WoRMS taxon details
Coryne Gaertner, 1774
117067 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117067)
accepted
Genus
Coryne pusilla Gaertner, 1774 (type by monotypy)
Actigia Stechow, 1921 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (synonym)
Actinogonium Allman, 1872 · unaccepted (invalid junior homonym of...)
invalid junior homonym of Actinogonium Schomburgk [Protozoa]
Capsularia Modeer, 1793 · unaccepted (nomen nudum)
Capsularia Cuvier, 1798 · unaccepted
Corina Gaertner, 1774 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Corine Gaertner, 1774 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Coryna Gaertner, 1774 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Coryne (Eucoryne) Broch, 1910 · unaccepted (invalid junior homonym of...)
invalid junior homonym of Eucoryne Leidy, 1855 (Hydrozoa)
Fistulana Müller, 1776 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (synonym)
Fistularia Müller, 1776 · unaccepted > junior homonym (invalid junior homonym of...)
invalid junior homonym of Fistularia Linnaeus, 1758 [Pisces]
Halobotrys de Filippi, 1866 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Halybothrys Filippi, 1866 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Halybotrys de Filippi, 1866 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Hermia Johnston, 1838 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Staurocoryne Rotch, 1872 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Stechowia Poche, 1914 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Stipula M. Sars, 1829 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Syncorine Ehrenberg, 1834 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Syncorine Gaertner, 1774 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Syncoryna Ehrenberg, 1834 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (synonym)
Syncoryne Ehrenberg, 1834 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling (misspelling of Syncoryna)
- Species Coryne brachiata Nutting, 1901
- Species Coryne crassa Fraser, 1914
- Species Coryne epizoica Stechow, 1921
- Species Coryne eximia Allman, 1859
- Species Coryne fucicola (de Filipi, 1866)
- Species Coryne gracilis (Browne, 1902)
- Species Coryne hincksi Bonnevie, 1898
- Species Coryne japonica (Nagao, 1962)
- Species Coryne muscoides (Linnaeus, 1761)
- Species Coryne occidentalis (Fewkes, 1889)
- Species Coryne pintneri Schneider, 1897
- Species Coryne polyocellata (Uchida, 1927)
- Species Coryne pusilla Gaertner, 1774
- Species Coryne repens Fraser, 1938
- Species Coryne sagamiensis Hirohito, 1988
- Species Coryne sargassicola Calder, 1988
- Species Coryne tricycla Schuchert, 1996
- Species Coryne uchidai Stechow, 1931
- Subgenus Coryne (Eucoryne) Broch, 1910 accepted as Coryne Gaertner, 1774 (invalid junior homonym of Eucoryne Leidy, 1855 (Hydrozoa))
- Species Coryne Briareus Allman, 1859 accepted as Zanclea implexa (Alder, 1856) (synonym)
- Species Coryne cerberus Gosse, 1853 accepted as Stauridiosarsia producta (Wright, 1858) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Coryne clavata (Keferstein, 1862) accepted as Sarsia clavata Keferstein, 1862 accepted as Stauridiosarsia gemmifera (Forbes, 1848) (synonym)
- Species Coryne cliffordi (Brinckmann-Voss, 1989) accepted as Stauridiosarsia cliffordi (Brinckmann-Voss, 1989) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Coryne coccometra (Bigelow, 1909) accepted as Sphaerocoryne coccometra (Bigelow, 1909)
- Species Coryne cylindrica Kirkpatrick, 1890 accepted as Zanclea cylindrica (Kirkpatrick, 1890)
- Species Coryne dubium Ritchie, 1907 accepted as Coryne dubia Ritchie, 1907 (incorrect gender suffix)
- Species Coryne filiformis (Rees, 1936) accepted as Coryne pintneri Schneider, 1897 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, synonym)
- Species Coryne fritillaria Steenstrup, 1842 accepted as Hybocodon prolifer Agassiz, 1860 (synonym (medusa only))
- Species Coryne fruticosa Hincks, 1861 accepted as Coryne pusilla Gaertner, 1774 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Coryne gigantea Bonnevie, 1898 accepted as Monocoryne gigantea (Bonnevie, 1898) (genus transfer)
- Species Coryne glandulosa Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Coryne pusilla Gaertner, 1774 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Coryne gravata Wright, 1858 accepted as Sarsia lovenii (M. Sars, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Coryne hassalli Forbes, 1843 accepted as Hydractinia echinata (Fleming, 1828)
- Species Coryne lovenii (M. Sars, 1846) accepted as Sarsia lovenii (M. Sars, 1846) (unaccepted combination)
- Species Coryne nipponica (Uchida, 1927) accepted as Stauridiosarsia nipponica (Uchida, 1927)
