Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Medusozoa > Class Hydrozoa > Subclass Hydroidolina > Order Anthoathecata > Suborder Filifera > Superfamily Hydractinoidea > Family Hydractiniidae > Genus Hydractinia

Hydractinia aculeata (Wagner, 1833)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Hydra Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Hydractinia*	Van Beneden, 1844	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	Motz-Kossowska, S.; Zool. (1905). Contribution à la connaissance des hydraires de la Méditerranée occidentale. I. Hydraires gymnoblastiques. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et générale, 4me série. 43: 39-98.
redescription	Schuchert, P. (2014b). Observations on Hydractinia aculeata (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria). Revue suisse de Zoologie. 121: 441-451.
redescription	Schuchert, P. (2008). The European athecate hydroids and their medusae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria): Filifera part 3. Revue suisse de Zoologie. 115: 221-302.

Genbank

Citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Hydractinia aculeata (Wagner, 1833). 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:117639