Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Medusozoa

Hydrozoa Owen, 1843

Rank: Class
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Hydroidolina Collins, 2000
Trachylinae Haeckel, 1879

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Dutch: hydroïden; hydroïdpoliepen sources: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.;de Ruijter, E.; Schoenmaker, A. (Ed.) (1989). Zeeboek [The sea book]. 2nd revised ed. Jeugdbondsuitgeverij JBU / Stichting Uitgeverij KNNV: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5107-007-1. 238 pp.
 English: hydroids; hydromedusae; hydrozoans sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 French: hydraïres; hydroméduses
 German: Hydromedusen; Hydropolypen
 Japanese: ヒドロ虫綱 sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.
 Swedish: hydrozoer

Literature

original description

Owen, R., 1843. Lectures on the comparative anatomy and physiology of the invertebrate animals.

additional source

Cartwright, P., & Collins, A. G. 2007. Class Hydrozoa. in: Daly, M., Brugler, M. R., Cartwright, P., Collins, A. G., Dawson, M. N., France, S. C., McFadden, C. S., Opresko, D. M., Rodriguez, E., Romano, S., & Stake, J. 2007. The phylum Cnidaria: A review of phylogenetic patterns and diversity 300 years after Linnaeus. Zootaxa 1668: 127-182.

status source

Collins, A. G. (2009). Recent insights into cnidarian phylogeny. Smithsonian Contributions to the Marine Sciences. 38: 139-149.

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Hydrozoa. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1337

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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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2024-02-29 by Bert Hoeksema

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