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Leptomedusae  Haeckel, 1866
Taxonomic Serial No.: 49469

 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Suborder  
  Common Name(s): thecate hydroids
 
  Valid Name: Leptothecatae 
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: invalid - other, see comments   
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial    
  Latest Record Review: 2005    
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Leptomedusae, thecate hydroids   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Cairns, Stephen D., Dale R. Calder, Anita Brinckmann-Voss, Clovis B. Castro, Daphne G. Fautin,...  
  Publication Date: 2002   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and Scientific Names of Aquatic Invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Cnidaria and Ctenophora, Second Edition, 2002   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication 28   
  Page(s): xi + 115   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-888569-39-5, 0097-0638  
  Notes: Full author list: Cairns, Stephen D., Dale R. Calder, Anita Brinckmann-Voss, Clovis B. Castro, Daphne G. Fautin, Philip R. Pugh, Claudia E. Mills, Walter C. Jaap, Mary N. Arai, Stephen H. D. Haddock, and Dennis M. Opresko   
  Reference for: Leptomedusae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Kramp, P. L.  
  Publication Date: 1961   
  Article/Chapter Title: Synopsis of the medusae of the world   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, vol. 40   
  Page(s): 1-469   
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  Reference for: Leptomedusae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Marques, Antonio C., and Allen G. Collins  
  Publication Date: 2004   
  Article/Chapter Title: Cladistic analysis of Medusozoa and cnidarian evolution   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Invertebrate Biology, vol. 123, no. 1   
  Page(s): 23-42   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1077-8306   
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  Reference for: Leptomedusae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Moore, Raymond C.  
  Publication Date: 1956   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part F: Coelenterata   
  Page(s): xx + F1-F498   
  Publisher: Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press   
  Publication Place: Lawrence, Kansas, USA   
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  Notes: 1963 reprint edition. Separately authored chapters may include original descriptions   
  Reference for: Leptomedusae   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: Marques and Collins (2004) use the name Leptothecata for this group, but see Cairns et al. (2002) for name variation  
 

 

   

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