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Garveia grisea (Motz-Kossowska, 1905)

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
Garveia grisea (Motz-Kossowska, 1905)
Name authority
(Motz-Kossowska, 1905)
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Class
Hydrozoa
Order
Anthoathecata
Family
Bougainvilliidae
Genus
Garveia
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. orderAnthoathecata Cornelius, 1992
  7. suborderFilifera Kühn, 1913
  8. familyBougainvilliidae Lütken, 1850
  9. genusGarveia Wright, 1859
  10. speciesGarveia grisea (Motz-Kossowska, 1905)

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Garveia. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Garveia arborea (Browne, 1907)BougainvilliidaeCnidariaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Garveia clevelandensis Pennycuik, 1959BougainvilliidaeCnidariaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Garveia gracilis (Clark, 1876)BougainvilliidaeCnidariaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 4 records assigned to Bougainvilliidae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Pruvotella grisea Motz-Kossowska, 1905 Motz-Kossowska, 1905synonym
Bimeria fragilis Stechow, 1919 Stechow, 1919synonym

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. https://www.marinespecies.org/hydrozoa/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117341 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:3FBW3. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.