• Silicularia Meyen, F.J.F. 1834. Beiträge zur Zoologie gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erde, von Dr F.J.F. Meyen. V. Ueber das Leuchten des Meeres und Beschreibung einiger Polypen und anderer niederer Tiere. Nova Acta Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Germanicae Naturae Curiosorum 125-216.

  Type species:

   Silicularia rosea Meyen, 1834 by original designation.

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

General References

Vervoort, W. & Watson, J.E. 2003. Marine Fauna of New Zealand. Leptothecata (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) (Thecate Hydroids). NIWA Biodiversity Memoir 119: 1-538 [442]

History of changes

• Silicularia rosea Meyen, F.J.F. 1834. Beiträge zur Zoologie gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erde, von Dr F.J.F. Meyen. V. Ueber das Leuchten des Meeres und Beschreibung einiger Polypen und anderer niederer Tiere. Nova Acta Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Germanicae Naturae Curiosorum 125-216 [204-206, pl. 35, figs 1-11].
• Campanularia bilabiata Coughtrey, M. 1875. Notes on the New Zealand Hydroideae. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 7: 281-293, pl. 20 [291-292].
• Silicularia bilabiata intermedia Ralph, P.M. 1956. Variation in Obelia geniculata (Linnaeus, 1758) and Silicularia bilabiata (Coughtrey, 1875) (Hydroida, f. Campanulariidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 84: 279-296 [286] [as Silicularia bilabiata var. intermedia].
• Silicularia bilabiata subtropica Ralph, P.M. 1956. Variation in Obelia geniculata (Linnaeus, 1758) and Silicularia bilabiata (Coughtrey, 1875) (Hydroida, f. Campanulariidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 84: 279-296 [287] [as Silicularia bilabiata var. subtropica].
• Hypanthea repens Allman, G.J. 1876. Descriptions of some new species of Hydroida from Kerguelen's Island. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4 17: 113-115 [115].
• Eucopella campanularia Von Lendenfeld, R. 1883. Ueber Coelenteraten der Südsee, IV. Eucopella Campanularia nov. gen. Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie 38: 497-583, pls 27-32 [497].
• Hypanthea aggregata Allman, G.J. 1888. Report on the Hydroida dredged by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. Part II: The Tubularinae, Corymorphinae, Campanularinae, Sertularinae and Thalamophora. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 23: ilxix, 1-90, pls 1-39 [26].
• Hypanthea hemispherica Allman, G.J. 1888. Report on the Hydroida dredged by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. Part II: The Tubularinae, Corymorphinae, Campanularinae, Sertularinae and Thalamophora. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 23: ilxix, 1-90, pls 1-39 [27].
• Hypanthea georgiana Pfeffer, G. 1889. Zur Fauna von Sud-Georgien. Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten 6(2): 49-55.
• Hypanthea atlantica Marktanner-Turneretscher, G. 1890. Die Hydroiden des K.K. naturhistorischen Hofmuseums. Annalen des Kaiserlich-Königlichen Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 5: 195-286, pls 3-7 [211].
• Hypanthea asymmetrica Hilgendorf, F.W. 1898. On the hydroids of the neighbourhood of Dunedin. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 30: 200-218, pls 16-21 [212].
• Eucopella reticulata Hartlaub, C. 1905. Die Hydroiden der Magalhaensischen Region und chilenischen Küste. pp. 497-714 in . Fauna chilensis. Zoologische Jahrbücher 6(3) [569].

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 [442]

Distribution

States

Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Circumglobal in Antarctic and Subantarctic waters.

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Distribution References

General References

Vervoort, W. & Watson, J.E. 2003. Marine Fauna of New Zealand. Leptothecata (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) (Thecate Hydroids). NIWA Biodiversity Memoir 119: 1-538 [442]

History of changes

• Eucopella undulata Mulder, J.F. & Trebilcock, R.E. 1914. Victorian Hydroida. With description of new species. Part III. Geelong Naturalist 6: 6-15, pls 1-3 [10, pl. 2, figs 5-7].

Generic Combinations

• Silicularia undulata (Mulder & Trebilcock, 1914).

Distribution

States

South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

Distribution References

General References

Watson, J.E. 1992. The hydroid community of Amphibolis seagrasses in south-eastern and south-western Australia. pp. 217–227 in Bouillon, J., Boero, F., Cicogna, F., Gili, J.M. & Hughes, R.G. (eds). Aspects of hydrozoan biology. Scientia Marina 56(2-3) [220]

Watson, J.E. 2003. Encounter 2002 expedition to the Isles of St Francis, South Australia: annotated list of shallow water hydroids with description of a new species of Campanularia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 127: 243-263 [255]

History of changes