Genus Macrorhynchia Kirchenpauer, 1872

Museums

Regional Maps

• Macrorhynchia Kirchenpauer, G.H. 1872. Ueber die Hydroidenfamilie Plumularidae einzelne Gruppen derselben und ihre Fruchtbehälter. I. Aglaophenia. Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der Naturwissenschaften. Hamburg 6: 1-58, pls 1- 8.

  Type species:

   Macrorhynchia savignyana Kirchenpauer, 1972 by original designation.
• Nematophorus Clarke, S.F. 1879. Report on the Hydroida collected during the exploration of the Gulf Stream and Gulf of Mexico by Alexander Agassiz, 1877-78. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 5: 239-252, pls 1-15.
• Pleurocarpa Fewkes, J.W. 1881. Report on the Acalephae. Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Caribbean Sea, in 1878, 1879, and along the Atlantic coast of the United States, during the summer of 1880, by the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer Blake. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 8: 127–140, pls 1–4.
• Lytocarpus Allman, G.J. 1883. Report on the Hydroida dredged by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. Part I. Plumularidae. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 7: 1-55, pls 1-20.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Vervoort, W. & Watson, J.E. 2003. Marine Fauna of New Zealand. Leptothecata (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) (Thecate Hydroids). NIWA Biodiversity Memoir 119: 1-538 [335] (synonyms follows this publication)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

General References

Vervoort, W. & Watson, J.E. 2003. Marine Fauna of New Zealand. Leptothecata (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) (Thecate Hydroids). NIWA Biodiversity Memoir 119: 1-538 [330]

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