WoRMS taxon details
Eudendrium ramosum (Linnaeus, 1758)
117555 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117555)
accepted
Species
Eudendrium elsaeoswaldae Stechow, 1921 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (synonym)
Eudendrium elsae-oswaldae Stechow, 1921 · unaccepted (incorrect formation of specific epithet)
Eudendrium humile Allman, 1863 · unaccepted (synonym)
Eudendrium insigne Hincks, 1861 · unaccepted (synonym)
Halecium insigne (Hincks, 1861) · unaccepted (wrong genus combination)
Tubularia ramosa Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
Tubularia trichoides Pallas, 1766 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Tubularia ramosa Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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Type locality contained in European waters (ERMS scope)
type locality contained in European waters (ERMS scope) [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Distribution Arctic to Florida and Texas
Distribution Arctic to Florida and Texas [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Eudendrium ramosum (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117555 on 2025-06-18
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Eudendrium insigne Hincks, 1861) Hincks, T. (1861). A catalogue of the zoophytes of South Devon and South Cornwall. <em>The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology.</em> 8(3): 152-161, 251-262, 290-297, pls 6-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/60917#/summary
page(s): 159 [details]
original description (of Tubularia ramosa Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 804 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Tubularia trichoides Pallas, 1766) Pallas, P. S. (1766). Elenchus zoophytorum sistens generum adumbrationes generaliores et specierum cognitarum succintas descriptiones, cum selectis auctorum synonymis. [List of zoophytes containing general outlines of genera and brief descriptions of known species, with selected synonyms of the authors.]. <em>Fransiscum Varrentrapp, Hagae.</em> 451 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6019361
page(s): 84 [details]
original description (of Eudendrium humile Allman, 1863) Allman, G. J. (1863). Notes on the Hydroida. I. On the structure of Corymorpha nutans. II. Diagnoses of new species of Tubularidae obtained, during the autumn of 1862, on the coasts of Shetland and Devonshire. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (3)11: 1-12., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22221455
page(s): 9 [details]
original description (of Eudendrium elsae-oswaldae 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): 252 [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): 159 [details]
original description (of Tubularia ramosa Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 804 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Tubularia trichoides Pallas, 1766) Pallas, P. S. (1766). Elenchus zoophytorum sistens generum adumbrationes generaliores et specierum cognitarum succintas descriptiones, cum selectis auctorum synonymis. [List of zoophytes containing general outlines of genera and brief descriptions of known species, with selected synonyms of the authors.]. <em>Fransiscum Varrentrapp, Hagae.</em> 451 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6019361
page(s): 84 [details]
original description (of Eudendrium humile Allman, 1863) Allman, G. J. (1863). Notes on the Hydroida. I. On the structure of Corymorpha nutans. II. Diagnoses of new species of Tubularidae obtained, during the autumn of 1862, on the coasts of Shetland and Devonshire. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (3)11: 1-12., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22221455
page(s): 9 [details]
original description (of Eudendrium elsae-oswaldae 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): 252 [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. 2012. North-West European Athecate Hydroids and their Medusae. Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series) 59. The Linnean Society of London, London, pp. i-viii, 1-364.
page(s): 322, fig. 281 [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription Schuchert, P. (2008b). The European athecate hydroids and their medusae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria): Filifera part 4. <em>Revue suisse de Zoologie.</em> 115: 677-757.
page(s): 702, figs 12-14 [details]
page(s): 322, fig. 281 [details] Available for editors
[request]redescription Schuchert, P. (2008b). The European athecate hydroids and their medusae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria): Filifera part 4. <em>Revue suisse de Zoologie.</em> 115: 677-757.
page(s): 702, figs 12-14 [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]
context source (Bermuda) Marques, A. C.; Calder, D. R. (2000). Eudendrium bathyalis, a new species of hydroid (Hydrozoa: Anthomedusae: Eudendriidae) from Bermuda. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 113(1): 124-128, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35459948 [details]
additional source Leloup, E. (1952). Coelentérés [Coelenterata]. <em>Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique: Brussels, Belgium.</em> 283 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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 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 Schuchert, P. 2012. North-West European Athecate Hydroids and their Medusae. Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series) 59. The Linnean Society of London, London, pp. i-viii, 1-364.
page(s): 322 [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): 40, fig. 62 [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (Bermuda) Marques, A. C.; Calder, D. R. (2000). Eudendrium bathyalis, a new species of hydroid (Hydrozoa: Anthomedusae: Eudendriidae) from Bermuda. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 113(1): 124-128, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35459948 [details]
additional source Leloup, E. (1952). Coelentérés [Coelenterata]. <em>Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique: Brussels, Belgium.</em> 283 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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 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 Schuchert, P. 2012. North-West European Athecate Hydroids and their Medusae. Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series) 59. The Linnean Society of London, London, pp. i-viii, 1-364.
page(s): 322 [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): 40, fig. 62 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From regional or thematic species database
identification Eudendrium ramosum van Beneden, 1844 was an incorrect identification that has been perpetuated by many following students, attribution the name to Van Beneden. By this, both the valid and invalid name of this species are correct. [details]Unreviewed
Distribution Arctic to Florida and Texas [details]Habitat bathyal, infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | boompjeshydroïd | [details] |
| English | tree hydroidsticky hydroidstickhydroidstick hydroid | [details] |
| French | hydraire dendriforme | [details] |
| German | Bäumchenpolyp | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Eudendrium elsaeoswaldae Stechow, 1921)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (255 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (38 publications) (from synonym Eudendrium insigne Hincks, 1861)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Eudendrium ramosum)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Tubularia ramosa Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Eudendrium insigne Hincks, 1861)
To PESI (from synonym Eudendrium insigne Hincks, 1861)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record) (from synonym Eudendrium insigne Hincks, 1861)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Eudendrium elsaeoswaldae Stechow, 1921)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (255 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (38 publications) (from synonym Eudendrium insigne Hincks, 1861)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Eudendrium ramosum)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Tubularia ramosa Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Eudendrium insigne Hincks, 1861)
To PESI (from synonym Eudendrium insigne Hincks, 1861)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record) (from synonym Eudendrium insigne Hincks, 1861)
To ITIS
