Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hydrozoa > Subclass Hydroidolina > Order Leptothecata > Family Blackfordiidae > Genus Blackfordia

Blackfordia virginica Mayer, 1910

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Blackfordia*	Mayer, 1910	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Campanulina pontica*	Valkanov, 1935	subjective synonym

Literature

original description	Mayer, A. G. 1910. Medusae of the world. Hydromedusae, Vols. I & II. Scyphomedusae, Vol III. Carnegie Institution, Washington. pp. 735, plates 1-76.
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	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	Segura-Puertas, L., L. Celis, and L. Chiaverano. 2009. Medusozoans (Cnidaria: Cubozoa, Scyphozoa, and Hydrozoa) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 369–379 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Pre
redescription	Mills, C.E. & J.T. Rees, 2000. New observations and corrections concerning the trio of invasive hydromedusae Maeotias marginata (=M. inexpectata), Blackfordia virginica, and Moerisia sp. in the San Francisco Estuary. In: C.E. Mills, F. Boero, A. Migotto & J.M. Gili, eds., Trends in Hydrozoan Biology - IV. Sci. Mar. 64 Supl. 1: 151-155.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe (DAISIE)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection
GenBank (54 nucleotides; 24 proteins)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

WoRMS (2014). Blackfordia virginica Mayer, 1910. 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:117313

Dr Wim Vervoort. Blackfordia virginica Mayer, 1910. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=240582