WoRMS taxon details
Candelabrum de Blainville, 1830
117046 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117046)
accepted
Genus
Lucernaria phrygia Fabricius, 1780 accepted as Candelabrum phrygium (Fabricius, 1780) (type by monotypy)
Acandela Stechow, 1920 · unaccepted (synonym)
Arum Vigurs, 1850 · unaccepted (synonym)
Blastothela Verrill, 1878 · unaccepted (synonym)
Myriothela Sars, 1851 · unaccepted (synonym)
Spadix Gosse, 1853 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Species Candelabrum australe (Briggs, 1928)
- Species Candelabrum austrogeorgiae (Jäderholm, 1904)
- Species Candelabrum beringensis Prudkovsky, Rybakova, Sanamyan & Sanamyan, 2023
- Species Candelabrum bitentaculatum Peña Cantero, 2022
- Species Candelabrum capensis (Manton, 1940)
- Species Candelabrum cocksii (Cocks, 1854)
- Species Candelabrum fritchmanii Hewitt & Goddard, 2001
- Species Candelabrum giganteum (Bonnevie, 1898)
- Species Candelabrum harrisoni (Briggs, 1928)
- Species Candelabrum meridianum (Briggs, 1939)
- Species Candelabrum penola (Manton, 1940)
- Species Candelabrum phrygium (Fabricius, 1780)
- Species Candelabrum serpentarii Segonzac & Vervoort, 1995
- Species Candelabrum tentaculatum (Millard, 1966)
- Species Candelabrum valdiviensis Galea & Schories, 2014
- Species Candelabrum austro-georgiae (Jäderholm, 1904) accepted as Candelabrum austrogeorgiae (Jäderholm, 1904) (unaccepted spelling according to ICZN)
- Species Candelabrum cocksi (Cocks, 1854) accepted as Candelabrum cocksii (Cocks, 1854) (incorrect spelling)
- Species Candelabrum minutum (Bonnevie, 1898) accepted as Candelabrum phrygium (Fabricius, 1780) (synonym)
- Species Candelabrum mitra (Bonnevie, 1898) accepted as Candelabrum phrygium (Fabricius, 1780) (possible synonym)
- Species Candelabrum verrucosum (Bonnevie, 1898) accepted as Candelabrum phrygium (Fabricius, 1780) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
de Blainville, H. M. (1830). Zoophytes. In: Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles, dans lequel on traitre méthodiquement des differéns êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-mêmes, d'après l'état actuel de nos connoissances, soit relativement à l'utlité qu'en peuvent retirer la médicine, l'agriculture, le commerce et les arts. Edited by F. G. Levrault. Tome 60. Paris, Le Normat. Pp. 548, pls. 68. <em>Paris, 1830.</em> 60 : 1-546., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25318344
page(s): 284 [details]
page(s): 284 [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Candelabrum de Blainville, 1830. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117046 on 2025-07-06
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Nomenclature
original description
de Blainville, H. M. (1830). Zoophytes. In: Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles, dans lequel on traitre méthodiquement des differéns êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-mêmes, d'après l'état actuel de nos connoissances, soit relativement à l'utlité qu'en peuvent retirer la médicine, l'agriculture, le commerce et les arts. Edited by F. G. Levrault. Tome 60. Paris, Le Normat. Pp. 548, pls. 68. <em>Paris, 1830.</em> 60 : 1-546., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25318344
page(s): 284 [details]
original description (of Myriothela Sars, 1851) Sars M. (1851). Beretning om i Sommeren 1849 Fortagen Zoologisk Reise i Lofoten og Finmarken. <em>Nyt Magazin Naturvidenskaberne.</em> 6(2):121–211., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8152707
page(s): 134 [details]
original description (of Blastothela Verrill, 1878) Verrill, A.E. (1878). Art. XX. Notice of recent additions to the marine fauna of the eastern coast of North America. No. 1. <em>American Journal of Science and Arts.</em> Ser. 3, 16(91-96): 207-215., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36841488
page(s): 374 [details]
original description (of Arum Vigurs, 1850) Vigurs. 1849-1850. in: Cocks, W. P. Contributions to the fauna of Falmouth. - Report of the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society 17: 90 [details]
original description (of Spadix Gosse, 1853) Gosse, P.H. (1853). Notes on some new or little-known Marine Animals. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (2)12: 384-386., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12905727
page(s): 125 [details]
original description (of Acandela Stechow, 1920) Stechow, E. (1920). Neue Ergebnisse auf dem Gebiete der Hydroidenforschung. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft für Morphologie und Physiologie in München.</em> 31: 9-45. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Vervoort, W.; Cairns, S.D.; Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydrozoa, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 112-120 (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 284 [details]
original description (of Myriothela Sars, 1851) Sars M. (1851). Beretning om i Sommeren 1849 Fortagen Zoologisk Reise i Lofoten og Finmarken. <em>Nyt Magazin Naturvidenskaberne.</em> 6(2):121–211., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8152707
page(s): 134 [details]
original description (of Blastothela Verrill, 1878) Verrill, A.E. (1878). Art. XX. Notice of recent additions to the marine fauna of the eastern coast of North America. No. 1. <em>American Journal of Science and Arts.</em> Ser. 3, 16(91-96): 207-215., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36841488
page(s): 374 [details]
original description (of Arum Vigurs, 1850) Vigurs. 1849-1850. in: Cocks, W. P. Contributions to the fauna of Falmouth. - Report of the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society 17: 90 [details]
original description (of Spadix Gosse, 1853) Gosse, P.H. (1853). Notes on some new or little-known Marine Animals. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (2)12: 384-386., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12905727
page(s): 125 [details]
original description (of Acandela Stechow, 1920) Stechow, E. (1920). Neue Ergebnisse auf dem Gebiete der Hydroidenforschung. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft für Morphologie und Physiologie in München.</em> 31: 9-45. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Vervoort, W.; Cairns, S.D.; Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydrozoa, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 112-120 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Schuchert, P. (2006). The European athecate hydroids and their medusae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria): Capitata Part 1. <em>Revue suisse de Zoologie.</em> 113: 325-410.
page(s): 341 [details]
page(s): 341 [details]
Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. <em>Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8.</em> vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. <em>Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8.</em> vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors
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