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

Hydra vulgaris Pallas, 1766

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Hydra*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Hydra attenuata*	auct.	subjective synonym
*Hydra attenuata*	auct.	misapplied name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: common hydra sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English-United States: Common Hydra sources: Charles Hussey

German: gemeiner Süßwasserpolyp

Literature

original description	Pallas, P.S. (1766) Elenchus zoophytorum sistens generum adumbrationes generaliores et specierum cognitarum succintas descriptiones, cum selectis auctorum synonymis. Van Cleef, Hagae-Comitum, pp. 1-451
basis of record	W. Vervoort, P. Schuchert & J. van der Land, 2000-2007, as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms
redescription	Schuchert, P. 2010. The European athecate hydroids and their medusae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria): Capitata Part 2. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 117: 337-555.
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.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (37413 nucleotides; 543 proteins)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (263 publications)
Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Schuchert, P. (2014). Hydra vulgaris Pallas, 1766. 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:290157

Dr Wim Vervoort. Hydra vulgaris Pallas, 1766. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=240571