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Hydractinia

Hydrozoa - Tubulariae

Taxonomy
Hydractinia is a genus. It is extant. It is the type genus of Hydractiniidae.

It was assigned to Tubulariae by Ulrich (1904); to Hydractiniidae by Bayer et al. (1956); and to Hydroida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Hydractinia Ulrich p. 433
1956Hydractinia Bayer et al. p. F84
2002Hydractinia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
subphylumMedusozoa
RankNameAuthor
classHydrozoaOwen 1843
orderTubulariae
genusHydractinia

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Hydractinia cretacea Fischer 1867
Hydractinia multispinosa Ulrich 1904
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available