Hydrozoa - The World Hydrozoa Database - Hydra squamata Müller, 1776

Hydrozoa name details

Hydra squamata Müller, 1776

AphiaID

710301 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:710301)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (basionym)

Accepted name

Clava squamata (Müller, 1776) accepted as Clava multicornis (Forsskål, 1775)

Rank

Species

Parent

Hydra Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Hydra squamata Müller, 1776

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum characters, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. [Prodromus of Danish Zoology, or the characters, names, and synonyms of the indigenous animals of Denmark and Norway, especially of the popular ones.]. <em>Typis Hallageriis, Havniae.</em> 32: 1-282., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550
page(s): 230 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Hydra squamata Müller, 1776. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/hydrozoa/aphia.php/api-docs/css/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=710301 on 2026-10-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2012-11-12 13:14:02Z

created

Schuchert, Peter

2013-09-10 08:54:31Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

2014-01-23 19:46:30Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

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Sources (1)

original description Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum characters, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. [Prodromus of Danish Zoology, or the characters, names, and synonyms of the indigenous animals of Denmark and Norway, especially of the popular ones.]. <em>Typis Hallageriis, Havniae.</em> 32: 1-282., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550
page(s): 230 [details]