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Anthoathecatae 
Taxonomic Serial No.: 718925

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Order  
  Synonym(s): Anthomedusae Haeckel, 1879
  
    Stylasterina Hickson and England, 1905
  
    Athecatae
 
  Common Name(s): athecate 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   
                OrderAnthoathecatae  – athecate hydroids, hydromedusae  
    Direct Children:  
                   FamilyMonobrachiidae   
                   FamilyParagotoeidae   
                   FamilyRhysiidae   
                   FamilyStylasteridae Gray, 1847 – hydrocorals, hydrocoralliaires 
                   SuborderCapitata Kühn, 1913  
                   SuborderFilifera Kühn, 1913  
       
                 OrderAnthoathecatae  incertae sedis  
    Children with Uncertain Position:  
                   GenusEuphysilla Kramp, 1955  
                   GenusMicrocampana Fewkes, 1889  
                   GenusPaulinum Brinckmann-Voss and Arai, 1998  
                   GenusPlotocnide Wagner, 1885  
                   GenusPropachycordyle Thiel, 1931  
                   GenusTubiclava Allman, 1863  
       

 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: Anthoathecatae   
       
  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: Anthoathecatae, athecate hydroids [English], hydromedusae [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: Anthoathecatae   
       

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

 

    


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