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Grammaria gracilis Stimpson, 1854

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
Grammaria gracilis Stimpson, 1854
Name authority
Stimpson, 1854
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Class
Hydrozoa
Order
Leptothecata
Family
Lafoeidae
Genus
Grammaria
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.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumCnidaria
  4. classHydrozoa Owen, 1843
  5. subclassHydroidolina Collins, 2000
  6. orderLeptothecata Cornelius, 1992
  7. familyLafoeidae Hincks, 1868
  8. genusGrammaria Stimpson, 1853
  9. speciesGrammaria gracilis Stimpson, 1854

Close classified relatives

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

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Grammaria rigida Fraser, 1943LafoeidaeCnidariaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 2 records assigned to Lafoeidae.

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. Stimpson, W. (1854). Synopsis of the marine Invertebrata of Grand Manan, or the region about the mouth of the Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, 6: 1–67, pls 1–3. 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:3H5Y7. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.