| Full name: |
World Hydrozoa database UPDATED!
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| Short name: |
WoRMS Hydrozoa |
| Version: |
2014-03-01 |
| Release date: |
2014-03-01 |
| Authors/editors: |
Schuchert P. |
| Taxonomic coverage: |
Animalia - Cnidaria - Hydrozoa |
| English name of the group: |
Hydroids |
| Number of species: |
3,526 |
| Number of infraspecific taxa: |
18 |
| Number of synonyms: |
2,382 |
| Number of common names: |
199 |
| Total number of names: |
6,125 |
| Abstract: |
World Hydrozoa database comes from a list of accumulated taxonomic information assembled over the years from the literature of Wim Vervoort and Peter Schuchert (see Schuchert, 1989). The list of the Siphonophorae was provided by Gill Mapstone who also manages the species of this Order. The number of known hydrozoan species is about 3800, although the status of many nominal species is currently unclear. A considerable number of names also represent synonyms. |
| Organization: |
Invertebrate department, Natural History Museum of the city of Geneva, Switserland |
| Website: |
http://www.marinespecies.org/hydrozoa
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