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Leptothecatae  
Taxonomic Serial No.: 718926

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Order  
  Synonym(s): Leptomedusae Haeckel, 1866
 
  Common Name(s): hydromedusae [English]
 
    thecate hydroids [English]
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial    
  Latest Record Review: 2005    
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  -- Animal, animals, animaux  
    PhylumCnidaria Hatschek, 1888 -- água viva, anêmona, caravela, cnidaires, cnidarians, cnidario, coelenterates, coelentérés, coral, hidra  
       ClassHydrozoa Owen, 1843 -- água viva, hidra, hidrozoa, hidrozoário, hydraires, hydralike animals, hydroids, hydrozoaires, hydrozoans, pólipo  
          SubclassHydroidolina   
             OrderLeptothecatae  -- hydromedusae, thecate hydroids  
    Direct Children:  
                Family Aequoreidae   
                Family Aglaopheniidae   
                Family Blackfordiidae   
                Family Bonneviellidae   
                Family Calycellidae   
                Family Campanulariidae   
                Family Campanulinidae Hinks, 1868  
                Family Cirrholoveniidae   
                Family Dipleurosomatidae   
                Family Eirenidae Haeckel, 1879  
                Family Eucheilotidae   
                Family Haleciidae   
                Family Halopterididae   
                Family Kirchenpaueriidae   
                Family Lafoeidae   
                Family Laodiceidae   
                Family Lovenellidae   
                Family Malagazziidae Bouillon, 1984  
                Family Melicertidae   
                Family Mitrocomidae   
                Family Octocannoidae Bouillon, Boero and Seghers, 1991  
                Family Orchistomatidae Bouillon, 1984  
                Family Phialellidae   
                Family Phialuciidae Kramp, 1955  
                Family Plumulariidae   
                Family Sertulariidae Lamouroux, 1812  
                Family Syntheciidae   
                Family Thyroscyphidae   
                Family Tiarannidae   
                Family Tiaropsidae   
       
              OrderLeptothecatae  incertae sedis  
    Children with Uncertain Position:  
                Genus Cuspidella Hincks, 1866  
                Genus Egmundella Stechow, 1921  
                Genus Keratosum Hargitt, 1909  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
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  Other Source(s):    
  Source: The Hydrozoa Directory, website (version 7.0)  
  Acquired: 2005   
  Notes: http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/mhng/hydrozoa/   
  Reference for: Leptothecatae   
       
  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: Leptothecatae, hydromedusae, thecate hydroids   
       
  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   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 1077-8306   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Leptothecatae   
       

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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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