MSBIAS - Hydrozoa

MSBIAS taxon details

Hydrozoa

Odessia maeotica (Ostroumoff, 1896): Anthoathecata, Capitata, Moerisiidae

AphiaID

1337 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1337)

Classification

Authority

Owen, 1843

Status

accepted

Rank

Class

Parent

Medusozoa

Direct children (4)

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Subclass Hydroidolina
Subclass Trachylinae
Infraclass Hydroidomedusae accepted as Hydroidolina (not a monophyletic group)
Subclass Leptolida accepted as Hydroidolina (not a monophyletic group)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Owen, R., 1843. Lectures on the comparative anatomy and physiology of the invertebrate animals., available online at https://archive.org/stream/lecturesoncompar00owe#page/82/mode/2up [details]

Taxonomic citation

MSBIAS (2026). Hydrozoa. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1337 on 2026-05-10

Regional species database citation

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. Hydrozoa. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1337 on 2026-05-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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2009-04-28 06:22:10Z

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Schuchert, Peter

2024-02-29 07:57:50Z

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Hoeksema, Bert

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original description Owen, R., 1843. Lectures on the comparative anatomy and physiology of the invertebrate animals., available online at https://archive.org/stream/lecturesoncompar00owe#page/82/mode/2up [details]

additional source Cartwright, P., & Collins, A. G. 2007. Class Hydrozoa. in: Daly, M., Brugler, M. R., Cartwright, P., Collins, A. G., Dawson, M. N., France, S. C., McFadden, C. S., Opresko, D. M., Rodriguez, E., Romano, S., & Stake, J. 2007. The phylum Cnidaria: A review of phylogenetic patterns and diversity 300 years after Linnaeus. Zootaxa 1668: 127-182., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2007f/z01668p182f.pdf
page(s): 153 [details] Available for editors

status source Collins, A. G. (2009). Recent insights into cnidarian phylogeny. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to the Marine Sciences.</em> 38: 139-149. [details]