Halopteris (hydrozoan)

{{Short description|Genus of aquatic animals}}

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|image = Halopteris filicina (10.3897-BDJ.9.e61909) Figure 11.jpeg

|image_caption =Halopteris filicina

|taxon = Halopteris (hydrozoan)

|authority = Allman, 1877

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Halopteris is a genus of cnidarians belonging to the family Halopterididae{{cite web |title=Halopteris Allman, 1877 |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/2267728 |website=www.gbif.org |access-date=22 March 2021 |language=en}} that has a cosmopolitan distribution. The genus was first described in 1877 by Irish naturalist George James Allman, and the type species is Halopteris carinata.{{Cite web |last=Lisa-Ann Gershwin |date=2015-03-01 |title=Genus Halopteris Allman, 1877 |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Halopteris |access-date=2024-07-20 |website=Australian Faunal Directory |publisher=Australian Government}}{{cite journal|author=Allman, G.J.|date= 1877|title= Report on the Hydroida collected during the exploration of the Gulf Stream by L.F. De Pourtalès, assistant United States Coast Survey. |journal=Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College|volume=5|pages= 1-66 pls I-34 [33]|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4311825}}

Species:{{Cite web |title=WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Halopteris Allman, 1877 |url=https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117114 |access-date=2024-07-20 |website=www.marinespecies.org}}

• Halopteris alternata (Nutting, 1900)

• Halopteris australis Galea, 2018
• Halopteris billardi (Vannucci, 1951)
• Halopteris brasiliensis Galea, 2018
• Halopteris campanula (Busk, 1852)
• Halopteris carinata Allman, 1877
• Halopteris catharina (Johnston, 1833)
• Halopteris clarkei (Nutting, 1900)
• Halopteris concava {{small|(Billard, 1911)}}
• Halopteris crassa {{small|(Billard, 1911)}}
• Halopteris diaphana {{small|(Heller, 1868)}}
• Halopteris diaphragmatica (Billard, 1911)
• Halopteris enersis Galea, 2006
• Halopteris everta (Mulder & Trebilcock, 1909)
• Halopteris filicina (Grateloup) Kützing, 1843
• Halopteris gemellipara Millard, 1962
• Halopteris geminata (Allman, 1877)
• Halopteris glutinosa (Lamouroux, 1816)
• Halopteris infundibulum Vervoort, 1966
• Halopteris jedani (Billard, 1913)
• Halopteris liechtensternii (Marktanner-Turneretscher, 1890)
• Halopteris longibrachia Calder & Faucci, 2021
• Halopteris millardae Galea, 2018
• Halopteris minuta (Trebilcock, 1928)
• Halopteris opposita (Mulder & Trebilcock, 1911)
• Halopteris peculiaris (Billard, 1913)
• Halopteris plagiocampa (Pictet, 1893)
• Halopteris platygonotheca Schuchert, 1997
• Halopteris plumosa Galea & Schories, 2012
• Halopteris polymorpha (Billard, 1913)
• Halopteris prominens Vervoort & Watson, 2003
• Halopteris pseudoconstricta Millard, 1975
• Halopteris rostrata Millard, 1975
• Halopteris schucherti Galea, 2006
• Halopteris simplex (Warren, 1914)
• Halopteris tenella (Verrill, 1874)
• Halopteris tuba (Kirchenpauer, 1876)
• Halopteris urceolata Watson, 2015
• Halopteris vervoorti Galea, 2008
• Halopteris violae Calder, Mallinson, Collins & Hickman, 2003