Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Medusozoa > Class Hydrozoa > Subclass Hydroidolina > Order Anthoathecata > Suborder Filifera > Superfamily Hydractinoidea > Family Hydractiniidae > Genus Podocoryna

Podocoryna carnea M. Sars, 1846

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Podocoryna*	M. Sars, 1846	accepted genus name
*Dysmorphosa*	Philippi, 1842	synonym
*Hydractomma*	Stechow, 1921	synonym
*Podocoryne*	Lütken, 1850	synonym

Species group names

*Hydractinia carnea*	(M. Sars, 1846)	synonym
*Podocoryne carnea*	M. Sars, 1846	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: smoothspined snailfur

Literature

original description	Sars, M. (1846). Fauna littoralis Norvegiae oder Beschreibung und Abbildungen neuer oderwenig bekannter Seethiere, nebst Beobachtungen über die Organisation,Lebensweise und Entwickelung derselben. 1-194. Johann Dahk. Christiania.
basis of record	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	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	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	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
source of synonymy	van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).
source of synonymy	Bouillon, Jean
redescription	Schuchert, P. 2012. North-West European Athecate Hydroids and their Medusae. Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series) 59. The Linnean Society of London, London, pp. i-viii, 1-364.
redescription	Edwards, C., 1972. The hydroids and the medusae Podocoryne areolata , P. borealis and P. carnea. J. mar. biol. Ass. U.K. 52 1: 97-144.
redescription	Schuchert, P. (2008). The European athecate hydroids and their medusae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria): Filifera part 3. Revue suisse de Zoologie. 115: 221-302.

Genbank

Citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Podocoryna carnea M. Sars, 1846. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151718

Dr. Wim Vervoort. Podocoryna carnea M. Sars, 1846. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/d48e337a-b719-4bca-9ecf-f9052f3ef31a