- Species Coryne pelagica Alder, 1857 accepted as Zanclea implexa (Alder, 1856) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Coryne producta (Wright, 1858) accepted as Stauridiosarsia producta (Wright, 1858)
- Species Coryne producta Hargitt, 1902 accepted as Sarsia hargitti Mayer, 1910 (homonym of Coryne producta (Wright, 1858))
- Species Coryne prolifera (Forbes, 1848) accepted as Codonium proliferum (Forbes, 1848) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Coryne pulchella (Allman, 1865) accepted as Sarsia pulchella (Allman, 1865)
- Species Coryne sarsi (Lovén, 1836) accepted as Sarsia sarsii (Lovén, 1836) accepted as Sarsia tubulosa (M. Sars, 1835)
- Species Coryne sessilis Gosse, 1853 accepted as Zanclea sessilis (Gosse, 1853) (basionym)
- Species Coryne squamata (Müller, 1776) accepted as Clava squamata (Müller, 1776) accepted as Clava multicornis (Forsskål, 1775) (synonym)
- Species Coryne stauridia Gosse, 1853 accepted as Cladonema radiatum Dujardin, 1843 (synonym)
- Species Coryne tenella Farquhar, 1895 accepted as Coryne eximia Allman, 1859 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Coryne tubulosa (M. Sars, 1835) accepted as Sarsia tubulosa (M. Sars, 1835) (unaccepted combination)
- Species Coryne vaginata Hincks, 1861 accepted as Coryne muscoides (Linnaeus, 1761) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Coryne vermicularis Hincks, 1866 accepted as Coryne pusilla Gaertner, 1774 (synonym)
- Species Coryne angulata (Mayer, 1900) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Coryne brevicornis Bonnevie, 1898 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Coryne brevis Stechow, 1923 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Coryne caespes Allman, 1871 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Coryne conferta Allman, 1876 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Coryne corrugata Fraser, 1925 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Coryne dubia Ritchie, 1907 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Coryne ferox Wright, 1867 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Coryne graeffei Jickeli, 1883 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, not recognizable)
- Species Coryne heroni Pennycuik, 1959 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Coryne longicornis Bonnevie, 1898 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Coryne nutans Allman, 1872 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Coryne rosaria L. Agassiz, 1862 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Coryne vanbenedenii Hincks, 1868 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Gaertner, J. (1774). Zoophyta, quaedam minuta. <em>In: Pallas, P.S., Specilegia Zoologia. Berolini: G.A. Lange.</em> fasc. 10: 24-41., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/spicilegiazoolog110pall#page/532/mode/1up
page(s): 40 [details]
page(s): 40 [details]
Taxonomic remark scope sensu Nawrocki et al., 2010
Taxonomic remark scope sensu Nawrocki et al., 2010 [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Coryne Gaertner, 1774. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117067 on 2025-04-18
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Nomenclature
original description
Gaertner, J. (1774). Zoophyta, quaedam minuta. <em>In: Pallas, P.S., Specilegia Zoologia. Berolini: G.A. Lange.</em> fasc. 10: 24-41., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/spicilegiazoolog110pall#page/532/mode/1up
page(s): 40 [details]
original description (of Actigia Stechow, 1921) Stechow, E. (1921d). Neue Genera und Species von Hydrozoen und anderen Evertebraten. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 87: 248-265., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45494398
page(s): 248; note: replacement name for Actinogonium Allman, 1872 [details]
original description (of Stechowia Poche, 1914) Poche, F. (1914). Das System der Coelenterata. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> Abt. A 80(5): 47-128., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13315557
page(s): 69 [details]
original description (of Halybotrys de Filippi, 1866) De Filippi, F. 1866. Sopra due Idrozoi del Mediterraneo. Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino, Scienze fisiche e matematiche Serie 2, Vol. 23: 375-385, 2 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31197918 [details]
original description (of Syncoryna Ehrenberg, 1834) Ehrenberg, C. G. (1834). Beiträge zur physiologischen Kenntniss der Corallenthiere im allgemeinen, und besonders des rothen Meeres, nebst einem Versuche zur physiologischen Systematik derselben. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin.</em> 1: 225-380., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29725862
