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Cnidaria  Hatschek, 1888
Taxonomic Serial No.: 48738

 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Phylum  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): água viva [Portuguese]
  
    anêmona [Portuguese]
  
    caravela [Portuguese]
  
    cnidaires [French]
  
    cnidarians [English]
  
    cnidario [Portuguese]
  
    coelenterates [English]
  
    coelentérés [French]
  
    coral [Portuguese]
  
    hidra [Portuguese]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial    
  Latest Record Review: 2005    
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  -- Animal, animals, animaux  
    PhylumCnidaria Hatschek, 1888 -- água viva, anêmona, caravela, cnidaires, cnidarians, cnidario, coelenterates, coelentérés, coral, hidra  
    Direct Children:  
       Class Anthozoa Ehrenberg, 1834 -- água viva, anêmona, anémones de mer, antozoário, caravela, corais, corals, coraux, flower animals, gorgônia, sea anemones 
       Class Hydrozoa Owen, 1843 -- água viva, hidra, hidrozoa, hidrozoário, hydraires, hydralike animals, hydroids, hydrozoaires, hydrozoans, pólipo 
       Subphylum Medusozoa   
       
     PhylumCnidaria Hatschek, 1888 incertae sedis  
    Children with Uncertain Position:  
       Family Polypodiidae   
       Family Tetraplatidae   
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Stephen D. Cairns  
  Notes: Research Scientist/Curator, Department of Systematic Biology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560-0163, USA   
  Reference for: Cnidaria   
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: ITIS*ca, website (version 2002)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: cnidaires [French], coelentérés [French]   
       
  Source: CRIA-Brazil, website (version 2002)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: água viva [Portuguese], anêmona [Portuguese], caravela [Portuguese], cnidario [Portuguese], coral [Portuguese], hidra [Portuguese]   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Cnidaria   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Brusca, Richard C., and Gary J. Brusca  
  Publication Date: 1990   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Invertebrates   
  Page(s): xiii + 992   
  Publisher: Sinauer Associates, Inc.   
  Publication Place: Sunderland, Massachusetts, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-87893-098-1   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Cnidaria   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Cairns, Stephen D.  
  Publication Date: 1999   
  Article/Chapter Title: Species richness of recent Scleractinia   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Atoll Research Bulletin, no. 59   
  Page(s): 1-46   
  Publisher: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Cnidaria   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Cairns, Stephen D., Dale R. Calder, Anita Brinckmann-Voss, Clovis B. Castro, Daphne G. Fautin,...  
  Publication Date: 2002   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and Scientific Names of Aquatic Invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Cnidaria and Ctenophora, Second Edition, 2002   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication 28   
  Page(s): xi + 115   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-888569-39-5, 0097-0638  
  Notes: Full author list: Cairns, Stephen D., Dale R. Calder, Anita Brinckmann-Voss, Clovis B. Castro, Daphne G. Fautin, Philip R. Pugh, Claudia E. Mills, Walter C. Jaap, Mary N. Arai, Stephen H. D. Haddock, and Dennis M. Opresko   
  Reference for: Cnidaria   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Moore, Raymond C.  
  Publication Date: 1956   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part F: Coelenterata   
  Page(s): xx + F1-F498   
  Publisher: Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press   
  Publication Place: Lawrence, Kansas, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes: 1963 reprint edition. Separately authored chapters may include original descriptions   
  Reference for: Cnidaria   
       

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