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

Bougainvilliidae Lütken, 1850

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Bimeria Wright, 1859
Bougainvillia Lesson, 1830
Dicoryne Allman, 1859
Garveia Wright, 1859
Koellikerina Kramp, 1939
Nemopsis L. Agassiz, 1849
Nubiella Bouillon, 1980
Pachycordyle Weismann, 1883
Rhizorhagium M. Sars, 1874
Silhouetta Millard & Bouillon, 1973
Thamnostoma Haeckel, 1879

Literature

original description	Lütken, C., 1850. Nogle Bemaerkninger om Medusernes systematiske Inddeling, navnlig med Hensyn til Forbes's History of British Naked-eyed Medusae. Vidensk. Meddr dansk naturh. Foren., 1850 : 15-35.
basis of record	Bouillon, J.; Boero, F. (2000). Synopsis of the families and genera of the Hydromedusae of the world, with a list of the worldwide species. Thalassia Salent. 24: 47-296
additional source	Calder, D. R. 1988a. Shallow-water hydroids of Bermuda. The Athecatae. Royal Ontario Museum Life Sciences Contributions 148: 1-107.
additional source	Schuchert, P. 2007. The European athecate hydroids and their medusae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria): Filifera part 2. Revue suisse de Zoologie 114: 195-396

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Citation

Schuchert, P. (2014). Bougainvilliidae Lütken, 1850. 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:1594