Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Medusozoa > Class Hydrozoa > Subclass Trachylinae > Order Actinulida > Family Otohydridae

Otohydra Swedmark & Teissier, 1958

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Octohydra*	Swedmark & Teissier, 1958	orthographic variant

Children

Octohydra tremulans Lacassagne, 1973
Otohydra tremulans Lacassagne, 1973
Otohydra vagans Swedmark & Teissier, 1958

Literature

original description	Swedmark B., Teissier G. (1958). Otohydra vagans n. g., n.sp., hydrozoaire des sables, apparanté aux Halammohydridées. Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences de Paris. 247(2): 238-240.
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	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].

Genbank

Citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Otohydra Swedmark & Teissier, 1958. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117177