WoRMS taxon details
Podocoryna bella Hand, 1961
731065 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:731065)
accepted
Species
Hydractinia bella (Hand, 1961) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Podocoryne bella Hand, 1961 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling (genus misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Podocoryne bella Hand, 1961) Hand, C. (1961). A new species of athecate hydroid, Podocoryne bella (Hydractiniidae) living on the pig-fish, Congiopodus leucopaecilus. <em>Trans. R. Soc. N.Z.</em> 15: 91-94.
page(s): 91, fig. 1 [details]
page(s): 91, fig. 1 [details]
Note New Zealand, Otago Harbour (Dunedin), on fish...
Type locality New Zealand, Otago Harbour (Dunedin), on fish Congiopodus leucopaecilus (Richardson, 1846) [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Podocoryna bella Hand, 1961. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=731065 on 2025-06-20
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Podocoryne bella Hand, 1961) Hand, C. (1961). A new species of athecate hydroid, Podocoryne bella (Hydractiniidae) living on the pig-fish, Congiopodus leucopaecilus. <em>Trans. R. Soc. N.Z.</em> 15: 91-94.
page(s): 91, fig. 1 [details]
basis of record 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; note: molecular phylogeny [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 91, fig. 1 [details]
basis of record 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; note: molecular phylogeny [details] Available for editors

Taxonomy
redescription
Schuchert P. (1996). The marine fauna of New Zealand: Athecate hydroids and their medusae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa). <em>New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir.</em> 106 : 1-159., available online at https://archive.org/details/nzoimemoir01061996/mode/2up
page(s): Schuchert, 1996: 48, fig. 26a-d [details]
page(s): Schuchert, 1996: 48, fig. 26a-d [details]





From editor or global species database
Type locality New Zealand, Otago Harbour (Dunedin), on fish Congiopodus leucopaecilus (Richardson, 1846) [details]