Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hydrozoa > Subclass Hydroidolina > Order Anthoathecata > Suborder Aplanulata > Family Tubulariidae

Ectopleura L. Agassiz, 1862

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Ectopleura crocea (Agassiz, 1862)
Ectopleura dumortieri (van Beneden, 1844)
Ectopleura dumortierii (Van Beneden, 1844)
Ectopleura larynx (Ellis & Solander, 1786)
Ectopleura minerva Mayer, 1900
Ectopleura sacculifera Kramp, 1957
Ectopleura wrighti Petersen, 1979

Literature

original description	Agassiz, L. 1862a. Contributions to the natural history of the United States of America. Vol. IV. Little Brown, Boston, pp. 1-380, pls 1-19.
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	Bouillon, J.; Boero, F. (2000). Synopsis of the families and genera of the Hydromedusae of the world, with a list of the worldwide species. Thalassia Salent. 24: 47-296
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.

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Citation

Schuchert, P. (2014). Ectopleura L. Agassiz, 1862. 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:117254

Dr Wim Vervoort. Ectopleura L. Agassiz, 1862. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=240548