Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Medusozoa > Class Hydrozoa > Subclass Hydroidolina > Order Anthoathecata > Suborder Filifera > Family Cordylophoridae

Cordylophora Allman, 1844

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771)
Cordylophora lacustris Allman, 1844

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: エダヒドラ属

Literature

original description	Allman, G. J. (1844). XXXIX.—Synopsis of the Genera and Species of Zoophytes inhabiting the Fresh Waters of Ireland. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 13(85): 328-331.
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	Leloup, E. (1952). Coelentérés [Coelenterata]. Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique: Brussels, Belgium. 283 pp.
additional source	Boero, Ferdinando
redescription	Schuchert, P. (2004). Revision of the European athecate hydroids and their medusae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria): families Oceanidae and Pachycordylidae. Revue Suisse de Zoologie. 111 2: 315-369.

Genbank

Citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Cordylophora Allman, 1844. 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:117051

Dr. Wim Vervoort. Cordylophora Allman, 1844. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/1631bbc9-5000-4004-9e4b-c2caf207b6d7