• Thyroscyphus Allman, G.J. 1877. Report on the Hydroida collected during the exploration of the Gulf Stream by L.F. De Pourtalès, assistant United States Coast Survey. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College 5: 1-66 pls I-34.

  Type species:

   Thyroschyphus ramosus Allman, 1877 by original designation.

Distribution

States

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

IMCRA

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

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

History of changes

• Spongia fructicosus Esper, E.J. 1793. Die Pflanzenthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Farben erleuchtet nest Beschreibungen. Theil 2. Nurnberg : in der raspischen Buchundlung pp. 181- 220. [188].
• Thyroscyphus vitiensis 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 [210].

Generic Combinations

• Thyroscyphus fructiosus (Esper, 1793).

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

Distribution References

History of changes

• Clytia macrocytharus Lamouroux, J.V.F. 1824. Polypiers flexibles. pp. 603-693 in Quoy, J.R.C. & Gaimard, J.P. (eds). Voyage autour du monde (execute sur les corvettes de S.M. i'Uranie et la Physicienne, pendant les annes 1817, 1819 et 1820, par M. Louis de Freycinet). Paris : Pillet. [647].
• Campanularia marginata Bale, W.M. 1884. Catalogue of the Australian Hydroid Zoophytes. Sydney : Australian Museum 198 pp., pls 1-19. [54].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Watson, J.E. 2005. Hydroids of the Archipelago of the Recherche and Esperance, Western Australia: Annotated list, redescription of species and description of new species. pp. 495-612 in Wells, F.E., Walker, D.I. & Kendrick, G.A. (eds). Proceedings of the Twelfth International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Flora and Fauna of Esperance, Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum. [534]

Generic Combinations

• Thyroscyphus balei (Calder, 1983).
• Thyroscyphus macrocytharus (Lamouroux, 1824).

Introduction

Appears in WoRMS as Thyroscyphus macrocyttarus at 31 July 2018.

Distribution

States

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

IMCRA

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

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] (as Thyroscyphus balei)

History of changes

• Obelia marginata Allman, G.J. 1877. Report on the Hydroida collected during the exploration of the Gulf Stream by L.F. De Pourtalès, assistant United States Coast Survey. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College 5: 1-66 pls I-34 [9].

Generic Combinations

• Thyroscyphus marginatus (Allman, 1877).

History of changes

• Laomedea torresii Busk, G. 1852. An account of the Polyzoa and Sertularian Zoophytes, collected in the voyage of the "Rattlesnake" on the coast of Australia and the Louisade Archipelago, etc. Appendix no. IV. pp. 343-402 in MacGillivray, J. (ed.). Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake. London : T. & W. Boone Vol. 1. [402].
• Thyroscyphus simplex 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 [25].
• Thyroscyphus regularis Jäderholm, E. 1896. Ueber aussereuropäische Hydroiden des zoologischen Museums der Universität Upsala. Bihang till Kungliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 4(6): 1-20, pls 1-2 [9].

Generic Combinations

• Thyroscyphus torresi (Busk, 1852).

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Distribution References

History of changes