MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Clava Gmelin, 1791

WoRMS taxon details

Clava Gmelin, 1791

Clava multicornis

AphiaID

117050 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117050)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Clava parasitica Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Clava multicornis (Forsskål, 1775) (type by monotypy)

Typetaxon of

Clavidae McCrady, 1859

Parent

Hydractiniidae L. Agassiz, 1862

Original name

Clava Gmelin, 1791

Direct children (11)

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Species Clava multicornis (Forsskål, 1775)
Species Clava capitata Thompson, 1844 accepted as Hydractinia echinata (Fleming, 1828)
Species Clava cornea Wright, 1857 accepted as Clava multicornis (Forsskål, 1775) (synonym)
Species Clava diffusa Allman, 1863 accepted as Clava multicornis (Forsskål, 1775) (synonym)
Species Clava krempfi Billard, 1919 accepted as Pteroclava krempfi (Billard, 1919) (basionym)
Species Clava leptostyla L. Agassiz, 1862 accepted as Clava multicornis (Forsskål, 1775) (synonym)
Species Clava nodosa Wright, 1863 accepted as Clava multicornis (Forsskål, 1775) (synonym)
Species Clava parasitica Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Clava multicornis (Forsskål, 1775) (synonym)
Species Clava squamata (Müller, 1776) accepted as Clava multicornis (Forsskål, 1775) (Synonym)
Species Clava amphorata Bosc, 1797 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, possible synonym)
Species Clava nana Motz-Kossowska, 1905 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)

Environment

marine, brackish, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13. 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3131 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P. (2024). World Hydrozoa Database. Clava Gmelin, 1791. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117050 on 2024-11-22

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2006-06-12 07:16:42Z

checked

Boero, Ferdinando

2009-04-28 12:00:23Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

2013-02-25 11:57:55Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

2023-12-13 11:59:23Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

Licensing

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original description Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13. 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3131 [details]

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 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

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redescription Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydroids of Greenland and Iceland (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa). Meddelelser om Grønland. Bioscience. 53: 1-184.
page(s): 8 [details] Available for editors

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redescription Schuchert, P. (2008). The European athecate hydroids and their medusae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria): Filifera part 3. Revue suisse de Zoologie. 115: 221-302., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41183893 [details]