WoRMS taxon details
Tamarisca tamarisca (Linnaeus, 1758)
117930 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117930)
accepted
Species
Dynamena tamarisca (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Sertomma tamarisca (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (synonym)
Sertularella tamarisca (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (synonym)
Sertularia tamarisca Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (basionym)
marine, terrestrial
(of Sertularia tamarisca 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 
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Type locality contained in Dublin Bay
type locality contained in Dublin Bay [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Distribution Heller 1868 recorded the nominal species Dynamena tamarisca (now Tamarisca tamarisca (L. 1758)) from the Mediterranean, the...
Distribution Heller 1868 recorded the nominal species Dynamena tamarisca (now Tamarisca tamarisca (L. 1758)) from the Mediterranean, the species has never been found again and its record is doubtful [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Tamarisca tamarisca (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117930 on 2025-05-14
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Sertularia tamarisca 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 [request]
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]
[request]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]
Taxonomy
redescription
Cornelius, P. F. S. (1995). North-West European Thecate Hydroids and their Medusae.Part 2. Sertulariidae to Campanulariidae. <em>In: R.S.K. Barnes & J.H. Crothers, eds, Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series). The Linn. Soc. London and Est. Coas. Sci. Ass. - Field Studies Council.</em> 50 : i-vii, 1-386. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 98 [details]
redescription Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydroids of Greenland and Iceland (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa). Meddelelser om Grønland. <em>Bioscience.</em> 53: 1-184., available online at https://doi.org/10.7146/mogbiosci.v53.142616
page(s): 113, fig 97 [details]
page(s): 98 [details]
redescription Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydroids of Greenland and Iceland (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa). Meddelelser om Grønland. <em>Bioscience.</em> 53: 1-184., available online at https://doi.org/10.7146/mogbiosci.v53.142616
page(s): 113, fig 97 [details]
Other
additional source
Calder, D. (2003). Checklist of Hydroids, hydromedusae and siphonophores reported from the Bay of Fundy. [details]
additional source Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [details]
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [details]
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From regional or thematic species database
Distribution Heller 1868 recorded the nominal species Dynamena tamarisca (now Tamarisca tamarisca (L. 1758)) from the Mediterranean, the species has never been found again and its record is doubtful [details]Unreviewed
Biology colonial; fixed gonophores [details]
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Sertularella tamarisca (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Sertomma tamarisca (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Dynamena tamarisca (Linnaeus, 1758))
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record) (from synonym Sertularella tamarisca (Linnaeus, 1758))
To ITIS
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Sertularella tamarisca (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Sertomma tamarisca (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Dynamena tamarisca (Linnaeus, 1758))
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record) (from synonym Sertularella tamarisca (Linnaeus, 1758))
To ITIS
