MSBIAS taxon details
Clava multicornis (Forsskål, 1775)
117426 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117426)
accepted
Species
Clava cornea Wright, 1857 · unaccepted (synonym)
Clava diffusa Allman, 1863 · unaccepted (synonym)
Clava leptostyla L. Agassiz, 1862 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of ) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059
page(s): 131, pl. 26, fig. B b [details]
page(s): 131, pl. 26, fig. B b [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2026). World Hydrozoa Database. Clava multicornis (Forsskål, 1775). 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=117426 on 2026-05-30
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. Clava multicornis (Forsskål, 1775). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117426 on 2026-05-30
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original description
(of Clava leptostyla L. Agassiz, 1862) Agassiz, L. (1862). Contributions to the natural history of the United States of America. <em>Little Brown, Boston.</em> 4: 1-380, pls 1-19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16068829
page(s): 218 [details]
original description (of Clava cornea Wright, 1857) Wright, T.S., 1857. Observations on British Zoophytes. In: Edinb. New phil. J. 6 : 79-90., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25438545
page(s): 81, pl. 2 fig. 4 [details]
original description (of Clava diffusa Allman, 1863) Allman, G. J. (1863). Notes on the Hydroida. I. On the structure of Corymorpha nutans. II. Diagnoses of new species of Tubularidae obtained, during the autumn of 1862, on the coasts of Shetland and Devonshire. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (3)11: 1-12., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22221455
page(s): 8 [details]
original description (of ) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059
page(s): 131, pl. 26, fig. B b [details]
context source (Introduced species) Fofonoff, P.W.; Ruiz, G.M.; Steves, B.; Carlton, J.T. (2014-2024). National Exotic Marine and Estuarine Species Information System (NEMESIS). , available online at http://invasions.si.edu/nemesis [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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 Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198573562.001.0001 [details] Available for editors
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [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
additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors
redescription Schuchert, P. 2012. North-West European Athecate Hydroids and their Medusae. Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series) 59. The Linnean Society of London, London, pp. i-viii, 1-364.
page(s): 292, fig. 259 [details] Available for editors
redescription Schuchert, P. (2008). The European athecate hydroids and their medusae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria): Filifera part 3. <em>Revue suisse de Zoologie.</em> 115: 221-302., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.80426
page(s): 270, figs 22-23 [details]
page(s): 218 [details]
original description (of Clava cornea Wright, 1857) Wright, T.S., 1857. Observations on British Zoophytes. In: Edinb. New phil. J. 6 : 79-90., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25438545
page(s): 81, pl. 2 fig. 4 [details]
original description (of Clava diffusa Allman, 1863) Allman, G. J. (1863). Notes on the Hydroida. I. On the structure of Corymorpha nutans. II. Diagnoses of new species of Tubularidae obtained, during the autumn of 1862, on the coasts of Shetland and Devonshire. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (3)11: 1-12., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22221455
page(s): 8 [details]
original description (of ) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059
page(s): 131, pl. 26, fig. B b [details]
context source (Introduced species) Fofonoff, P.W.; Ruiz, G.M.; Steves, B.; Carlton, J.T. (2014-2024). National Exotic Marine and Estuarine Species Information System (NEMESIS). , available online at http://invasions.si.edu/nemesis [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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 Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198573562.001.0001 [details] Available for editors
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [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
additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors
redescription Schuchert, P. 2012. North-West European Athecate Hydroids and their Medusae. Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series) 59. The Linnean Society of London, London, pp. i-viii, 1-364.
page(s): 292, fig. 259 [details] Available for editors
redescription Schuchert, P. (2008). The European athecate hydroids and their medusae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria): Filifera part 3. <em>Revue suisse de Zoologie.</em> 115: 221-302., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.80426
page(s): 270, figs 22-23 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | club-headed hydroidclub hydroid | [details] |
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (12 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (100 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (87 publications) (from synonym Clava leptostyla L. Agassiz, 1862)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Clava multicornis)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 35 proteins)
To PESI (from synonym Clava leptostyla L. Agassiz, 1862)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Clava cornea Wright, 1857)
To PESI (from synonym Clava diffusa Allman, 1863)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (20 records) (from synonym Clava leptostyla L. Agassiz, 1862)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (5 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 076361)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (12 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (100 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (87 publications) (from synonym Clava leptostyla L. Agassiz, 1862)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Clava multicornis)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 35 proteins)
To PESI (from synonym Clava leptostyla L. Agassiz, 1862)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Clava cornea Wright, 1857)
To PESI (from synonym Clava diffusa Allman, 1863)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (20 records) (from synonym Clava leptostyla L. Agassiz, 1862)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (5 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 076361)
To ITIS
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