page(s): 294 [details]
original description (of Hermia Johnston, 1838) Johnston, G. (1838). A history of the British zoophytes - Chapter III. The Classification of Zoophytes. <em>Royal Medical Society of Edinburgh.</em> 52-341., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50495827
page(s): 111 [details]
original description (of Fistularia Müller, 1776) Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae indigenarum: characteres, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. [Prodrome of Danish Zoology, or the Native Animals of Denmark and Norway: the characters, names, and synonyms of the most popular ones.]. <em>Typis Hallagerii, Havni, Copenhagen.</em> 282 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550
page(s): 254, 282; note: 254, corrected to Fistulana on page 282 [details]
original description (of Staurocoryne Rotch, 1872) Rotch, W. D. 1872. On a new genus and species of hydroid zoophytes. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4) 10: 126-127., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25172369
page(s): 126 [details]
original description (of Fistulana Müller, 1776) Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae indigenarum: characteres, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. [Prodrome of Danish Zoology, or the Native Animals of Denmark and Norway: the characters, names, and synonyms of the most popular ones.]. <em>Typis Hallagerii, Havni, Copenhagen.</em> 282 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550
page(s): 254, 282; note: 254, corrected to Fistulana on page 282 [details]
original description (of Capsularia Modeer, 1793) Modeer A. (1793). Inledning till kunskapen om maskkraken i allmänhet; 6 classen. Vaxtliknande maskkrak, Phytozoa. <em>Konglige Vetenskaps Akademiens Nya Handlingar.</em> 14: 243-260., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46957414
page(s): 258 [details]
original description (of Actinogonium Allman, 1872) Allman, G. J. 1872. A monograph of the gymnoblastic or tubularian hydroids. Conclusion of Part I, and Part II, containing descriptions of the genera and species of Gymnoblastea. Ray Society, London, pp. 155-450, plates 1-23., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.9122
page(s): 273 [details]
original description (of Coryne (Eucoryne) Broch, 1910) Broch, H. 1910. Die Hydroiden der Arktischen Meere. - Fauna Arctica 5: 127-248, plates 2-4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7161644
page(s): 138 [details]
original description (of Stipula M. Sars, 1829) Sars, M. (1829). Bidrag til Söedyrenes Naturhistorie. <em>Chr. Dahl, Bergen.</em> 1: 1-60, plates 1-6., available online at http://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?PPN612886522
page(s): 4, pl. 1 fig. 1 [details]
original description (of Capsularia Cuvier, 1798) Cuvier, G. (1797). Tableau élémentaire de l'histoire naturelle des animaux. [Elementary table of the natural history of animals.]. <em>Baudoin, Paris.</em> i-xvi, 1-710, Pl. 1-14. [pdf is for copepods :449-456]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637076
page(s): 666 [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): 40 [details]
original description (of Actigia Stechow, 1921) Stechow, E. (1921d). Neue Genera und Species von Hydrozoen und anderen Evertebraten. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 87: 248-265., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45494398
page(s): 248; note: replacement name for Actinogonium Allman, 1872 [details]
original description (of Stechowia Poche, 1914) Poche, F. (1914). Das System der Coelenterata. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> Abt. A 80(5): 47-128., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13315557
page(s): 69 [details]
original description (of Halybotrys de Filippi, 1866) De Filippi, F. 1866. Sopra due Idrozoi del Mediterraneo. Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino, Scienze fisiche e matematiche Serie 2, Vol. 23: 375-385, 2 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31197918 [details]
original description (of Syncoryna Ehrenberg, 1834) Ehrenberg, C. G. (1834). Beiträge zur physiologischen Kenntniss der Corallenthiere im allgemeinen, und besonders des rothen Meeres, nebst einem Versuche zur physiologischen Systematik derselben. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin.</em> 1: 225-380., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29725862
page(s): 294 [details]
