WoRMS taxon details
Chiropsalmus quadrumanus (F. Muller, 1859)
157924 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157924)
accepted
Species
Tamoya quadrumana F. Müller, 1859 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Tamoya quadrumana F. Müller, 1859) Müller, F. (1859) Zwei neue Quallen von Santa Catharina. Abhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Halle, 5, 1–12, pl. I–III. [details] 
Description Width to 14 cm, 10 cm high. Bell surface covered with stinging warts. Up to nine tentacles on each corner, on stout,...
Distribution Distribution extends northward of the subprovince of Carolinian, Cape Hatteras through Florida
Description Width to 14 cm, 10 cm high. Bell surface covered with stinging warts. Up to nine tentacles on each corner, on stout, hand-like structures. Finger-shaped gastric saccules, 1/2 length of bell cavity or shorter. Rhopalial pits about 1/6 up from bell edge. Habitat: occasionally inshore. Distribution: pantropical. Sting may be life-threatening (Richmond, 1997). [details]
Distribution Distribution extends northward of the subprovince of Carolinian, Cape Hatteras through Florida
Distribution Distribution extends northward of the subprovince of Carolinian, Cape Hatteras through Florida [details]
Collins, A.G. (2025). World List of Cubozoa. Chiropsalmus quadrumanus (F. Muller, 1859). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=157924 on 2025-03-28
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Tamoya quadrumana F. Müller, 1859) Müller, F. (1859) Zwei neue Quallen von Santa Catharina. Abhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Halle, 5, 1–12, pl. I–III. [details] 
basis of record Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Haeckel, E. (1880). Das System der Acraspeden. 2te Hälfte des Systems der Medusen. Acht Nachträge zur Vervollständigung des Systems. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 2: 361-672, plates 21-40., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605982
page(s): 447 [details]
additional source van der Land, J. (ed). (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo [details]
additional source Segura-Puertas, L., L. Celis, and L. Chiaverano. 2009. Medusozoans (Cnidaria: Cubozoa, Scyphozoa, and Hydrozoa) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 369–379 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Pre [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details]
additional source Haeckel, E. (1880). Das System der Acraspeden. 2te Hälfte des Systems der Medusen. Acht Nachträge zur Vervollständigung des Systems. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 2: 361-672, plates 21-40., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605982
page(s): 447 [details]
additional source van der Land, J. (ed). (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo [details]
additional source Segura-Puertas, L., L. Celis, and L. Chiaverano. 2009. Medusozoans (Cnidaria: Cubozoa, Scyphozoa, and Hydrozoa) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 369–379 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Pre [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details]





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Description Width to 14 cm, 10 cm high. Bell surface covered with stinging warts. Up to nine tentacles on each corner, on stout, hand-like structures. Finger-shaped gastric saccules, 1/2 length of bell cavity or shorter. Rhopalial pits about 1/6 up from bell edge. Habitat: occasionally inshore. Distribution: pantropical. Sting may be life-threatening (Richmond, 1997). [details]Distribution Distribution extends northward of the subprovince of Carolinian, Cape Hatteras through Florida [details]
To Barcode of Life (11 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chiropsalmus quadrumanus)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 19 proteins) (from synonym Tamoya quadrumana F. Müller, 1859)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 19 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (51 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chiropsalmus quadrumanus)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 19 proteins) (from synonym Tamoya quadrumana F. Müller, 1859)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 19 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (51 records)
To ITIS