Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hydrozoa > Subclass Hydroidolina > Order Anthoathecata > Suborder Filifera > Family Cordylophoridae > Genus Cordylophora

Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Tubularia Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cordylophora*	Allman, 1844	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Tubularia caspia*	Pallas, 1771	objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: brakwaterpoliep

English: freshwater hydroid sources: UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms

Polish: gałęzatka jeziorna

Literature

original description	Pallas, P. S. (1771) Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des Russischen Reichs. 504 pp.
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, and 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 p.
additional source	Calder, D. R. and S. D. Cairns. 2009. Hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 381–394 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	ITIS database
additional source	Leloup, E. (1952). Coelentérés [Coelenterata]. ---. Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique: Brussels, Belgium. 283 pp.
additional source	Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 43: 419-453
additional source	Schuchert, P. 2009a. Anthoanthecata (Cnidaria). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp
redescription	Schuchert, P., 2004. Revision of the European athecate hydroids and their medusae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria): families Oceanidae and Pachycordylidae. Rev. Suisse Zool. 111 2: 315-369.

Genbank

External Links

Link Marine Life Information Network - UK
Link To GBIF

Citation

WoRMS (2012). Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771). In: Schuchert, P. (2009) World Hydrozoa database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2012) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117428

Dr Wim Vervoort. Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=240500