Belongs within: Macrocolonia.
Contains: Sertularella, Sertularia.
The Sertulariidae are a family of hydrozoans possessing erect colonies and sessile hydrotheca with a hinged operculum.
Sertulariidae
|--+--SertularellaLS09
| `--Thyroscyphus Allman 1877LS09, R61 [Thyroscyphidae, Thyroscyphinae]
| |--T. fruticosus (Esper 1830) (see below for synonymy)R61
| `--T. marginatusLS09
`--+--‘Dynamena’ moluccanaLS09
`--+--Salacia Lamouroux 1816 non L. 1771 (ICBN)LS09, R61
| |--S. bicalycula (Coughtrey 1876) (see below for synonymy)R61
| |--S. buski (Allman 1876) [=Desmoscyphus buskii, Thuiaria buski]R61
| |--S. farquhari (Bale 1924) [=Thuiaria farquhari]R61
| `--S. spiralis (Trebilcock 1928) [=Thuiaria spiralis]R61
`--+--+--Diphasia Agassiz 1865LS09, R61
| | |--D. fallaxLS09
| | |--D. pinasterH04
| | `--D. subcarinata (Busk 1852) [=Sertularia subcarinata]R61
| `--Dynamena Lamouroux 1816LS09, R61
| |--D. argenteaH04
| |--D. crisioides Lamouroux 1824VV77
| |--D. fabriciiA64
| |--‘Sertularia’ gracilis Billard 1905 (see below for synonymy)VV77
| |--D. pumila (Linnaeus 1758)LS09, L58 [=Sertularia pumilaA64]
| `--D. quadridentata (Ellis & Solander 1786) [=Sertularia quadridentata, Pasythea quadridentata]R61
`--+--Amphisbetia Agassiz 1862LS09, R61
| |--A. bispinosa (Gray 1843) [=Dynamena bispinosa, Sertularia bispinosa; incl. S. unilateralis Allman 1885]R61
| |--A. episcopus (Allman 1876) (see below for synonymy)R61
| |--A. fasciculata (Kirchenpauer 1864) (see below for synonymy)R61
| |--A. minima (Thompson 1879) (see below for synonymy)R61
| |--A. operculata (Linnaeus 1758)R61 (see below for synonymy)
| `--A. trispinosa (Coughtrey 1875) (see below for synonymy)R61
`--+--HydrallmaniaLS09
| |--H. falcataLS09
| `--H. graptolithiformis Voigt 1973NS93
`--+--AbietinariaLS09
| |--A. abietinaLS09
| `--A. filiculaLS09
`--+--SertulariaLS09
`--Thuiaria Fleming 1828LS09, R61
|--T. argenteaR64
|--T. sinuosa Bale 1888B14
`--T. thujaLS09
Sertulariidae incertae sedis:
Desmoscyphus acanthocarpusH04
Eusertularia exsertaH04
Thecocladium flabellumH04
Idiellana Cotton & Godfrey 1942R61
`--I. pristis (Lamouroux 1816) [=Idia pristis, Idiella pristis, Sertularia pristis]R61
Dictyocladium Allman 1888R61
`--D. moniliferum (Hutton 1873) (see below for synonymy)R61
Parascyphus Ritchie 1911 [Parascyphinae]R61
`--P. simplex (Lamouroux 1816)R61 (see below for synonymy)
Stereotheca Stechow 1919R61
`--*S. elongata (Lamouroux 1816) (see below for synonymy)R61
Crateritheca Stechow 1921R61
|--*C. novaezelandiae (Thompson 1879) [=Pericladium novaezelandiae, Selaginopsis novaezelandiae]R61
|--C. acanthostoma (Bale 1882) [=Stereotheca acanthostoma]R61
|--C. billardi [=Stereotheca billardi]R61
|--C. crenata (Bale 1884) [=Stereotheca crenata]R61
|--C. insignis (Thompson 1879) (see below for synonymy)R61
|--C. pluridentata [=Sterotheca pluridentata]R61
`--C. zelandica (Gray 1843) (see below for synonymy)R61
Selaginopsis cornigeraLS09
Amphisbetia episcopus (Allman 1876) [=Sertularella episcopus, Sertularia episcopus; incl. Sertularia fusiformis Hutton 1872, Sertularia longicostata Coughtrey 1876]R61
Amphisbetia fasciculata (Kirchenpauer 1864) [=Dynamena fasciculata, Sertularia fasciculata; incl. S. ramulosa Coughtrey 1875, Amphisbetia ramulosa]R61