original description (of Hermia Johnston, 1838) Johnston, G. (1838). A history of the British zoophytes - Chapter III. The Classification of Zoophytes. <em>Royal Medical Society of Edinburgh.</em> 52-341., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50495827
page(s): 111 [details]
original description (of Fistularia Müller, 1776) Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae indigenarum: characteres, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. [Prodrome of Danish Zoology, or the Native Animals of Denmark and Norway: the characters, names, and synonyms of the most popular ones.]. <em>Typis Hallagerii, Havni, Copenhagen.</em> 282 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550
page(s): 254, 282; note: 254, corrected to Fistulana on page 282 [details]
original description (of Staurocoryne Rotch, 1872) Rotch, W. D. 1872. On a new genus and species of hydroid zoophytes. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4) 10: 126-127., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25172369
page(s): 126 [details]
original description (of Fistulana Müller, 1776) Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae indigenarum: characteres, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. [Prodrome of Danish Zoology, or the Native Animals of Denmark and Norway: the characters, names, and synonyms of the most popular ones.]. <em>Typis Hallagerii, Havni, Copenhagen.</em> 282 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550
page(s): 254, 282; note: 254, corrected to Fistulana on page 282 [details]
original description (of Capsularia Modeer, 1793) Modeer A. (1793). Inledning till kunskapen om maskkraken i allmänhet; 6 classen. Vaxtliknande maskkrak, Phytozoa. <em>Konglige Vetenskaps Akademiens Nya Handlingar.</em> 14: 243-260., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46957414
page(s): 258 [details]
original description (of Actinogonium Allman, 1872) Allman, G. J. 1872. A monograph of the gymnoblastic or tubularian hydroids. Conclusion of Part I, and Part II, containing descriptions of the genera and species of Gymnoblastea. Ray Society, London, pp. 155-450, plates 1-23., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.9122
page(s): 273 [details]
original description (of Coryne (Eucoryne) Broch, 1910) Broch, H. 1910. Die Hydroiden der Arktischen Meere. - Fauna Arctica 5: 127-248, plates 2-4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7161644
page(s): 138 [details]
original description (of Stipula M. Sars, 1829) Sars, M. (1829). Bidrag til Söedyrenes Naturhistorie. <em>Chr. Dahl, Bergen.</em> 1: 1-60, plates 1-6., available online at http://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?PPN612886522
page(s): 4, pl. 1 fig. 1 [details]
original description (of Capsularia Cuvier, 1798) Cuvier, G. (1797). Tableau élémentaire de l'histoire naturelle des animaux. [Elementary table of the natural history of animals.]. <em>Baudoin, Paris.</em> i-xvi, 1-710, Pl. 1-14. [pdf is for copepods :449-456]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637076
page(s): 666 [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
taxonomy source
Nawrocki, A. M., Schuchert, P., & Cartwright, P. 2010. Phylogenetics and evolution of Capitata (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa), and the systematics of Corynidae. Zoologica Scripta 39(3): 290-304. [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 Leloup, E. (1947). Les Coelentérés de la faune belge: leur bibliographie et leur distribution [Coelenterates of the Belgian fauna: their bibliography and distribution]. <i>Mémoires du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique = Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Natuurhistorisch Museum van België</i>, 107. Koninklijk Natuurhistorisch Museum van België: Brussel, Belgium. 73 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
[request]additional source Leloup, E. (1947). Les Coelentérés de la faune belge: leur bibliographie et leur distribution [Coelenterates of the Belgian fauna: their bibliography and distribution]. <i>Mémoires du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique = Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Natuurhistorisch Museum van België</i>, 107. Koninklijk Natuurhistorisch Museum van België: Brussel, Belgium. 73 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis The least inclusive clade comprising the species Coryne pusilla Gaertner, 1774; C. pintneri Schneider, 1898; and C. eximia Allman, 1859. [details]Taxonomic remark scope sensu Nawrocki et al., 2010 [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | flowerhead polyps | [details] |
| German | KolbenpolypenKölbchenpolypen | [details] |
| Japanese | タマウミヒドラ属 | [details] |
