Hydrozoa taxon details
Salacia hexodon (Busk, 1852)
558242 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:558242)
accepted
Species
Dynamena hexodon (Busk, 1852) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Pasya hexodon (Busk, 1852) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of ) Busk, G., 1852. An account of the Polyzoa and sertularian zoophytes collected in the voyage of the "Rattlesnake" on the coast of Australia and the Louisiade Archipelago. In: J. Macgillivray, Narrative of the voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake commanded by the late Captain O. Stanley during the years 1846-1850. 1 Appendix IV: 343-402., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3853847
page(s): 395 [details]
page(s): 395 [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Salacia hexodon (Busk, 1852). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/hydrozoa/aphia.php/api-docs/css/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=558242 on 2026-07-14
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(of ) Busk, G., 1852. An account of the Polyzoa and sertularian zoophytes collected in the voyage of the "Rattlesnake" on the coast of Australia and the Louisiade Archipelago. In: J. Macgillivray, Narrative of the voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake commanded by the late Captain O. Stanley during the years 1846-1850. 1 Appendix IV: 343-402., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3853847
page(s): 395 [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
redescription Schuchert, P. 2003. Hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) of the Danish expedition to the Kei Islands. Steenstrupia 27 2: 137-256.
page(s): 176 [details]
page(s): 395 [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
redescription Schuchert, P. 2003. Hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) of the Danish expedition to the Kei Islands. Steenstrupia 27 2: 137-256.
page(s): 176 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Original Combination Pasythea hexodon Busk, 1852: 395.Pasythea is nowadays used for Bryozoa only, replacement name Pasya Stechow, 1922 [details]
Type locality Cumberland Islands, Queensland, Australia [details]
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record) (from synonym Pasya hexodon (Busk, 1852))
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