: Paris, Deterville/Verdière, 1-612 [25 July 1818]; Vol. 6(1) [suite des Conchifères; Les Mollusques]: published by the author, i-vi, 1-343 [June 1819]; Vol. 6(2) (suite): published by the author, 1-232 [April 1822]; Vol. 7 (suite): published by the author, 1-711. [August 1822]., available online at https://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.40014
page(s): vol. 2, page 62 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Vervoort, W.; Cairns, S.D.; Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydrozoa, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 112-120 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [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
additional source Calder, D. R. (2017). Additions to the hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) of the Bay of Fundy, northeastern North America, with a checklist of species reported from the region. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4256(1): 1-86., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4256.1.1
page(s): 9. Figs 3, 4b [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [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): 134, fig. 142 [details] Available for editors
redescription Schuchert, P. (2001). Survey of the family Corynidae (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa). <em>Revue Suisse de Zoologie.</em> 108: 739-878.
page(s): 776, fig. 14A-B [details]
status source Schuchert, P. 2005b. Species boundaries in the hydrozoan genus <i>Coryne</i>. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 36 (2005) 194-199, available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2005.03.021
note: molecular data, status of populations of Mediterranean and outside NE Atlantic [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Biology colonial, gonophores (no medusae) [details]Habitat Intertidal and infralittoral, on seaweeds [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | klierachtige coryne | [details] |
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13442605 (from synonym Hydra ramosa Fabricius, 1780)
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Syncoryne pusilla (Gaertner, 1774))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (149 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Coryne vermicularis Hincks, 1866)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Coryne fruticosa Hincks, 1861)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Coryne pusilla)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 077041)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Syncoryne pusilla (Gaertner, 1774))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (149 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Coryne vermicularis Hincks, 1866)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Coryne fruticosa Hincks, 1861)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Coryne pusilla)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 077041)
To ITIS
