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

Podocoryna M. Sars, 1846

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Dysmorphosa*	Philippi, 1842	synonym
*Hydractomma*	Stechow, 1921	synonym
*Podocoryne*	Lütken, 1850	synonym

Children

Podocoryna areolata (Alder, 1862)
Podocoryna borealis (Mayer, 1900)
Podocoryna carnea M. Sars, 1846
Podocoryna exigua (Haeckel, 1880)
Podocoryna pruvoti (Motz-Kossowska, 1905)

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	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	Hansson, H. (2004). North East Atlantic Taxa (NEAT): Nematoda. Internet pdf Ed. Aug 1998.
status source	Miglietta, M. P., & Cunningham, C. W. 2012. Evolution of life cycle, colony morphology, and host specificity in the family Hydractiniidae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria). Evolution 66: 3876-901.

Genbank

Citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Podocoryna M. Sars, 1846. 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:117119

Dr. Wim Vervoort. Podocoryna M. Sars, 1846. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/970839aa-2239-4e87-91b5-e248c551fbaa