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

Halecium Oken, 1815

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Haloikema*	Bourne, 1890	synonym
*Thoa*	Lamouroux, 1816	synonym

Children

Halecium articulosum Clark, 1875
Halecium banyulense Motz-Kossowska, 1912
Halecium beanii (Johnston, 1838)
Halecium birulai Spassky, 1929
Halecium conicum Stechow, 1919
Halecium corrugatum Nutting, 1899
Halecium curvicaule Lorenz, 1886
Halecium delicatulum Coughtrey, 1876
Halecium groenlandicum Kramp, 1911
Halecium halecinum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Halecium labrosum Alder, 1859
Halecium lankesterii (Bourne, 1890)
Halecium liouvillei Billard, 1934
Halecium mediterraneum Weismann, 1883
Halecium minimum Schneider, 1898
Halecium minutum Broch, 1903
Halecium muricatum (Ellis & Solander, 1786)
Halecium nanum Alder, 1859
Halecium ornatum Nutting, 1901
Halecium petrosum Stechow, 1919
Halecium plumosum Hincks, 1868
Halecium profundum Calder & Vervoort, 1998
Halecium pusillum (Sars, 1857)
Halecium sessile Norman, 1867
Halecium tenellum Hincks, 1861
Halecium textum Kramp, 1911

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ホソガヤ属

Literature

original description	Oken, L. (1815-1816). Lehrbuch der Naturgeschichte. Dritter Theil: Zoologie. Erste Abtheilung: Fleischlose Thiere,Leipzig: C.H. Reclam & Jena: A. Schmid, [book (3rd vol part one, of 3 vols, including plates atlas of T.1, 1813]. xxviii + 842 pp. + xviii, 40 pls. L [copepods 180-184, 357-359, 4 plates].
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	Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp.
additional source	Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. :59-101.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	NODC. (1997). NODC Taxonomic codes.
additional source	Hansson, H. (2004). North East Atlantic Taxa (NEAT): Nematoda. Internet pdf Ed. Aug 1998.
status source	Opinion 1220. (1982). Halecium Oken, 1815, (Coelenterata, Hydroida): ruled to be an available name & conserved. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 39(3): 172-174.
taxonomy source	Calder, D. R. (2017). Additions to the hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) of the Bay of Fundy, northeastern North America, with a checklist of species reported from the region. Zootaxa. 4256(1): 1-86.

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Citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Halecium Oken, 1815. 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:117103