Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Medusozoa > Class Hydrozoa > Subclass Trachylinae > Order Trachymedusae > Family Halicreatidae

Botrynema Browne, 1908

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Alloionema*	Hartlaub, 1909	synonym

Children

Botrynema brucei Browne, 1908

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: トックリクラゲ属

Literature

original description	Browne E.T. (1908). The medusae of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 46: 233-251.
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	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
status source	Montenegro, J.; Collins, A. G.; Hopcroft, R. R.; Questel, J. M.; Thuesen, E. V.; Bachtel, T. S.; Bergman, L. A.; Sangekar, M. N.; Drazen, J. C.; Lindsay, D. J. (2023). Heterogeneity in diagnostic characters across ecoregions: A case study with Botrynema (Hydrozoa: Trachylina: Halicreatidae). Frontiers in Marine Science. 9.

Genbank

Citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Botrynema Browne, 1908. 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:117107