Coryne fucicola (De Filippi, 1864)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Halybotrys fucicola de Filippi, 1866
See Aimassi & Williams (2022) for an excellent discussion of the nomenclatural/taxonomic history of the taxon.
Conservation Status
Last record: 1888 (Du Plessis, 1888; Schubert, 2005; Aimassi & Williams, 2022)
Rediscovered on: 14 September 2004 (Schuchert, 2005)
The species was originally described based upon material from an aquarium culture (De Filippi, 1864; Schuchert, 2001:851), and then collected from the wild only once in 1888 (Du Plessis, 1888; Schubert, 2005; Aimassi & Williams, 2022). It was rediscovered on 14 September 2004 (Schuchert, 2005; contra Aimassi & Williams, 20221), although Aimassi & Williams (2022) use quotation marks around "rediscovered" which may indicate that they disagree with the claim.
1 They state "2005", which is the year of publication of Schubert's paper, but not the year of actual rediscovery.
Distribution & Habitat
Mediterranean
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
De Filippi, F. (1864). [Memoria sul genere Eleutheria e su di un nuovo genere di polipi idroidi del Mediterraneo]. P. 2 in: Sobrero, A., R. Accademia delle Scienze di Torino – Classe di scienze fisiche e matematiche. Adunanza del 12 giugno 1864. Gazzetta Ufficiale del Regno d’Italia, no. 147 (22 June). [Halibothrys fucicola gen. et sp. nov.]
Other references:
Aimassi, Giorgio and Williams, R. B. (2022). New evidence on the original description of Coryne fucicola (De Filippi, 1864) (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa). Zoological Bibliography 8(5): 87-91.
Bedot, M. (1910). Matériaux pour servir à l’histoire des hydroïdes, 3me période, 1851 à 1871. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 18(2): 189-490. [11 August]
Brinckmann-Voss, A. (1970). Anthomedusae/Athecata (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria) of the Mediterranean. Part I. Capitat. Fauna Flora Golfo di Napoli 39: 1-96, pls. 1-11.
De Filippi, F. (1866). Sopra due Idrozoi del Mediterraneo. Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino, Scienze fisiche e matematiche Serie 2, Vol. 23: 375-385, 2 pls.
De Filippi, F. (1865). Sopra due idrozoi del Mediterraneo. Estratto da: Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino, Serie 2, Tomo XXIII. Stamperia Reale, Torino. 13 pp. [Halybotrys fucicola gen. et sp. nov.]
De Filippi, F. (1866). Sopra due idrozoi del Mediterraneo. Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino, Serie 2, Tomo XXIII: 375-385. [Halybotrys fucicola gen. et sp. nov.]
De Filippi, F. (1869). [Memoria sul genere Eleutheria e su di un nuovo genere di polipi idroidi del Mediterraneo]. Pp. 56–60 in: Sobrero, A., Notizia storica dei lavori fatti dalla classe di Scienze Fisiche e Matematiche della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino negli anni 1864 e 1865. Stamperia Reale, Torino. [Halibothrys fucicola gen. et sp. nov.]
Du Plessis, G. (1888). Faune des hydraires littoraux gymnoblastes observés à Villefranche sur Mer. Recueil de zoologie suisse, 4: 525-544.
Gravili, C., Bevilacqua, S., Terlizzi, A. and Boero, F. (2015). Missing species among Mediterranean non-Siphonophoran Hydrozoa. Biodiversity and Conservation 24: 1329-1357. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10531-015-0859-y
Hincks, T. (1869 "1868"). A History of the British Hydroid Zoophytes. Vol. 1, [i-xiv], i-lxviii, 1-338; vol. 2, i-vi, 67 plates. London: John Van Voorst. [Wrongly dated 1868 on the title‐pages; see Williams, 2018]
Leloup, E. (1934). Note sur les hydropolypes de la rade de Villefranche-sur-Mer (France) [Note on the hydropolyps of the sea basin of Villifranche-sur-Mer (France)]. Bull. Mus. royal d'Hist. Nat. Belg./Med. Kon. Natuurhist. Mus. Belg. 10(31): 1-18.
Picard, J. (1960). Le polype Coryne gemmifera (Forbes) 1848 et la sysématique générique chez les Corynidae. Rapports et procès verbaux des Réunions de la Commmission Internationale pour l'Exploration Scientifique de la Mer Méditerranée, Monaco 15: 109-112.
Schuchert, P. (2001). Survey of the family Corynidae (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 108(4): 739-878 [851].
Schuchert, P. (2005). Rediscovery of Coryne fucicola (de Filippi, 1866) (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa). Cah. Biol. Mar. 46: 305-310. [automatic download]
Schuchert, P. (2012). North-West European Athecate Hydroids and their Medusae. Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series) 59. The Linnean Society of London, London, pp. i-viii, 1-364.
Schuchert, P. (2023). World Hydrozoa Database. Coryne fucicola (de Filipi, 1866). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117466 on 2023-02-05
Schuchert, P., Choong, H., Galea, H., Hoeksema, B., Lindsay, D., Manko, M. and Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Coryne fucicola (de Filipi, 1866). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117466 on 2025-05-14
van der Land, J., Vervoort, W., Cairns, S. D. and Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydrozoa, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 112-120.
Williams, R. B. (2018). Correction of the spurious 1868 publication date of Thomas Hincks’s A History of the British Hydroid Zoophytes to 1869, with a list of included new taxa and nomenclatural combinations, and a bibliographical description. Zoological Bibliography 6(2): 3-27. [31 August]