Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Medusozoa > Class Hydrozoa > Subclass Hydroidolina > Order Anthoathecata

Filifera Kühn, 1913

Rank: Suborder
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Australomedusidae Russell, 1971
Bougainvillioidea
Bythotiaridae Maas, 1905
Clavoidea
Cordylophoridae von Lendenfeld, 1885
Cytaeididae L. Agassiz, 1862
Eucodoniidae Schuchert, 1996
Eudendriidae L. Agassiz, 1862
Filifera incertae sedis
Hydractinoidea
Magapiidae Schuchert & Bouillon, 2009
Margelina Haeckel, 1879
Niobiidae Petersen, 1979
Oceaniidae Eschscholtz, 1829
Pandeida Haeckel, 1879
Pandeoidea
Proboscidactylidae Hand & Hendrickson, 1950
Protiaridae Haeckel, 1879
Ptilocodiidae Coward, 1909
Rathkeoidea
Stylasteridae Gray, 1847
Trichydridae Hincks, 1868

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Japanese: 刺糸亜目

Literature

original description

Kühn, A., 1913. Entwicklungsgeschichte und Verwandschaftsbeziehungen der Hydrozoen. I. Teil: Die Hydroiden. Erg. Fortschr. Zool. 4 1-2: 1-284.

basis of record

Bouillon, J.; Boero, F. (2000). Synopsis of the families and genera of the Hydromedusae of the world, with a list of the worldwide species. Thalassia Salent. 24: 47-296

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Filifera. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=16352

Dr. Wim Vervoort. Filifera Kühn, 1913. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/3172ea1e-d161-4e6b-9a93-47ac0bc289d7

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, brackish, fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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2015-11-27 by Dr. Wim Vervoort & by Peter Schuchert

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