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

Pliobothrus symmetricus Pourtalès, 1868

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pliobothrus*	Pourtalès, 1868	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	Cairns, S.D., Hoeksema, B.W., and J.Van Der Land, 1999. Appendix: List of extant stony corals. Atoll Research Bulletin 459: 13-46.
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.
redescription	Cairns, S.D., 1986. A revision of the Northwest Atlantic Stylasteridae (Coelenterata: Hydrozoa). Smithson. Contr. Zool. 418 : 1-131.
redescription	Zibrowius, H. & S.D. Cairns, 1992. Revision of the northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean Stylasteridae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa). Mém. Mus. natn. Hist. nat. Paris, sér. A, Zool. 153 : 1-136.
redescription	Cairns, S.D., 1983. A generic revision of the Stylasterina (Coelenterata: Hydrozoa). Part 1. Description of the genera. Bull. mar. Sci. 33 2: 427-508.
redescription	Schuchert, P. 2012. North-West European Athecate Hydroids and their Medusae. Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series) 59. The Linnean Society of London, London, pp. i-viii, 1-364.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection
Biodiversity Heritage Library (32 publications)
GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Cairns, S. (2014). Pliobothrus symmetricus Pourtalès, 1868. 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:117962