Carolus Linnaeus

1707 - 1778, Sweden



Carolus Linnaeus, the founder of modern taxonomy, also described a number of hydrozoans. For obvious reasons, they are mostly very conspicuous or common species. Some examples of species names still in use:

Corydendrium parasiticum (Linnaeus, 1767)

Eudendrium ramosum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Errina aspera (Linnaeus, 1767)

Coryne muscoides (Linnaeus, 1761)

Millepora alcicornis Linnaeus, 1758

Millepora aspera Linnaeus, 1767

Porpita porpita (Linnaeus, 1758)

Velella velella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Tubularia indivisa Linnaeus, 1758

Campanularia volubilis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Clytia hemisphaerica (Linnaeus, 1767)

Obelia dichotoma (Linnaeus, 1758)

Obelia geniculata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rhizocaulus verticillatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Calycella syringa (Linnaeus, 1767)

Halecium halecinum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Abietinaria abietina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Amphisbetia operculata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Diphasia rosacea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Dynamena pumila (Linnaeus, 1758)

Hydrallmania falcata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Sertularella polyzonias (Linnaeus, 1758)

Sertularella rugosa (Linnaeus, 1758)

Sertularia argentea Linnaeus, 1758

Sertularia cupressina Linnaeus, 1758

Tamarisca tamarisca (Linnaeus, 1758)

Thuiaria thuja (Linnaeus, 1758)

Kirchenpaueria pinnata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Nemertesia antennina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Plumularia setacea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Aglaophenia pluma (Linnaeus, 1758)

Monoserius pennarius (Linnaeus, 1758)

Lytocarpia myriophyllum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Physalia physalis (Linnaeus, 1758)




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