WoRMS taxon details

Acryptolaria elegans (Allman, 1877)

284925  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:284925)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Medusozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hydrozoa (Class)
  6. Hydroidolina (Subclass)
  7. Leptothecata (Order)
  8. Lafoeidae (Family)
  9. Acryptolaria (Genus)
  10. Acryptolaria elegans (Species)
accepted
Species
Cryptolaria elegans Allman, 1877 · unaccepted (basionym)
marine, terrestrial
(of Cryptolaria elegans Allman, 1877) Allman, G.J. (1877). Report on the Hydroida collected during the Exploration of the Gulf Stream by L. F. de Pourtalès, Assistant United States Coast Survey. <i>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology</i>. 5: 1-66, plates 1-34., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4311825
page(s): 20, pl 14 fig 1-2 [details] OpenAccess publication
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Acryptolaria elegans (Allman, 1877). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=284925 on 2025-04-02
Date
action
by
2008-01-16 10:35:54Z
created
van der Land, Jacob
2010-06-25 10:42:00Z
checked
Schuchert, Peter

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Nomenclature

original description (of Cryptolaria elegans Allman, 1877) Allman, G.J. (1877). Report on the Hydroida collected during the Exploration of the Gulf Stream by L. F. de Pourtalès, Assistant United States Coast Survey. <i>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology</i>. 5: 1-66, plates 1-34., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4311825
page(s): 20, pl 14 fig 1-2 [details] OpenAccess publication

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] 

Other

additional source Calder, D. R. and S. D. Cairns. 2009. Hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 381–394 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Biology colonial [details]
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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record) (from synonym Cryptolaria elegans Allman, 1877)

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