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

Branchiocerianthus Mark, 1898

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Branchiocerianthus italicus Stechow, 1921
Branchiocerianthus norvegicus Brattström, 1956

Literature

original description	Mark, E.L., 1898. Preliminary report on Branchiocerianthus urceolus, a new type of Actinian. Report on the dredging operations off the west coast of Central America to the Galapagos, to the West Coast of Mexico, and in the Gulf of California, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, carried on by the U. S. Fish Commission Steamer "Albatross", during 1891. Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 32 8: 147-154.
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	Nomenclator Zoologicus

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Citation

Schuchert, P. (2014). Branchiocerianthus Mark, 1898. 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:117058