WoRMS taxon details
Filellum serpens (Hassall, 1848)
117690 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117690)
accepted
Species
Campanularia serpens Hassal, 1848 · unaccepted (basionym)
Coppinia arcta (Dalyell, 1847) · unaccepted (synonym)
Coppinia mirabilis Hassall, 1848 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Filellum tubiforme Shidlovskii, 1902 · unaccepted (possible synonym)
Grammaria serpens (Hassall, 1848) · unaccepted (synonym)
Halia praetenuis Hincks, 1855 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Reticularia immersa Thomson, 1853 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Sertularia arcta Dalyell, 1847 · unaccepted (suppressed name (Opinion 1485,...)
suppressed name (Opinion 1485, ICZN 1988).
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Campanularia serpens Hassal, 1848) Hassall A.H. (1848). Definitions of three new British zoophytes. <em>The Zoologist.</em> 6: 2223., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39804043
page(s): 2223 [details]
page(s): 2223 [details]
Type locality contained in Dublin Bay
type locality contained in Dublin Bay [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Filellum serpens (Hassall, 1848). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117690 on 2025-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Filellum tubiforme Shidlovskii, 1902) Shidlovskii, A., 1902. Materialy po faune gidroidov arkticheskikh morei. I. Gidroidy Belogo morya u Beregov Solovetskikh ostrovov. Matériaux relatifs à la faune des polypes hydraires des mers arctiques. I. Les Hydraires de la mer Blanche le long du littoral des îles Solowetsky. Trudy Obshch. Ispyt. Prir. imp. Khar'kov Univ. 36 1: 3-268.
page(s): 168, pl. 3 fig. 29 [details]
original description (of Sertularia arcta Dalyell, 1847) Dalyell, J. G. (1847). Rare and remarkable animals of Scotland, represented from living subjects: with practical observations on their nature. By Sir John Graham Dalyell, baronet. <em>John Van Voorst. London.</em> volume 1, pp. v-xii (270 total pages in volume)., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5984#/summary
page(s): 224, pl. 42 figs. 1-15 [details]
original description (of Campanularia serpens Hassal, 1848) Hassall A.H. (1848). Definitions of three new British zoophytes. <em>The Zoologist.</em> 6: 2223., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39804043
page(s): 2223 [details]
original description (of Reticularia immersa Thomson, 1853) Thomson, W. T. C., 1853. Notes on some British zoophytes. Annals and Magazine of Natural History -211 : 442-444., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13786188
page(s): 443, pl. 16a figs 2-3 [details]
original description (of Coppinia mirabilis Hassall, 1848) Hassall A.H. (1848). Definitions of three new British zoophytes. <em>The Zoologist.</em> 6: 2223., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39804043
page(s): 2223 [details]
original description (of Halia praetenuis Hincks, 1855) Hincks T. (1855). Notes on British zoophytes, with descriptions of new species. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 2 (15): 127-130, pls 2-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2257147
page(s): 128 [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): 168, pl. 3 fig. 29 [details]
original description (of Sertularia arcta Dalyell, 1847) Dalyell, J. G. (1847). Rare and remarkable animals of Scotland, represented from living subjects: with practical observations on their nature. By Sir John Graham Dalyell, baronet. <em>John Van Voorst. London.</em> volume 1, pp. v-xii (270 total pages in volume)., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5984#/summary
page(s): 224, pl. 42 figs. 1-15 [details]
original description (of Campanularia serpens Hassal, 1848) Hassall A.H. (1848). Definitions of three new British zoophytes. <em>The Zoologist.</em> 6: 2223., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39804043
page(s): 2223 [details]
original description (of Reticularia immersa Thomson, 1853) Thomson, W. T. C., 1853. Notes on some British zoophytes. Annals and Magazine of Natural History -211 : 442-444., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13786188
page(s): 443, pl. 16a figs 2-3 [details]
original description (of Coppinia mirabilis Hassall, 1848) Hassall A.H. (1848). Definitions of three new British zoophytes. <em>The Zoologist.</em> 6: 2223., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39804043
page(s): 2223 [details]
original description (of Halia praetenuis Hincks, 1855) Hincks T. (1855). Notes on British zoophytes, with descriptions of new species. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 2 (15): 127-130, pls 2-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2257147
page(s): 128 [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
Cornelius, P. F. S. (1995). North-West European Thecate Hydroids and their Medusae. Part 1. Laodiceidae to Haleciidae. <em>In: R.S.K. Barnes & J.H. Crothers, eds, Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series). The Linn. Soc. London and Est. Coas. Sci. Ass. - Field Studies Council.</em> 50 : i-vii, 1-347. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydroids of Greenland and Iceland (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa). Meddelelser om Grønland. <em>Bioscience.</em> 53: 1-184., available online at https://doi.org/10.7146/mogbiosci.v53.142616
page(s): 63, fig. 49A-B [details]
additional source Calder, D. R. and S. D. Cairns. 2009. Hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 381–394 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 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 [request]
additional source Watson, J. E. (2024). The marine hydroids of south-eastern Australia (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa). <em>Museum Victoria Science Reports.</em> 22: 1-121., available online at https://doi.org/10.24199/j.mvsr.2024.22
page(s): 81, fig. 150 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydroids of Greenland and Iceland (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa). Meddelelser om Grønland. <em>Bioscience.</em> 53: 1-184., available online at https://doi.org/10.7146/mogbiosci.v53.142616
page(s): 63, fig. 49A-B [details]
additional source Calder, D. R. and S. D. Cairns. 2009. Hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 381–394 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 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
[request]additional source Watson, J. E. (2024). The marine hydroids of south-eastern Australia (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa). <em>Museum Victoria Science Reports.</em> 22: 1-121., available online at https://doi.org/10.24199/j.mvsr.2024.22
page(s): 81, fig. 150 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Biology colonial [details]
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Filellum tubiforme Shidlovskii, 1902)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (81 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Grammaria serpens (Hassall, 1848))
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (11 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (4 records) (from synonym Coppinia arcta (Dalyell, 1847))
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Filellum tubiforme Shidlovskii, 1902)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (81 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Grammaria serpens (Hassall, 1848))
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (11 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (4 records) (from synonym Coppinia arcta (Dalyell, 1847))
To ITIS
