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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): thecate hydroids [English]
  
    hydromedusae [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, animaux, animals  
    PhylumCnidaria Hatschek, 1888 – cnidarians, coelenterates, cnidaires, coelentérés, água viva, anêmona, caravela, cnidario, coral, hidra  
       SubphylumMedusozoa   
          ClassHydrozoa Owen, 1843 – hydralike animals, hydroids, hydrozoans, hydraires, hydrozoaires, água viva, hidra, hidrozoa, hidrozoário, pólipo  
             SubclassHydroidolina   
                OrderLeptothecatae  – thecate hydroids, hydromedusae  
    Direct Children:  
                   FamilyAequoreidae   
                   FamilyAglaopheniidae   
                   FamilyBlackfordiidae   
                   FamilyBonneviellidae   
                   FamilyCalycellidae   
                   FamilyCampanulariidae   
                   FamilyCampanulinidae Hinks, 1868  
                   FamilyCirrholoveniidae   
                   FamilyDipleurosomatidae   
                   FamilyEirenidae Haeckel, 1879  
                   FamilyEucheilotidae   
                   FamilyHaleciidae   
                   FamilyHalopterididae   
                   FamilyKirchenpaueriidae   
                   FamilyLafoeidae   
                   FamilyLaodiceidae   
                   FamilyLovenellidae   
                   FamilyMalagazziidae Bouillon, 1984  
                   FamilyMelicertidae   
                   FamilyMitrocomidae   
                   FamilyOctocannoidae Bouillon, Boero and Seghers, 1991  
                   FamilyOrchistomatidae Bouillon, 1984  
                   FamilyPhialellidae   
                   FamilyPhialuciidae Kramp, 1955  
                   FamilyPlumulariidae   
                   FamilySertulariidae Lamouroux, 1812  
                   FamilySyntheciidae   
                   FamilyThyroscyphidae   
                   FamilyTiarannidae   
                   FamilyTiaropsidae   
       
                 OrderLeptothecatae  incertae sedis  
    Children with Uncertain Position:  
                   GenusCuspidella Hincks, 1866  
                   GenusEgmundella Stechow, 1921  
                   GenusKeratosum Hargitt, 1909  
       

 References
       
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  Source: The Hydrozoa Directory, website (version 7)  
  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 [English], thecate hydroids [English]   
       
  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: 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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