Halecium scutum Clark, 1977
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
- Halecium scutum Clark, 1977
- Name authority
- Clark, 1977
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Cnidaria
- Class
- Hydrozoa
- Order
- Leptothecata
- Family
- Haleciidae
- Genus
- Halecium
- 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
- orderLeptothecata Cornelius, 1992
- familyHaleciidae Hincks, 1868
- genusHalecium Oken, 1815
- speciesHalecium scutum Clark, 1977
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Halecium. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Halecium annuliforme Galea & Schories, 2012 | HaleciidaeCnidaria | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Halecium antarcticum Vanhöffen, 1910 | HaleciidaeCnidaria | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Halecium arcticum Ronowicz & Schuchert, 2007 | HaleciidaeCnidaria | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Halecium beanii (Johnston, 1838) | HaleciidaeCnidaria | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Halecium bermudense Congdon, 1907 | HaleciidaeCnidaria | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Halecium bithecum Watson, 2005 | HaleciidaeCnidaria | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Halecium brashnikowi Linko, 1911 | HaleciidaeCnidaria | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Halecium corrugatissimum Trebilcock, 1928 | HaleciidaeCnidaria | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Halecium corrugatum Nutting, 1899 | HaleciidaeCnidaria | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Halecium curvicaule Lorenz, 1886 | HaleciidaeCnidaria | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Halecium cymiforme Allman, 1888 | HaleciidaeCnidaria | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Halecium cymosum Fraser, 1935 | HaleciidaeCnidaria | 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 |
|---|---|
| Halecium beringi Naumov, 1960 Naumov, 1960 | synonym |
| Halecium boreale Lorenz, 1886 Lorenz, 1886 | 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.
- Clark, S. F. (1877). Report on the hydroids collected on the coast of Alaska and the Aleutian Islands, by W.H. Dall, U.S. Coast Survey, and party, from 1871 to 1874 inclusive. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 28, 209–238. 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:3JB6Z. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.