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Hydrozoa taxon details

Lytocarpia Kirchenpauer, 1872

Lytocarpia myriophyllum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lytocarpia myriophyllum (Linnaeus, 1758)

117002  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117002)

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Genus
Aglaophenia (Lytocarpia) Kirchenpauer, 1872 · unaccepted (accepted as full genus)
Thecocarpus Nutting, 1900 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym (synonym)
Theocarpus Nutting, 1900 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling

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  1. Species Lytocarpia acuta Stechow, 1923
  2. Species Lytocarpia alata Vervoort & Watson, 2003
  3. Species Lytocarpia angulosa (Lamarck, 1816)
  4. Species Lytocarpia annandalei (Ritchei, 1910)
  5. Species Lytocarpia armata (Bale, 1914)
  6. Species Lytocarpia bathyalis Ryland & Gibbons, 1991
  7. Species Lytocarpia benedicti (Nutting, 1900)
  8. Species Lytocarpia bispinosa (Allman, 1877)
  9. Species Lytocarpia brevirostris (Busk, 1852)
  10. Species Lytocarpia calycifera (Bale, 1914)
  11. Species Lytocarpia canepa (Blanco & Bellusci de Miralles, 1971)
  12. Species Lytocarpia chiltoni (Bale, 1924)
  13. Species Lytocarpia delicatula (Busk, 1852)
  14. Species Lytocarpia distans (Allman, 1877)
  15. Species Lytocarpia epizoica Vervoort & Watson, 2003
  16. Species Lytocarpia flexuosa (Lamouroux, 1816)
  17. Species Lytocarpia formosa (Busk, 1851)
  18. Species Lytocarpia fragilis Galea, 2020
  19. Species Lytocarpia furcata (Vervoort, 1941)
  20. Species Lytocarpia howensis (Briggs, 1918)
  21. Species Lytocarpia incisa (Coughtrey, 1875)
  22. Species Lytocarpia lepida Watson & Vervoort, 2001
  23. Species Lytocarpia megalocarpa (Bale, 1914)
  24. Species Lytocarpia myriophyllum (Linnaeus, 1758)
    1. Subspecies Lytocarpia myriophyllum orientalis (Billard, 1908) accepted as Lytocarpia orientalis (Billard, 1908)
  25. Species Lytocarpia nicpenny Ryland & Gibbons, 1991
  26. Species Lytocarpia nigra (Nutting, 1906)
  27. Species Lytocarpia normani (Nutting, 1900)
  28. Species Lytocarpia orientalis (Billard, 1908)
  29. Species Lytocarpia parvispiralis Watson, 2019
  30. Species Lytocarpia perarmata (Billard, 1913)
  31. Species Lytocarpia phyteuma (Stechow, 1919)
  32. Species Lytocarpia pilosa Galea, 2020
  33. Species Lytocarpia pseudoctenata Galea, 2020
  34. Species Lytocarpia rigida Vervoort & Watson, 2003
  35. Species Lytocarpia similis Vervoort & Watson, 2003
  36. Species Lytocarpia spiralis (Totton, 1930)
  37. Species Lytocarpia striata Vervoort & Watson, 2003
  38. Species Lytocarpia subdichotoma (Ralph, 1961)
  39. Species Lytocarpia subtilis Galea, 2020
  40. Species Lytocarpia tenuissima (Bale, 1914)
  41. Species Lytocarpia tridentata (Versluys, 1899)
  42. Species Lytocarpia vitiensis Ryland & Gibbons, 1991
  43. Species Lytocarpia vulgaris Vervoort & Watson, 2003
  44. Species Lytocarpia contorta (Nutting, 1926) accepted as Lytocarpia tridentata (Versluys, 1899) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  45. Species Lytocarpia crucialis (Lamouroux, 1816) accepted as Aglaophenia crucialis Lamouroux, 1816 (misidentification)
  46. Species Lytocarpia flexuosus (Lamouroux, 1816) accepted as Lytocarpia flexuosa (Lamouroux, 1816) (incorrect gender ending)
  47. Species Lytocarpia hystrix (Vervoort & Watson, 2003) accepted as Aglaophenia hystrix Vervoort & Watson, 2003 (synonym)
  48. Species Lytocarpia laxa (Allman, 1876) accepted as Aglaophenia laxa Allman, 1876 (unaccepted combination)
  49. Species Lytocarpia multiplicatopinnata Stechow, 1919 accepted as Taxella hornelli (Thornely, 1904) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  50. Species Lytocarpia multiplicato-pinnata Stechow, 1919 accepted as Lytocarpia multiplicatopinnata Stechow, 1919 accepted as Taxella hornelli (Thornely, 1904) (invalid name formation)
  51. Species Lytocarpia niger (Nutting, 1906) accepted as Lytocarpia nigra (Nutting, 1906) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling, incorrect gender suffix in this genus)
  52. Species Lytocarpia vervoorti El Beshbeeshy, 2011 (unaccepted > interim unpublished)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Aglaophenia (Lytocarpia) Kirchenpauer, 1872) Kirchenpauer, G. H. (1872). Über die Hydroidenfamilie Plumularidae, einzelne Gruppen derselben und ihre Fruchtbehälter. I. Aglaophenia Lx. Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiet der Naturwissenschaften, herausgegeben von dem naturwissenschaftlichen Verein in Hamburg. 5: 1-52, plates 1-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11838476
page(s): 27 [details] OpenAccess publication
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Lytocarpia Kirchenpauer, 1872. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Hydrozoa/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117002 on 2025-05-02
Date
action
by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
van der Land, Jacob
2006-09-22 06:50:38Z
changed
Martinez, Olga
2011-03-11 07:10:22Z
checked
Schuchert, Peter
2020-01-15 09:03:55Z
changed
Schuchert, Peter
2024-08-25 12:17:46Z
changed
Schuchert, Peter

original description (of Thecocarpus Nutting, 1900) Nutting, C. C. 1900. American Hydroids. Part I The Plumularidae. Smithsonian Institution, United States National Museum Special Bulletin 4: 1-285., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1051509
page(s): 106 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Acanthocladium Allman, 1883) Allman, G. J. (1883). Report on the Hydroida dredged by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. Part I Plumulariidae. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology. 7 (part 20): 1-55, pl.1-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11712040
page(s): 32 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Aglaophenia (Lytocarpia) Kirchenpauer, 1872) Kirchenpauer, G. H. (1872). Über die Hydroidenfamilie Plumularidae, einzelne Gruppen derselben und ihre Fruchtbehälter. I. Aglaophenia Lx. Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiet der Naturwissenschaften, herausgegeben von dem naturwissenschaftlichen Verein in Hamburg. 5: 1-52, plates 1-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11838476
page(s): 27 [details] OpenAccess publication

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

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 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone]. , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details] 

additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available

subsequent type designation Stechow, E. (1923). Zur Kenntnis der Hydroidenfauna des Mittelmeeres, Amerikas und anderer Gebiete. II. Teil. Zoologische Jahrbucher, Abteilung fur Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere. 47: 29-270.
page(s): 244 [details] OpenAccess publication
 
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To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acanthocladium) (from synonym Acanthocladium Allman, 1883)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lytocarpia) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Thecocarpus) (from synonym Thecocarpus Nutting, 1900)
To Genbank (from synonym Thecocarpus Nutting, 1900)
To Genbank 
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Lytocarpia myriophyllum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lytocarpia myriophyllum (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Lytocarpia myriophyllum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lytocarpia myriophyllum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Image from typetaxon
Lytocarpia myriophyllum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lytocarpia myriophyllum (Linnaeus, 1758)
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