Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Medusozoa > Class Hydrozoa > Subclass Hydroidolina > Order Leptothecata > Superfamily Plumularioidea > Family Halopterididae > Genus Halopteris

Halopteris alternata (Nutting, 1900)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Plumularia Lamarck, 1816

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Halopteris*	Allman, 1877	accepted genus name

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	Calder, D. R. and S. D. Cairns. 2009. Hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 381–394 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	Gil, M.; Ramil, F. (2021). Plumularioidea (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from the Guinea Current Large Marine Ecosystem (GCLME). Marine Biology Research. 1-13.
redescription	Calder, D. R. 2013. Some shallow-water hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from the central east coast of Florida, USA. Zootaxa 3648 (1): 001–072
redescription	Schuchert P. (1997). Review of the family Halopterididae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria). Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden. 309: 1-162.

Genbank

Citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Halopteris alternata (Nutting, 1900). 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:117630