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Species Ectopleura crocea (L. Agassiz, 1862)

Parypha crocea Agassiz, L. 1862. Contributions to the Natural History of the United States of America. Second monograph. In five parts — Pt. I Acalephs in general. Pt. II Ctenophore. Pt. III. Discophorae. Pt. IV. Hydroidae. Pt. V. Homologies of the Radiata. Boston, London : Little Brown, Trubner Vol. IV i-viii, 380 pp. + (1-10), pls 20-35.
Tubularia mesembryanthemum Allman, G.J. 1871. A Monograph of the Gymnoblastic or Tubularian Hydroids. Vol. I: The Hydroida in General. London : The Ray Society i-xxiv, pp. 1-450, pls 1-12.
Tubularia ralphii Bale, W.M. 1884. Catalogue of the Australian Hydroid Zoophytes. Sydney : Australian Museum 198 pp., pls 1-19. [42] (http://archive.org/stream/catalogueaustra00musegoog#page/n52/mode/2up).
Tubularia gracilis Von Lendenfeld, R. 1885. The Australian Hydromedusae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 9: 206-634, pls 6-8, 12-17 [597, pl. 27, figs 51-52].
Tubularia australis Stechow, E. 1924. Diagnosen neuer Hydroiden aus Australien. Zoologischer Anzeiger 59(3–4): 57–69 [57].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Schuchert, P. 2010. The European athecate hydroids and their medusae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria): Capitata Part 2. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 117: 337-555 [357]

Generic Combinations

Ectopleura crocea (L. Agassiz, 1862).
Tubularia crocea (L. Agassiz, 1862).
Pinauay crocea (L. Agassiz, 1862).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia

Distribution References

Preker, M. & Lawn, I.D. 2010. Hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Leptolida) from Moreton Bay, Queensland, and adjacent regions: a preliminary survey. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 54(3): 109-149 [112]
Watson, J.E. 1978. New species and new records of Australian athecate hydroids. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 90(2): 301-314 [303]
Watson, J.E. 1980. The identity of two tubularian hydroids from Australia with a description and observations on the reproduction of Ralpharia magnifica gen. et sp. nov. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 41: 53–63 [60, figs 25-37] (as Tubularia ralphii Bale 1884)
Watson, J.E. 1996. Distribution and biogeographic relationships of the hydroid fauna of the Australian west coast: A preliminary account. Scientia Marina 60(1): 75-83 [78] (as Tubularia ralphi Bale 1884)

General References

Agassiz, L. 1862. Contributions to the Natural History of the United States of America. Second monograph. In five parts — Pt. I Acalephs in general. Pt. II Ctenophore. Pt. III. Discophorae. Pt. IV. Hydroidae. Pt. V. Homologies of the Radiata. Boston, London : Little Brown, Trubner Vol. IV i-viii, 380 pp. + (1-10), pls 20-35.

Schuchert, P. 1996. The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Athecate hydroids and their medusae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa). Memoir. New Zealand Oceanographic Institute 106: 1-159 [107]

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
03-Sep-2018	HYDROZOA Owen, 1843	12-Jul-2017	MODIFIED	Dr Narissa Bax
05-Aug-2022	MEDUSOZOA Petersen, 1979	09-Oct-2014	MODIFIED	Dr Lisa Gershwin
05-Aug-2022		13-Aug-2013	ADDED
05-Aug-2022		17-Apr-2012	MOVED
		26-Jul-2011	(import)