Amphisbetia minima (Thompson 1879) [=Sertularia minima, Nemella (Amphisbetia) minima, Odontotheca minima; incl. Sertularia crinoidea Allman 1885, Amphisbetia crinoidea, Synthecium gracilis Coughtrey 1875]R61
Amphisbetia operculata (Linnaeus 1758)R61 [=Sertularia operculataR61, Dynamena operculataB14; incl. S. crinis Allman 1885B14, S. usneoides Pallas 1766B14, Nigellastrum usneoidesB14]
Amphisbetia trispinosa (Coughtrey 1875) [=Sertularia trispinosa; incl. A. trispinosa var. inarmata (Trebilcock 1928)]R61
Crateritheca insignis (Thompson 1879) [=Sertularia insignis, Levinsenia insignis, Stereotheca insignis; incl. Sertularia huttoni Marktanner-Turneretscher 1890, St. huttoni]R61
Crateritheca zelandica (Gray 1843) [=Thuiaria zelandica, Stereotheca zelandica; incl. T. dolichocarpa Allman 1876, T. hippisleyana Allman 1885, T. zelandica var. valida Quelch 1883]R61
Dictyocladium moniliferum (Hutton 1873) [=Sertularia monilifera, Selaginopsis monilifera; incl. Thuiaria cerastium Allman 1876]R61
Parascyphus simplex (Lamouroux 1816)R61 [=Laomedea simplexR61, Thyroscyphus simplexR61; incl. Campanularia tridentata Bale 1894R61, Sertularella tridentataB14, Thyroscyphus tridentatusR61]
Salacia bicalycula (Coughtrey 1876) [=Hydrallmania bicalycula, Thuiaria bicalycula; incl. T. buski var. tenuissima Trebilcock 1928]R61
‘Sertularia’ gracilis Billard 1905 [incl. Pasythea heterodonta Jarvis 1922, Dynamena quadridentata f. heterodonta]VV77
*Stereotheca elongata (Lamouroux 1816) [=Sertularia elongata, Levinsenia elongata; incl. Dynamene abietenoides Gray 1843, Sertularia abietenoides]R61
Thyroscyphus fruticosus (Esper 1830) [=Laomedea fruticosa, Campanularia fruticosa, Sertularella fruticosa; incl. C. thyroscyphiformis Marktanner-Turner 1890]R61
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
[A64] Allman, G. J. 1864. Report on the present state of our knowledge of the reproductive system in the Hydroida. Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 33: 351–426.
[B14] Briggs, E. A. 1914. Hydrozoa from one hundred fathoms, seven miles east of Cape Pillar, Tasmania. Records of the Australian Museum 10 (10): 285–302, pls 25–26.
[H04] Haeckel, E. 1899–1904. Kunstformen der Natur. Bibliographisches Institut: Leipzig und Wien.
[LS09] Leclère, L., P. Schuchert, C. Cruaud, A. Couloux & M. Manuel. 2009. Molecular phylogenetics of Thecata (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria) reveals long-term maintenance of life history traits despite high frequency of recent character changes. Systematic Biology 58 (5): 509–526.
[L58] Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis revised 10th ed. vol. 1. Laurentii Salvii: Holmiae.
[NS93] Nudds, J. R., & J. J. Sepkoski Jr. 1993. Coelenterata. In: Benton, M. J. (ed.) The Fossil Record 2 pp. 101–124. Chapman & Hall: London.
[R61] Ralph, P. M. 1961. New Zealand thecate hydroids. Part III.—Family Sertulariidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 88 (4): 749–838.
[R64] Russell, H. D. 1964. New England nudibranch notes. Nautilus 78 (2): 37–42.
[VV77] Vervoort, W., & P. Vasseur. 1977. Hydroids from French Polynesia with notes on distribution and ecology. Zoologische Verhandelingen 159: 1–98.