pinkmouth hydroid
Ectopleura crocea (Agassiz, 1862)
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
- Ectopleura crocea (Agassiz, 1862)
- Name authority
- (Agassiz, 1862)
- Common name
- pinkmouth hydroid
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Cnidaria
- Class
- Hydrozoa
- Order
- Anthoathecata
- Family
- Tubulariidae
- Genus
- Ectopleura
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
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.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumCnidaria
- classHydrozoa Owen, 1843
- subclassHydroidolina Collins, 2000
- orderAnthoathecata Cornelius, 1992
- suborderAplanulata Collins, Winkelman, Hadrys & Schierwater, 2005
- familyTubulariidae Goldfuss, 1818
- genusEctopleura L. Agassiz, 1862
- speciesEctopleura crocea (Agassiz, 1862)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Ectopleura. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Ectopleura americana Peterson, 1990 | TubulariidaeCnidaria | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ectopleura apicisacciformis Xu, Huang & Guo, 2007 | TubulariidaeCnidaria | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ectopleura betheris (Warren, 1908) | TubulariidaeCnidaria | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ectopleura exxonia (Watson, 1978) | TubulariidaeCnidaria | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ectopleura gemmifera Xu, Huang & Guo, 2007 | TubulariidaeCnidaria | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ectopleura grandis Fraser, 1944 | TubulariidaeCnidaria | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ectopleura guangdongensis Xu, Huang & Chen, 1991 | TubulariidaeCnidaria | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ectopleura indica Petersen, 1990 | TubulariidaeCnidaria | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ectopleura integra (Fraser, 1938) | TubulariidaeCnidaria | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ectopleura japonica (Hirohito, 1988) | TubulariidaeCnidaria | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ectopleura marina (Torrey, 1902) | TubulariidaeCnidaria | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ectopleura radiata (Uchida, 1937) | TubulariidaeCnidaria | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Tubularia sagamia Stechow, 1908 Stechow, 1908 | synonym |
| Tubularia warreni Ewer, 1953 Ewer, 1953 | synonym |
| Ectopleura ralphi (Bale, 1884) (Bale, 1884) | synonym |
| Ectopleura warreni (Ewer, 1953) (Ewer, 1953) | synonym |
| Parypha crocea L. Agassiz, 1862 L. Agassiz, 1862 | synonym |
| Tubularia australis Stechow, 1924 Stechow, 1924 | synonym |
| Tubularia crocea (Agassiz, 1862) (Agassiz, 1862) | synonym |
| Tubularia gracilis von Lendenfeld, 1885 von Lendenfeld, 1885 | ambiguous synonym |
| Tubularia polycarpa Allman, 1872 Allman, 1872 | synonym |
| Pinauay ralphi (Bale, 1884) (Bale, 1884) | synonym |
| Tubularia mesembryanthemum Allman, 1872 Allman, 1872 | synonym |
| Tubularia ralphi Bale, 1884 Bale, 1884 | synonym |
| Pinauay crocea (L. Agassiz, 1862) (L. Agassiz, 1862) | synonym |
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.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/hydrozoa/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117981 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:38QWY. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.