MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Halocorynidae Picard, 1957

ERMS name details

Halocorynidae Picard, 1957

AphiaID

22782 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:22782)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Accepted name

Zancleidae Russell, 1953

Rank

Family

Parent

Capitata

Original name

Halocorynidae Picard, 1957

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Picard, J. (1957). Étude sur les hydroïdes de la superfamille Pteronematoidea, 1. Généralités. Bulletin de l'institut Océanographique. 1106 : 1-12. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Halocorynidae Picard, 1957. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=22782 on 2026-02-19

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Halocorynidae Picard, 1957. Accessed at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php/js/js/10.1080/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=22782 on 2026-02-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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db_admin

2009-04-28 06:22:10Z

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Schuchert, Peter

2009-11-12 19:06:14Z

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Schuchert, Peter

2013-10-11 06:29:25Z

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Schuchert, Peter

2024-10-23 17:27:16Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

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original description Picard, J. (1957). Étude sur les hydroïdes de la superfamille Pteronematoidea, 1. Généralités. Bulletin de l'institut Océanographique. 1106 : 1-12. [details]

basis of record Schuchert, P. (2010). The European athecate hydroids and their medusae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria): Capitata Part 2. Revue Suisse de Zoologie. 117: 337-555., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.117793
page(s): 486 [details]

additional source Boury-Esnault, N., G. Bellan, D. Bellan-Santini, C.F. Boudouresque, P. Chevaldonné, A. Dias, D. Faget, J.G. Harmelin, M. Harmelin-Vivien, C. Lejeusne, T. Pérez, J. Vacelet & M. Verlaque. (2023). The Station Marine d'Endoume, Marseille: 150 years of natural history. Zootaxa. 5249(2): 213-252. (look up in RoR), available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5249.2.3 [details] Available for editors

status source Maggioni, D.; Schuchert, P.; Ostrovsky, A. N.; Schiavo, A.; Hoeksema, B. W.; Pica, D.; Piraino, S.; Arrigoni, R.; Seveso, D.; Montalbetti, E.; Galli, P.; Montano, S. (2023b). Systematics and character evolution of capitate hydrozoans. Cladistics. p. 1-28., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/cla.12567
page(s): 15; note: " the family Halocorynidae may need to be resurrected as a result of the clear divergence of H. epizoica from the Zancleidae, but owing to the phylogenetic uncertainties in our phylogenetic hypothesis...

" the family Halocorynidae may need to be resurrected as a result of the clear divergence of H. epizoica from the Zancleidae, but owing to the phylogenetic uncertainties in our phylogenetic hypothesis we prefer to conservatively avoid this to prevent further taxonomic confusion"

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