MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Hydra Linnaeus, 1758

ERMS taxon details

Hydra Linnaeus, 1758

Family Hydridae - Genus Hydra

AphiaID

267491 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267491)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Hydridae Dana, 1846

Original name

Hydra Linnaeus, 1758

Direct children (2)

Ordering

Alphabetically
By status

Children Display

direct main ranks all

Species Hydra circumcincta Schulze, 1914
Species Hydra vulgaris Pallas, 1766

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Hydra Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267491 on 2026-02-14

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Hydra Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267491 on 2026-02-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-14 11:18:07Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2009-04-29 06:52:24Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

2019-06-26 07:38:19Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

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original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

additional source McMurrich, J. P. (1893). Report on the Actiniæ collected by the United States Fish Commission Steamer Albatross during the winter of 1887-1888. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 16(930): 119-216, available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.16-930.119
page(s): 123 [details]

additional source Robson, E. A. (2004). Cnidogenesis in the jewel anemone Corynactis californica (Carlgren, 1936) and C. viridis (Allman, 1846) (Anthozoa: Corallimorpharia). Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden, 78(27): 461-476
page(s): 461 [details]

redescription 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): 440 [details]