Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hydrozoa > Subclass Hydroidolina > Order Anthoathecata > Suborder Capitata > Family Capitata incertae sedis > Genus Plotocnide

Plotocnide borealis Wagner, 1885

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Plotocnide*	Wagner, 1885	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Syndiction boreale*	Birula, 1896	subjective synonym

Literature

original description	Wagner, N. 1885. Die Wirbellosen des Weissen Meeres. Erster Band. Zoologische Forschungen an der Küste des Solowetzkischen Meerbusens in den Sommermonaten der Jahre 1877, 1878, 1879 und 1882. W. Engelmann, Leipzig. pp. 171, 21 plates.
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., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (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	ITIS database
additional source	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

Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

WoRMS (2014). Plotocnide borealis Wagner, 1885. 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:117458

Dr Wim Vervoort. Plotocnide borealis Wagner, 1885. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=240554

Image

Occurrence

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Environment

marine

Importance

IUCN:
Red List status LC 2009 This species is least concern and is widespread and abundant according to the red list of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.