WoRMS taxon details

Merona operculata Watson, 1978

284456  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:284456)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Medusozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hydrozoa (Class)
  6. Hydroidolina (Subclass)
  7. Anthoathecata (Order)
  8. Filifera (Suborder)
  9. Oceaniidae (Family)
  10. Merona (Genus)
  11. Merona operculata (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Watson, J. E. 1978. New species and new records of Australian athecate hydroids. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 90: 301-314., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57361342
page(s): 309, fig. 3A-C [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Note  Australia, Victoria, Westport Bay  
From editor or global species database
Type locality  Australia, Victoria, Westport Bay [details]
Schuchert, P.; Cartwright, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Merona operculata Watson, 1978. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=284456 on 2025-02-20
Date
action
by
2008-01-16 10:35:54Z
created
van der Land, Jacob
2009-12-28 15:29:05Z
changed
Schuchert, Peter

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original description Watson, J. E. 1978. New species and new records of Australian athecate hydroids. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 90: 301-314., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57361342
page(s): 309, fig. 3A-C [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record Vervoort, W.; Schuchert, P. & van der Land, J. (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Watson, J. E. (2024). The marine hydroids of south-eastern Australia (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa). <em>Museum Victoria Science Reports.</em> 22: 1-121., available online at https://doi.org/10.24199/j.mvsr.2024.22
page(s): 44, fig. 68 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Biology polyp colonial [details]

Type locality  Australia, Victoria, Westport Bay [details]
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