Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia

Cnidaria

Rank: Phylum
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Anthozoa Ehrenberg, 1834
Cnidaria incertae sedis
Cubozoa Werner, 1973
Hydrozoa Owen, 1843
Medusozoa
Scyphozoa
Staurozoa Marques & Collins, 2004

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: neteldieren sources: de Ruijter, E.; Schoenmaker, A. (Ed.) (1989). Zeeboek [The sea book]. 2nd revised ed. Jeugdbondsuitgeverij JBU / Stichting Uitgeverij KNNV: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5107-007-1. 238 pp.

English: cnidarians sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English-United States: cnidarians sources: Charles Hussey

Swedish: nässeldjur

Literature

basis of record	Margulis, L.; Schwartz, K.V. (1998). Five Kingdoms: an illustrated guide to the Phyla of life on earth. 3rd edition. Freeman: New York, NY (USA). ISBN 0-7167-3027-8. xx, 520 pp.
additional source	Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp.
additional source	Daly, M., M.R. Brugler, P. Cartwright, A.G. Collins, M.N. Dawson, D.G. Fautin, S.C. France, C.S. McFadden, D.M. Opresko, E. Rodriquez, S.L. Romano, J.L. Stake. (2007). The phylum Cnidaria: A review of phylogenetic patterns and diversity 300 years after Linnaeus. Zootaxa (1668): 127-182

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Citation

WoRMS (2014). Cnidaria. 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:1267

Dr Wim Vervoort. Cnidaria. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=10979