Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hydrozoa > Subclass Hydroidolina > Order Anthoathecata > Suborder Filifera > Family Bougainvilliidae

Bougainvillia Lesson, 1830

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Hippocrene*	Brandt, 1835	synonym

Children

Bougainvillia britannica (Forbes, 1841)
Bougainvillia macloviana Lesson, 1830
Bougainvillia muscoides (Sars, 1846)
Bougainvillia muscus (Allman, 1863)
Bougainvillia principis (Steenstrup, 1850)
Bougainvillia pyramidata (Forbes & Goodsir, 1853)
Bougainvillia rugosa Clarke, 1882
Bougainvillia superciliaris (L. Agassiz, 1849)

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J.; Vervoort, W.; Cairns, S.D.; Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydrozoa, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 112-120
additional source	Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p.
additional source	Cairns, S.D.; Gershwin, L.; Brook, F.J.; Pugh, P.; Dawson, E.W.; Ocaña O.V.; Vervoort, W.; Williams, G.; Watson, J.E.; Opresko, D.M.; Schuchert, P.; Hine, P.M.; Gordon, D.P.; Campbell, H.J.; Wright, A.J.; Sánchez, J.A.; Fautin, D.G. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 59-101.
additional source	ITIS database
additional source	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

Genbank

External Links

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Citation

WoRMS (2014). Bougainvillia. In: Schuchert, P. (2014) World Hydrozoa database. 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:117015

Dr Wim Vervoort. Bougainvillia Lesson, 1830. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=240514