WoRMS taxon details
Merga reesi Russell, 1956
117793 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117793)
accepted
Species
marine, terrestrial
Russell, F. S. (1956). On two new medusae, Merga reesi n. sp. and Tiaropsidium atlanticum n. sp. <em>J. mar. biol. Ass. U.K.</em> 35: 493-498.
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page(s): 493, fig. 1 [details] Available for editors
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Note Bay of Biscay 47.20°N 07.67°E
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Type locality Bay of Biscay 47.20°N 07.67°E [details]
Distribution Atlantic Ocean, off Brittany (Russell, 1956b); Indian Ocean, Bay of Bengal (Navas, 1971; Navas-Pereira & Vannucci, 1991);...
Distribution Atlantic Ocean, off Brittany (Russell, 1956b); Indian Ocean, Bay of Bengal (Navas, 1971; Navas-Pereira & Vannucci, 1991); north-eastern Pacific Ocean (Brinckmann-Voss & Arai, 1998). Type locality: 47.20°N 07.67°E [details]
Schuchert, P. (2024). World Hydrozoa Database. Merga reesi Russell, 1956. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117793 on 2024-04-16
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Russell, F. S. (1956). On two new medusae, Merga reesi n. sp. and Tiaropsidium atlanticum n. sp. <em>J. mar. biol. Ass. U.K.</em> 35: 493-498.
page(s): 493, fig. 1 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Vervoort, W.; Cairns, S.D.; Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydrozoa, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 112-120 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Navas-Pereira, D. & Vannucci, M. (1991). The Hydromedusae and water masses of the Indian Ocean. <em>Bolm Inst. Oceanogr.</em> 39(1): 25-60. [details]
redescription Schuchert, P. (2007). The European athecate hydroids and their medusae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria): Filifera part 2. <em>Revue suisse de Zoologie.</em> 114: 195-396., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41281106
page(s): 352 [details]
page(s): 493, fig. 1 [details] Available for editors
[request] basis of record van der Land, J.; Vervoort, W.; Cairns, S.D.; Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydrozoa, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 112-120 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Navas-Pereira, D. & Vannucci, M. (1991). The Hydromedusae and water masses of the Indian Ocean. <em>Bolm Inst. Oceanogr.</em> 39(1): 25-60. [details]
redescription Schuchert, P. (2007). The European athecate hydroids and their medusae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria): Filifera part 2. <em>Revue suisse de Zoologie.</em> 114: 195-396., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41281106
page(s): 352 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Distribution Atlantic Ocean, off Brittany (Russell, 1956b); Indian Ocean, Bay of Bengal (Navas, 1971; Navas-Pereira & Vannucci, 1991); north-eastern Pacific Ocean (Brinckmann-Voss & Arai, 1998). Type locality: 47.20°N 07.67°E [details]Type locality Bay of Biscay 47.20°N 07.67°E [details]
From other sources
Biology colonial, free medusae [details]
