Hydrozoa taxon details
Podocoryna americana (Mayer, 1910)
731064 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:731064)
accepted
Species
Hydractinia americana (Mayer, 1910) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Hydractinia selena (Mills, 1976) · unaccepted (synonym)
Podocoryna selena Mills, 1976 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Podocoryne americana Mayer, 1910 · unaccepted
Podocoryne carnea var. americana Mayer, 1910 · unaccepted (basionym)
Podocoryne selena Mills, 1976 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Podocoryne carnea var. americana Mayer, 1910) Mayer, A. G. 1910. Medusae of the world. Hydromedusae, Vols. I & II. Scyphomedusae, Vol III. Carnegie Institution, Washington. pp. 735, plates 1-76., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1327020
page(s): 137, fig. 74, pl. 14 figs 2-6, pl. 15 fig. 14 [details]
page(s): 137, fig. 74, pl. 14 figs 2-6, pl. 15 fig. 14 [details]
Note New England coast
Type locality New England coast [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Podocoryna americana (Mayer, 1910). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Hydrozoa/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=731064 on 2026-05-23
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(of Podocoryne selena Mills, 1976) Mills, C.E., 1976. Podocoryne selena, a new species of hydroid from the Gulf of Mexico, and a comparison with Hydractinia echinata. Biol. Bull. mar. biol. Lab. Woods Hole 151 1: 214-224., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/1540715
page(s): 214, figs 1-4 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Podocoryne carnea var. americana Mayer, 1910) Mayer, A. G. 1910. Medusae of the world. Hydromedusae, Vols. I & II. Scyphomedusae, Vol III. Carnegie Institution, Washington. pp. 735, plates 1-76., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1327020
page(s): 137, fig. 74, pl. 14 figs 2-6, pl. 15 fig. 14 [details]
new combination reference Miglietta, M. P., & Cunningham, C. W. 2012. Evolution of life cycle, colony morphology, and host specificity in the family Hydractiniidae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria). Evolution 66: 3876-901., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.2012.01717.x
page(s): 5 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 214, figs 1-4 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Podocoryne carnea var. americana Mayer, 1910) Mayer, A. G. 1910. Medusae of the world. Hydromedusae, Vols. I & II. Scyphomedusae, Vol III. Carnegie Institution, Washington. pp. 735, plates 1-76., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1327020
page(s): 137, fig. 74, pl. 14 figs 2-6, pl. 15 fig. 14 [details]
new combination reference Miglietta, M. P., & Cunningham, C. W. 2012. Evolution of life cycle, colony morphology, and host specificity in the family Hydractiniidae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria). Evolution 66: 3876-901., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.2012.01717.x
page(s): 5 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type locality New England coast [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Podocoryne americana Mayer, 1910)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Podocoryne selena Mills, 1976)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Podocoryna americana)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Podocoryne americana Mayer, 1910)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Hydractinia americana (Mayer, 1910))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (71 records) (from synonym Podocoryne selena Mills, 1976)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (Holotype USNM 56767) (from synonym Podocoryne selena Mills, 1976)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Podocoryne americana Mayer, 1910)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Podocoryne selena Mills, 1976)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Podocoryna americana)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Podocoryne americana Mayer, 1910)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Hydractinia americana (Mayer, 1910))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (71 records) (from synonym Podocoryne selena Mills, 1976)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (Holotype USNM 56767) (from synonym Podocoryne selena Mills, 1976)