Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hydrozoa > Subclass Hydroidolina > Order Anthoathecata > Suborder Filifera > Family Bougainvilliidae > Genus Garveia

Garveia franciscana (Torrey, 1902)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Bimeria Wright, 1859

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Garveia*	Wright, 1859	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Bimeria franciscana*	Torrey, 1902	objective synonym
*Perigonimus megas*	Kinne, 1956	subjective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: berenvachtpoliep sources: VLIZ Alien Species Consortium

English: rope grass hydroid

English-United States: rope grass hydroid

Spanish, Castillian: pelo de oso

Literature

original description	Torrey, H.B., 1902. The Hydroida of the Pacific coast of North America. Univ. Calif. Publs Zool. 1 1: 1-104, pls 1-11.
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	Calder, D. R. and S. D. Cairns. 2009. Hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 381–394 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp.
additional source	Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 43: 419-453
additional source	Vervoort, W., 1964. Note on the distribution of Garveia franciscana (Torrey, 1902) and Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) in the Netherlands. Zool. Meded., Leiden 39 : 125-146.
redescription	Schuchert, P. 2007. The European athecate hydroids and their medusae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria): Filifera part 2. Revue suisse de Zoologie 114: 195-396

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection
Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe (DAISIE)
Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe (DAISIE)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

WoRMS (2014). Garveia franciscana (Torrey, 1902). In: Schuchert, P. (2014) World Hydrozoa database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117340

Dr Wim Vervoort. Garveia franciscana (Torrey, 1902). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=240519