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

Hydractiniidae L. Agassiz, 1862

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Family group names

*Clavidae*	McCrady, 1859	synonym

Children

Bouillonactinia Miglietta, McNally & Cunningham, 2010
Clava Gmelin, 1791
Clavactinia Thornely, 1904
Cordylophorinae
Hydractinia Van Beneden, 1844
Podocoryna M. Sars, 1846
Schuchertinia Miglietta, McNally & Cunningham, 2010
Stylactis Allman, 1864

Literature

original description	Agassiz, L. (1862). Contributions to the natural history of the United States of America. Little Brown, Boston. 4: 1-380, pls 1-19.
basis of record	Bouillon, J.; Boero, F. (2000). Synopsis of the families and genera of the Hydromedusae of the world, with a list of the worldwide species. Thalassia Salent. 24: 47-296
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. Hydractiniidae L. Agassiz, 1862. 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:1601

Dr. Wim Vervoort. Hydractiniidae L. Agassiz, 1862. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/3927782b-61ab-4977-8b3f-c8ab5155b11d