Hydrozoa name details
Hydractinia carnea (M. Sars, 1846)
151717 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:151717)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
- Variety Hydractinia carnea var. mediterranea Neppi, 1917 accepted as Hydractinia exigua (Haeckel, 1880) accepted as Podocoryna exigua (Haeckel, 1880)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Podocoryna carnea M. Sars, 1846) Sars, M. (1846). Fauna littoralis Norvegiae oder Beschreibung und Abbildungen neuer oderwenig bekannter Seethiere, nebst Beobachtungen über die Organisation,Lebensweise und Entwickelung derselben. 1-194. Johann Dahk. Christiania., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45526545
page(s): 4, pl. 1 figs 7-18 [details]
page(s): 4, pl. 1 figs 7-18 [details]
Taxonomy This species has often been confounded with H. exigua. Notably all experimental and molecular studies using Hydractinia (or...
Taxonomy This species has often been confounded with H. exigua. Notably all experimental and molecular studies using Hydractinia (or Podocoryne) carnea in fact used the distinct species H. exigua. [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Hydractinia carnea (M. Sars, 1846). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/hydrozoa/aphia.php/api-docs/css/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151717 on 2026-06-25
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(of Podocoryna carnea M. Sars, 1846) Sars, M. (1846). Fauna littoralis Norvegiae oder Beschreibung und Abbildungen neuer oderwenig bekannter Seethiere, nebst Beobachtungen über die Organisation,Lebensweise und Entwickelung derselben. 1-194. Johann Dahk. Christiania., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45526545
page(s): 4, pl. 1 figs 7-18 [details]
basis of record Schuchert, P. (2008). The European athecate hydroids and their medusae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria): Filifera part 3. <em>Revue suisse de Zoologie.</em> 115: 221-302., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.80426
page(s): 234, fig. 4 [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Bouillon, J.; Boero, F. (2000). Synopsis of the families and genera of the Hydromedusae of the world, with a list of the worldwide species. <i>Thalassia Salent. 24</i>: 47-296 (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 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 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
status source Miglietta, M. P., Schuchert, P., & Cunningham, C. W. 2009. Reconciling genealogical and morphological species in a worldwide study of the family Hydractiniidae (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa). Zoologica Scripta 38: 403-430., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00376.x [details]
page(s): 4, pl. 1 figs 7-18 [details]
basis of record Schuchert, P. (2008). The European athecate hydroids and their medusae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria): Filifera part 3. <em>Revue suisse de Zoologie.</em> 115: 221-302., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.80426
page(s): 234, fig. 4 [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Bouillon, J.; Boero, F. (2000). Synopsis of the families and genera of the Hydromedusae of the world, with a list of the worldwide species. <i>Thalassia Salent. 24</i>: 47-296 (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 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 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
status source Miglietta, M. P., Schuchert, P., & Cunningham, C. W. 2009. Reconciling genealogical and morphological species in a worldwide study of the family Hydractiniidae (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa). Zoologica Scripta 38: 403-430., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00376.x [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Habitat Leloup reports on specimens living on polychaete species of Aphrodita [misidentification] [details]Taxonomy This species has often been confounded with H. exigua. Notably all experimental and molecular studies using Hydractinia (or Podocoryne) carnea in fact used the distinct species H. exigua. [details]
Unreviewed
Classification Leloup, 1933 classifies this species as Hydractinia (Podocoryne) carnea. [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications)
To GenBank (3552 nucleotides; 97 proteins)
To PESI
To ITIS
To GenBank (3552 nucleotides; 97 proteins)
To PESI
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
