Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Medusozoa > Class Hydrozoa > Subclass Hydroidolina > Order Anthoathecata > Suborder Filifera > Superfamily Bougainvillioidea > Family Bougainvilliidae

Rhizorhagium M. Sars, 1874

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Aselomaris*	Berrill, 1948	synonym

Children

Rhizorhagium arenosum (Alder, 1862)
Rhizorhagium formosum (Fewkes, 1889)
Rhizorhagium roseum M. Sars, 1874

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ヒメウミヒドラ属

Literature

original description	Sars, G. O. 1874. Bidrag til Kundskaben om Norges Hydroider. - Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Kristiana 1873: 91-150, pls 2-5.
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
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.
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].

Genbank

Citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Rhizorhagium M. Sars, 1874. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117025

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Environment

marine, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

EU Habitat Directive:
annex II EU Habitat Directive Annex II: Species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation.

EU Habitat Directive Annex II: Species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation.

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2016-02-12 by Peter Schuchert

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