Hydrozoa name details
Plumularia australis Kirchenpauer, 1876
285221 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:285221)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Monothecella australis (Kirchenpauer, 1876) · unaccepted (synonym)
Plumularia aurita Bale, 1888 · unaccepted (invalid junior homonym of...)
invalid junior homonym of Plumularia aurita Busk, 1852 and synonym
Plumularia compressa Bale, 1882 · unaccepted (synonym)
Plumularia obesa Blackburn, 1938 · unaccepted (synonym)
Plumularia obliqua var. australis Kirchenpauer, 1876 · unaccepted (promoted to full species level)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Plumularia obliqua var. australis Kirchenpauer, 1876) Kirchenpauer, G.H. (1876). Ueber die Hydroidenfamilie Plumulariidae, einzelne Gruppen derselben und ihre Fruchtbehälter. II. Plumularia und Nemertesia. <em>Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiet der Naturwissenschaften, herausgegeben von dem naturwissenschaftlichen Verein in Hamburg.</em> 6: 1-59, plates 1-8., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43699#101
page(s): 49, pl. 6 fig. 10 [details]
page(s): 49, pl. 6 fig. 10 [details]
Type locality contained in Port Phillip Bay
type locality contained in Port Phillip Bay [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Plumularia australis Kirchenpauer, 1876. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/hydrozoa/aphia.php/api-docs/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=285221 on 2026-06-05
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(of Plumularia obliqua var. australis Kirchenpauer, 1876) Kirchenpauer, G.H. (1876). Ueber die Hydroidenfamilie Plumulariidae, einzelne Gruppen derselben und ihre Fruchtbehälter. II. Plumularia und Nemertesia. <em>Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiet der Naturwissenschaften, herausgegeben von dem naturwissenschaftlichen Verein in Hamburg.</em> 6: 1-59, plates 1-8., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43699#101
page(s): 49, pl. 6 fig. 10 [details]
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]
redescription Watson, J. E. 2011a. Review of the genus Monotheca (Hydrozoa: Leptolida) from Australia with description of a new species and a note on Monothecella Stechow, 1923. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 68: 71–91. , available online at http://museumvictoria.com.au/pages/31328/68_watson.pdf
page(s): 76 [details]
page(s): 49, pl. 6 fig. 10 [details]
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]
redescription Watson, J. E. 2011a. Review of the genus Monotheca (Hydrozoa: Leptolida) from Australia with description of a new species and a note on Monothecella Stechow, 1923. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 68: 71–91. , available online at http://museumvictoria.com.au/pages/31328/68_watson.pdf
page(s): 76 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Biology Monotheca australis is an obligate epiphyte of seagrasses,growing on Amphibolis antarctica in cool temperate southeastern Australia and on Posidonia australis in warm temperate waters of southern and south-western Australia. [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Plumularia obesa Blackburn, 1938)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Monothecella australis (Kirchenpauer, 1876))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Plumularia compressa Bale, 1882)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Plumularia aurita Bale, 1888)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Monothecella australis (Kirchenpauer, 1876))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Plumularia compressa Bale, 1882)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Plumularia aurita Bale, 1888)