MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Coryne Gaertner, 1774

ERMS taxon details

Coryne Gaertner, 1774

Coryne pusilla

AphiaID

117067 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117067)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Coryne pusilla Gaertner, 1774 (type by monotypy)

Type taxon of

Corynidae Johnston, 1836

Parent

Corynidae Johnston, 1836

Original name

Coryne Gaertner, 1774

Synonymised names

Actigia Stechow, 1921 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (synonym)

Staurocoryne Rotch, 1872 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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Species Coryne epizoica Stechow, 1921
Species Coryne eximia Allman, 1859
Species Coryne fucicola (de Filipi, 1866)
Species Coryne hincksi Bonnevie, 1898
Species Coryne muscoides (Linnaeus, 1761)
Species Coryne pintneri Schneider, 1897
Species Coryne pusilla Gaertner, 1774
Species Coryne brevicornis Bonnevie, 1898 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Species Coryne caespes Allman, 1871 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Species Coryne graeffei Jickeli, 1883 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, not recognizable)
Species Coryne vanbenedenii Hincks, 1868 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Species Coryne clavata (Keferstein, 1862) accepted as Sarsia clavata Keferstein, 1862 accepted as Stauridiosarsia gemmifera (Forbes, 1848) (synonym)
Species Coryne filiformis (Rees, 1936) accepted as Coryne pintneri Schneider, 1897 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, synonym)
Species Coryne producta (Wright, 1858) accepted as Stauridiosarsia producta (Wright, 1858)
Species Coryne prolifera (Forbes, 1848) accepted as Codonium proliferum (Forbes, 1848) (unaccepted > superseded combination)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Gaertner, J. (1774). Zoophyta, quaedam minuta. In: Pallas, P.S., Specilegia Zoologia. Berolini: G.A. Lange. fasc. 10: 24-41., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/spicilegiazoolog110pall#page/532/mode/1up
page(s): 40 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Coryne Gaertner, 1774. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117067 on 2025-12-14

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Coryne Gaertner, 1774. Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117067 on 2025-12-14

Taxonomic edit history

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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van der Land, Jacob

2013-03-22 08:23:05Z

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Schuchert, Peter

2020-11-06 06:43:32Z

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Schuchert, Peter

2024-11-22 17:47:02Z

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Schuchert, Peter

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original description Gaertner, J. (1774). Zoophyta, quaedam minuta. In: Pallas, P.S., Specilegia Zoologia. Berolini: G.A. Lange. fasc. 10: 24-41., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/spicilegiazoolog110pall#page/532/mode/1up
page(s): 40 [details]

original description (of Staurocoryne Rotch, 1872) Rotch, W. D. 1872. On a new genus and species of hydroid zoophytes. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4) 10: 126-127., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25172369
page(s): 126 [details]

original description (of Actigia Stechow, 1921) Stechow, E. (1921d). Neue Genera und Species von Hydrozoen und anderen Evertebraten. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 87: 248-265., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45494398
page(s): 248; note: replacement name for Actinogonium Allman, 1872 [details]

taxonomy source Nawrocki, A. M., Schuchert, P., & Cartwright, P. 2010. Phylogenetics and evolution of Capitata (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa), and the systematics of Corynidae. Zoologica Scripta 39(3): 290-304. [details] Available for editors

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 (look up in RoR) [details]

additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors

additional source Leloup, E. (1947). Les Coelentérés de la faune belge: leur bibliographie et leur distribution [Coelenterates of the Belgian fauna: their bibliography and distribution]. Mémoires du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique = Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Natuurhistorisch Museum van België, 107. Koninklijk Natuurhistorisch Museum van België: Brussel, Belgium. 73 pp. (look up in RoR) [details]