Skip to main content

Table 2 Taxonomic list of hydroids collected from north and south Taiwan

From: Hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from marine environments in Taiwan

Scientific classification

Present study

Recorded in Liu ([2008])

Hydrozoa

  

 Order Anthoathecata Cornelius, 1992

  

  Bougainvilliidae Lütken, 1850

  

   Bimeria sp.

NWB

-

  Eudendriidae L. Agassiz, 1862

  

   Eudendrium sp. 1

DRE

-

   Eudendrium sp. 2

DRE

-

   Eudendrium sp. 3

NWB

-

  Pennariidae McCrady, 1859

  

   Pennaria disticha Goldfuss, 1820

NWB

ECS, SCS, CTR-STR, MEDIT

 Order Leptothecata Cornelius, 1992

  

  Aglaopheniidae Marktanner-Turneretscher, 1890

  

   Aglaophenia cupressina Lamouroux, 1816

NWB

XSHA, NSHA, SAFRI, EAFRI, INMA, AU

   Aglaophenia latecarinata Allman, 1877a

DRE

-

   Macrorhynchia philippina Kirchenpauer, 1872

DRE

SCS, CTR-STR

   Monoserius pennarius (Linnaeus, 1758)

NETS

ECS, SCS, IWPAC

  Campanulariidae Johnston, 1836

  

   Campanulariidae indet.

DRE

-

   Obelia dichotoma (Linnaeus, 1758)

DRE

YS, ECS, SCS, COSMOP

  Halopterididae Millard, 1962

  

   Halopteris sp.

NWB

-

  Hebellidae Fraser, 1912

  

   Hebella sp.

DRE

-

  Kirchenpaueriidae Stechow, 1921

  

   Kirchenpaueria sp.

DRE

-

  Lafoeidae Hincks, 1868

  

   Zygophylax sp.

DRE

-

  Plumulariidae Agassiz, 1862

  

   Nemertesia sp.

DRE

-

   Plumularia habereri Stechow, 1909

DRE, NWB (ROV)

SCS, ID, JP, CARIB

   Plumularia floridana Nutting, 1900a

NWB

-

  Sertulariidae Lamouroux, 1812

  

   Diphasia digitalis (Busk, 1852)

DRE

SCS, CTR-STR

   Diphasia palmata Nutting, 1905a

DRE

-

   Dynamena brevis (Fraser, 1935)a

DRE

-

   Dynamena crisioides Lamouroux, 1824

NWB

ECS, SCS, CTR-STR

   Dynamena disticha (Bosc, 1802)

DRE

ECS, SCS, ID, JP, BM, BR (Synonym, Dynamena cornicina McCrady, 1859)

   Dynamena nanshaensis Tang, [1991]

NWB (ROV)

NSHA

   Dynamena obliqua Lamouroux, 1816a

DRE

--

   Dynamena quadridentata (Ellis and Solander, 1786)

DRE

ZJ, FJN, HK, TKG, CTR-STR

   Idiellana pristis (Lamouroux, 1816)

DRE

ECS, SCS, CTR-STR

   Salacia sp.

NWB

-

   Sertularella diaphana (Allman, 1885)

DRE

ECS, CTR-STR

   Sertularella sp.

NWB

-

   Sertularia loculosa Busk, 1852

DRE

SCS, WAFRI, SAFRI, LK, ID, JP (Synonym, Sertularia ligulata Thornely, 1904)

   Sertularia sp.

DRE

--

  Syntheciidae Marktanner-Turneretscher, 1890

  

   Synthecium elegans Allman, 1872a

DRE

--

  1. aFirst record of the species in waters adjacent Mainland China. DRE, Danshuei River estuary; NETS, northeastern Taiwan Strait; NWB, Nan-Wan Bay. Distributions of certain species as recorded in Liu ([2008]). AU, Australia; BM, Bermuda; BR, Brazil; CARIB, Caribbean; COSMOP, Cosmopolitan; CTR-STR, Circumtropical-Subtropical; EAFRI, East Africa; ECS, East China Sea; FJN, Fujian; HK, Hong Kong; ID, Indonesia; INMA, Indo-Malaysia; IWPAC, Indo-West Pacific; JP, Japan; LK, Sri Lanka; MEDIT, Mediterranean; NSHA, Nansha Islands; SAFRI, South Africa; SCS, South China Sea; TKG, Tonkin Gulf; WAFRI, West Africa; XSHA, Xisha Islands; YS, Yellow Sea; ZJ, Zhejiang.