Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Medusozoa > Class Hydrozoa > Subclass Hydroidolina > Order Leptothecata > Family Haleciidae > Genus Halecium

Halecium lankesterii (Bourne, 1890)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Haloikema Bourne, 1890

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Halecium*	Oken, 1815	accepted genus name
*Haloikema*	Bourne, 1890	synonym
*Thoa*	Lamouroux, 1816	synonym

Species group names

*Halecium robustum*	Pieper, 1884	junior homonym; nom. inval.
*Halecium lankesteri*	(Bourne, 1890)	synonym

Literature

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	Leloup, E. (1934). Note sur les hydropolypes de la rade de Villefranche-sur-Mer (France) [Note on the hydropolyps of the sea basin of Villifranche-sur-Mer (France)]. Bull. Mus. royal d'Hist. Nat. Belg./Med. Kon. Natuurhist. Mus. Belg. 10(31): 1-18.
redescription	Schuchert, P., 2005. Taxonomic revision and systematic notes on some Halecium species (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa). Journal of Natural History 39 8: 607-639.

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Citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Halecium lankesterii (Bourne, 1890). 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:117592