Halopteris tenella

Author
Verrill, 1874
Common Names
  • Plumed Hydroid

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Min Depth
0 meters
Max Depth
32 meters
Overall Geographic Range
Southeastern U.S. and the Bahamas, Caribbean Sea, northeastern U.S. and Atlantic Canada, eastern Pacific
Habitat-Biology
  • benthic
  • bay and nearshore
  • hard substrate
References

  • Deevey, E. S. Jr. 1954. Hydroids of the Gulf of Mexico. Pp. 267–272 in P. S. Galtsoff, ed. Gulf of Mexico, Its Origin, Waters, and Marine Life. Fishery Bulletin 89. Fishery Bulletin of the Fish and Wildlife Service, Volume 55, Washington, D.C.

  • Defenbaugh, R. E., and S. H. Hopkins. 1973. The occurrence and distribution of the hydroids of the Galveston Bay, Texas, area. Texas A&M University, College Station, TAMU-SG-73-210. 202 pp.

  • Schuchert, P. 1997. Review of the family Halopterididae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria). Zoologische Verhandelingen 309: 1–162.

  • Vervoort, W. 1968. Report on a collection of Hydroida from the Caribbean region, including an annotated checklist of Caribbean hydroids. Zoologische Verhandelingen 92: 1–124.

Species Notes

None noted.

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.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 05-06-2024.

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