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

Hydractinia proboscidea (Hincks, 1868)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Hydractinia*	Van Beneden, 1841	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Podocoryne proboscidea*	Hincks, 1869	basionym
*Stylactis claviformis*	Bouillon, 1965	basionym
*Hydractinia calderi*	Bouillon, Medel & Peña Cantero, 1997	synonym
*Hydractinia claviformis*	(Bouillon, 1965)	synonym
*Podocoryne proboscidea*	Hincks, 1869	synonym
*Stylactis claviformis*	Bouillon, 1965	synonym

Literature

original description	Hincks, Th., 1868. A history of the British hydroid zoophytes.London, John van Voorst. Volume 1 : i-lxviii + 1-338, volume 2: pls 1-67.
basis of record	W. Vervoort, P. Schuchert & J. van der Land, 2000-2007, as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms
redescription	Schuchert, P. 2008a. The European athecate hydroids and their medusae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria): Filifera part 3. Revue suisse de Zoologie 115: 221-302.

Genbank

Taxonomy

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External Links

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Citation

Schuchert, P. (2014). Hydractinia proboscidea (Hincks, 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:284891