North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Podocoryna M. Sars, 1846

Podocoryna exigua, medusa, ca. 1 mm, newly released but already mature (eggs on manubrium)

AphiaID

117119 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117119)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Podocoryna carnea M. Sars, 1846 (type by monotypy)

Parent

Hydractiniidae L. Agassiz, 1862

Original name

Podocoryna M. Sars, 1846

Synonymised names

Hydractomma Stechow, 1921 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Podocoryne Lütken, 1850 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling

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Species Podocoryna americana (Mayer, 1910)
Species Podocoryna areolata (Alder, 1862)
Species Podocoryna borealis (Mayer, 1900)
Species Podocoryna carnea M. Sars, 1846
Species Podocoryna exigua (Haeckel, 1880)
Species Podocoryna pruvoti (Motz-Kossowska, 1905)
Species Podocoryna hartlaubi Neppi & Stiasny, 1911 accepted as Podocoryna areolata (Alder, 1862) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Podocoryna minima (Trinci, 1903) accepted as Podocorynoides minima (Trinci, 1903)
Species Podocoryna minuta (Mayer, 1900) accepted as Lizzia blondina Forbes, 1848 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Podocoryna sarsii Steenstrup, 1850 accepted as Hydractinia sarsii (Steenstrup, 1850) (basionym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Sars, M. (1846). Fauna littoralis Norvegiae oder Beschreibung und Abbildungen neuer oderwenig bekannter Seethiere, nebst Beobachtungen über die Organisation,Lebensweise und Entwickelung derselben. 1-194. Johann Dahk. Christiania., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45526545
page(s): 4 [details]

(of Podocoryne Lütken, 1850) Lütken, C., 1850. Nogle Bemaerkninger om Medusernes systematiske Inddeling, navnlig med Hensyn til Forbes's History of British Naked-eyed Medusae. Vidensk. Meddr dansk naturh. Foren., 1850 : 15-35., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7704526
page(s): 33 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2026). World Hydrozoa Database. Podocoryna M. Sars, 1846. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026) European Register of Marine Species at: http://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117119 on 2026-06-26

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Podocoryna M. Sars, 1846. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=117119 on 2026-06-26

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2005-04-07 08:53:48Z

changed

Cuvelier, Daphne

2009-09-30 07:43:55Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

2013-05-21 11:03:14Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

2016-03-29 14:02:54Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

2024-01-17 15:52:55Z

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Schuchert, Peter

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original description Sars, M. (1846). Fauna littoralis Norvegiae oder Beschreibung und Abbildungen neuer oderwenig bekannter Seethiere, nebst Beobachtungen über die Organisation,Lebensweise und Entwickelung derselben. 1-194. Johann Dahk. Christiania., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45526545
page(s): 4 [details]

original description (of Podocoryne Lütken, 1850) Lütken, C., 1850. Nogle Bemaerkninger om Medusernes systematiske Inddeling, navnlig med Hensyn til Forbes's History of British Naked-eyed Medusae. Vidensk. Meddr dansk naturh. Foren., 1850 : 15-35., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7704526
page(s): 33 [details]

original description (of Hydractomma Stechow, 1921) Stechow, E. (1921). Neue Genera und Species von Hydrozoen und anderen Evertebraten. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 87: 248-265., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45494398
page(s): 250 [details]

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]

context source (PeRMS) Oliveira, O. M. P.; Miranda, T. P.; Araujo, E. M.; Ayón, P.; Cedeño-Posso, C. M.; Cepeda-Mercado, A. A.; Córdova, P.; Cunha, A. F.; Genzano, G. N.; Haddad, M. A.; Mianzan, H. W.; Migotto, A. E.; Miranda, L. S.; Morandini, A. C.; Nagata, R. M.; Nascimento, K. B.; Júnior, M. N.; Palma, S.; Quiñones, J.; Rodriguez, C. S.; Scarabino, F.; Schiariti, A.; Stampar, S. N.; Tronolone, V. B.; Marques, A. C. (2016). Census of Cnidaria (Medusozoa) and Ctenophora from South American marine waters. Zootaxa. 4194(1)., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4194.1.1 [details] Available for editors

basis of record van der Land, J.; Vervoort, W.; Cairns, S.D.; Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydrozoa, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 112-120 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Hansson, H. (2004). North East Atlantic Taxa (NEAT): Nematoda. Internet pdf Ed. Aug 1998. (look up in IMIS) [details]

status source Miglietta, M. P., & Cunningham, C. W. 2012. Evolution of life cycle, colony morphology, and host specificity in the family Hydractiniidae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria). Evolution 66: 3876-901., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.2012.01717.x
page(s): 5 [details] Available for editors