MSBIAS taxon details
Coryne Gaertner, 1774
117067 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117067)
accepted
Genus
Coryne pusilla Gaertner, 1774 (type by monotypy)
Staurocoryne Rotch, 1872 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Coryne eximia Allman, 1859
- Species Coryne muscoides (Linnaeus, 1761)
- Species Coryne pintneri Schneider, 1897
- Species Coryne pusilla Gaertner, 1774
- Species Coryne producta (Wright, 1858) accepted as Stauridiosarsia producta (Wright, 1858)
- Species Coryne prolifera (Forbes, 1848) accepted as Codonium proliferum (Forbes, 1848) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Gaertner, J. (1774). Zoophyta, quaedam minuta. <em>In: Pallas, P.S., Specilegia Zoologia. Berolini: G.A. Lange.</em> fasc. 10: 24-41., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/spicilegiazoolog110pall#page/532/mode/1up
page(s): 40 [details]
page(s): 40 [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2026). World Hydrozoa Database. Coryne Gaertner, 1774. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026) Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117067 on 2026-06-07
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Coryne Gaertner, 1774. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117067 on 2026-06-07
Date
action
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original description
Gaertner, J. (1774). Zoophyta, quaedam minuta. <em>In: Pallas, P.S., Specilegia Zoologia. Berolini: G.A. Lange.</em> fasc. 10: 24-41., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/spicilegiazoolog110pall#page/532/mode/1up
page(s): 40 [details]
original description (of Staurocoryne Rotch, 1872) Rotch, W. D. 1872. On a new genus and species of hydroid zoophytes. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4) 10: 126-127., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25172369
page(s): 126 [details]
taxonomy source Nawrocki, A. M., Schuchert, P., & Cartwright, P. 2010. Phylogenetics and evolution of Capitata (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa), and the systematics of Corynidae. Zoologica Scripta 39(3): 290-304., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.2009.00419.x [details] Available for editors
basis of record van der Land, J.; Vervoort, W.; Cairns, S.D.; Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydrozoa, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 112-120 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Leloup, E. (1947). Les Coelentérés de la faune belge: leur bibliographie et leur distribution [Coelenterates of the Belgian fauna: their bibliography and distribution]. <i>Mémoires du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique = Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Natuurhistorisch Museum van België</i>, 107. Koninklijk Natuurhistorisch Museum van België: Brussel, Belgium. 73 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 40 [details]
original description (of Staurocoryne Rotch, 1872) Rotch, W. D. 1872. On a new genus and species of hydroid zoophytes. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4) 10: 126-127., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25172369
page(s): 126 [details]
taxonomy source Nawrocki, A. M., Schuchert, P., & Cartwright, P. 2010. Phylogenetics and evolution of Capitata (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa), and the systematics of Corynidae. Zoologica Scripta 39(3): 290-304., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.2009.00419.x [details] Available for editors
basis of record van der Land, J.; Vervoort, W.; Cairns, S.D.; Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydrozoa, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 112-120 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Leloup, E. (1947). Les Coelentérés de la faune belge: leur bibliographie et leur distribution [Coelenterates of the Belgian fauna: their bibliography and distribution]. <i>Mémoires du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique = Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Natuurhistorisch Museum van België</i>, 107. Koninklijk Natuurhistorisch Museum van België: Brussel, Belgium. 73 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality