Hydra (genus)

Hydra
Hydra budding
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hydrozoa
Order: Anthoathecata
Family: Hydridae
Dana, 1846
Genus: Hydra
Linnaeus, 1758[1]
Species[1]
List
  • * Hydra baikalensis Swarczewsky, 1923
  • * Hydra beijingensis Fan, 2003
  • * Hydra canadensis Rowan, 1930
  • * Hydra cauliculata Hyman, 1938
  • * Hydra circumcincta Schulze, 1914
  • * Hydra daqingensis Fan, 2000
  • * Hydra ethiopiae Hickson, 1930
  • * Hydra hadleyi (Forrest, 1959)
  • * Hydra harbinensis Fan & Shi, 2003
  • * Hydra hymanae Hadley & Forrest, 1949
  • * Hydra iheringi Cordero, 1939
  • * Hydra intaba Ewer, 1948
  • * Hydra intermedia De Carvalho Wolle, 1978
  • * Hydra japonica Itô, 1947
  • * Hydra javanica Schulze, 1929
  • * Hydra liriosoma Campbell, 1987
  • * Hydra madagascariensis Campbell, 1999
  • * Hydra magellanica Schulze, 1927
  • * Hydra mariana Cox & Young, 1973
  • * Hydra minima Forrest, 1963
  • * Hydra mohensis Fan & Shi, 1999
  • * Hydra oligactis Pallas, 1766
  • * Hydra oregona Griffin & Peters, 1939
  • * Hydra oxycnida Schulze, 1914
  • * Hydra paludicola Itô, 1947
  • * Hydra paranensis Cernosvitov, 1935
  • * Hydra parva Itô, 1947
  • * Hydra plagiodesmica Dioni, 1968
  • * Hydra polymorpha Chen & Wang, 2008
  • * Hydra robusta (Itô, 1947)
  • * Hydra rutgersensis Forrest, 1963
  • * Hydra salmacidis Lang da Silveira et al., 1997
  • * Hydra sinensis Wang et al., 2009
  • * Hydra thomseni Cordero, 1941
  • * Hydra umfula Ewer, 1948
  • * Hydra utahensis Hyman, 1931
  • * Hydra viridissima Pallas, 1766
  • * Hydra vulgaris Pallas, 1766
  • * Hydra zeylandica Burt, 1929
  • * Hydra zhujiangensis Liu & Wang, 2010

Hydra (/ˈhdrə/ HY-drə) is a genus of small freshwater hydrozoans of the phylum Cnidaria. They are native to the temperate and tropical regions.[2][3] The genus was named by Linnaeus in 1758 after the Hydra, which was the many-headed beast of myth defeated by Heracles, as when the animal has a part severed, it will regenerate much like the mythical hydra's heads. Biologists are especially interested in Hydra because of their regenerative ability; they do not appear to die of old age, or to age at all.

  1. ^ a b Schuchert P (2011). Schuchert P (ed.). "Hydra Linnaeus, 1758". World Hydrozoa database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
  2. ^ Gilberson L (1999). Zoology Lab Manual (4th ed.). Primis Custom Publishing.
  3. ^ Solomon E, Berg L, Martin D (2002). Biology (6th ed.). Brooks/Cole.

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