Common Names
Common Names in English:
Phesant-Tail Hydroid
Description
Habitat
Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of 1 meters (3 feet).Standard Deviation = 184.790 based on 40 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Radiata
()
- (Linnaeus, 1758) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Infrakingdom:
Coelenterata
()
- Leuckart, 1847
- Phylum:
Cnidaria
()
- Cnidarians
- Subphylum:
Medusozoa
()
- Petersen, 1979
- Class:
Hydrozoa
()
- Hydrozoans, Hydroids, Hydralike Animals
- Order:
Leptothecata
()
- Family:
Aglaopheniidae
()
- Genus:
Lytocarpia
()
- Specific name:
myriophyllum
- (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Scientific name: - Lytocarpia myriophyllum (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Specific name:
myriophyllum
- (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Genus:
Lytocarpia
(
- Family:
Aglaopheniidae
(
- Order:
Leptothecata
(
- Class:
Hydrozoa
(
- Subphylum:
Medusozoa
(
- Phylum:
Cnidaria
(
- Infrakingdom:
Coelenterata
(
- Subkingdom:
Radiata
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Lytocarpia myriophyllum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Vervoort W. , Schuchert P. & van der Land J., 2000-2006
Similar Species
Members of the genus Lytocarpia
There are approximately 41 species in this genus:
L. acuta · L. alata · L. angulosa · L. armata · L. bathyalis · L. benedicti · L. bispinosa · L. brachiatus · L. brevirostris · L. calycifera · L. canepa · L. chiltoni · L. contorta · L. crucialis · L. ctenata · L. delicatula · L. distans · L. epizoica · L. formosus · L. furcata · L. howensis · L. incisa · L. laxa · L. lepida · L. megalocarpa · L. myriophyllum (Phesant-Tail Hydroid) · L. nicpenny · L. niger · L. normani · L. orientalis · L. perarmata · L. phyteuma · L. rigida · L. similis · L. spiralis · L. striata · L. subdichotoma · L. tenuissima · L. tridentata · L. vitiensis · L. vulgaris
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Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. [http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/Taxonomicon/]. Access date: Nov 23, 2005
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
- MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 21, 2008.
- UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms 2006.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:
- European Environment Agency: EUNIS
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Bay of Fundy Species List (OBIS Canada)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: BioMar
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Ifremer BIOCEAN database (Deep Sea Benthic Fauna)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Taxonomic Information Sytem for the Belgian coastal area
- Senckenberg: Collection Cnidaria
- UK National Biodiversity Network: Marine Biological Association - Marine survey data (Professional) held by MarLIN.
- UK National Biodiversity Network: Marine Conservation Society - Seasearch Marine Surveys
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2567546
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: URM-V-7693
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14575164
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 50434
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 450943
