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Dichotomia cannoides Brooks, 1903

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Dichotomia cannoides Brooks, 1903
Name authority
Brooks, 1903
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Class
Hydrozoa
Order
Leptothecata
Family
Dipleurosomatidae
Genus
Dichotomia
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumCnidaria
  4. classHydrozoa Owen, 1843
  5. subclassHydroidolina Collins, 2000
  6. orderLeptothecata Cornelius, 1992
  7. familyDipleurosomatidae Boeck, 1868
  8. genusDichotomia Brooks, 1903
  9. speciesDichotomia cannoides Brooks, 1903

Close classified relatives

No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.

Browse 4 records assigned to Dipleurosomatidae.

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. Brooks, W. K. (1903). On a new genus of hydroid jelly-fishes. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful Knowledge, 42: 11–14. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:35N8T. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.