Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Cnidaria

Hydrozoa Owen, 1843

Rank: Class
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Hydroidolina Collins & Marques, 2004
Trachylinae Haeckel, 1879

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: hydroïden; hydroïdpoliepen sources: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.;de Ruijter, E.; Schoenmaker, A. (Ed.) (1989). Zeeboek [The sea book]. 2nd revised ed. Jeugdbondsuitgeverij JBU / Stichting Uitgeverij KNNV: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5107-007-1. 238 pp.

English: hydromedusae; hydrozoans sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English-United States: hydrozoans sources: Charles Hussey

French: hydraïres; hydroméduses

German: Hydromedusen; Hydropolypen

Swedish: hydrozoer

Literature

original description	Owen, R., 1843. Lectures on the comparative anatomy and physiology of the invertebrate animals.
basis of record	Bouillon, J.; Boero, F. (2000). Synopsis of the families and genera of the Hydromedusae of the world, with a list of the worldwide species. Thalassia Salent. 24: 47-296
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.

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Citation

Schuchert, P. (2014). Hydrozoa. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1337