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Leptothecatae 
Taxonomic Serial No.: 718926

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Order  
  Synonym(s): Leptomedusae Haeckel, 1866
  
  Common Name(s): thecate hydroids [English]
  
    hydromedusae [English]
  
       
  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, animaux, animals  
    PhylumCnidaria Hatschek, 1888 – cnidarians, coelenterates, cnidaires, coelentérés, água viva, anêmona, caravela, cnidario, coral, hidra  
       SubphylumMedusozoa   
          ClassHydrozoa Owen, 1843 – hydralike animals, hydroids, hydrozoans, hydraires, hydrozoaires, água viva, hidra, hidrozoa, hidrozoário, pólipo  
             SubclassHydroidolina   
                OrderLeptothecatae  – thecate hydroids, hydromedusae  
    Direct Children:  
                   Family Aequoreidae   
                   Family Aglaopheniidae   
                   Family Blackfordiidae   
                   Family Bonneviellidae   
                   Family Calycellidae   
                   Family Campanulariidae   
                   Family Campanulinidae Hinks, 1868  
                   Family Cirrholoveniidae   
                   Family Dipleurosomatidae   
                   Family Eirenidae Haeckel, 1879  
                   Family Eucheilotidae   
                   Family Haleciidae   
                   Family Halopterididae   
                   Family Kirchenpaueriidae   
                   Family Lafoeidae   
                   Family Laodiceidae   
                   Family Lovenellidae   
                   Family Malagazziidae Bouillon, 1984  
                   Family Melicertidae   
                   Family Mitrocomidae   
                   Family Octocannoidae Bouillon, Boero and Seghers, 1991  
                   Family Orchistomatidae Bouillon, 1984  
                   Family Phialellidae   
                   Family Phialuciidae Kramp, 1955  
                   Family Plumulariidae   
                   Family Sertulariidae Lamouroux, 1812  
                   Family Syntheciidae   
                   Family Thyroscyphidae   
                   Family Tiarannidae   
                   Family Tiaropsidae   
       
                 OrderLeptothecatae  incertae sedis  
    Children with Uncertain Position:  
                   Genus Cuspidella Hincks, 1866  
                   Genus Egmundella Stechow, 1921  
                   Genus Keratosum Hargitt, 1909  
       

 References
       
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  Source: The Hydrozoa Directory, website (version 7)  
  Acquired: 2005   
  Notes: http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/mhng/hydrozoa/   
  Reference for: Leptothecatae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  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: Leptothecatae, hydromedusae [English], thecate hydroids [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Marques, Antonio C., and Allen G. Collins  
  Publication Date: 2004   
  Article/Chapter Title: Cladistic analysis of Medusozoa and cnidarian evolution   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Invertebrate Biology, vol. 123, no. 1   
  Page(s): 23-42   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1077-8306   
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  Reference for: Leptothecatae   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: Marques and Collins (2004) use the name Leptothecata for this group, but see Cairns et al. (2002) for name variation  
 

 

    

 
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