WoRMS taxon details

Bougainvillia britannica (Forbes, 1841)

117321  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117321)

accepted
Species
Atractylis linearis Alder, 1862 · unaccepted (synonym)
Bougainvillia bella Hartlaub, 1897 · unaccepted (synonym)
Bougainvillia britannica var. coeca Hartlaub, 1911 · unaccepted (possible synonym)
Bougainvillia dinema Greene, 1857 · unaccepted (synonym)
Bougainvillia flavida Hartlaub, 1897 · unaccepted (synonym (in part also with B....)  
synonym (in part also with B. pyramidata)
Bougainvillia xantha Hartlaub, 1897 · unaccepted (synonym)
Hippocrene britannica Forbes, 1841 · unaccepted (basionym)
Margelis zygonema Haeckel, 1880 · unaccepted (synonym)

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(of Hippocrene britannica Forbes, 1841) Forbes E. (1841). Contributions to British actinology. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 7: 81-85, pl. 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22067384
page(s): 84, pl. 1 figs 2a-c [details]   
Distribution The Mediterranean records are improbable to erroneous  
Distribution The Mediterranean records are improbable to erroneous [details]
Schuchert, P. (2024). World Hydrozoa Database. Bougainvillia britannica (Forbes, 1841). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117321 on 2024-03-19
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original description  (of Bougainvillia flavida Hartlaub, 1897) Hartlaub, C. (1897). Die Hydromedusen Helgolands. <em>Wissenschaftliche Meeresuntersuchungen.</em> 2: 449-536, pls 14-23., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14748081
page(s): 456, pl. 14 figs 1-4, 7-10 (non 5-6) [details]   

original description  (of Atractylis linearis Alder, 1862) Alder J. (1862b). Descriptions of some new and rare zoophytes found on the coast of Northumberland and Durham. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (3)9(52): 311-317, plates 13-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27257655
page(s): 313, pl. 14 figs 1-3 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Hippocrene britannica Forbes, 1841) Forbes E. (1841). Contributions to British actinology. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 7: 81-85, pl. 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22067384
page(s): 84, pl. 1 figs 2a-c [details]   

original description  (of Bougainvillia dinema Greene, 1857) Green J.R. (1857). On the Acalephae of Dublin coast, with description of seven new naked-eyed forms. <em>Natural History Review, Proceedings of Societies.</em> 4: 242-250., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2519948#page/374/mode/1up
page(s): 246, pl. 15 fig. 6a-f [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Margelis zygonema Haeckel, 1880) 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): 635 [details]   

original description  (of Bougainvillia xantha Hartlaub, 1897) Hartlaub, C. (1897). Die Hydromedusen Helgolands. <em>Wissenschaftliche Meeresuntersuchungen.</em> 2: 449-536, pls 14-23., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14748081
page(s): 461, pl. 15 figs 2-3, pl. 16 fig. 3, pl. 16b fig. 19 [details]   

original description  (of Bougainvillia bella Hartlaub, 1897) Hartlaub, C. (1897). Die Hydromedusen Helgolands. <em>Wissenschaftliche Meeresuntersuchungen.</em> 2: 449-536, pls 14-23., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14748081
page(s): 470, pl. 15 fig. 7 [details]   

original description  (of Bougainvillia britannica var. coeca Hartlaub, 1911) Hartlaub, C., 1911. XII. Craspedote Medusen. I. Teil. 2 Lief.: Familie III Margelidae. Nord. Plankton 6 : 137-235., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32672825
page(s): 169 [details]   

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS[details]   

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 Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]   

additional source Russell, F.S., 1953. The medusae of the British Isles. Anthomedusae, Leptomedusae, Limnomedusae, Trachymedusae and Narcomedusae. : 1-530, pls. 1-35. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Bouillon, J.; Boero, F. (2000). Synopsis of the families and genera of the Hydromedusae of the world, with a list of the worldwide species. <i>Thalassia Salent. 24</i>: 47-296 (look up in IMIS[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 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Biology polyp colonial; medusa in planktonic [details]

Diagnosis Medusa jelly thick; no peduncle, basal trunk of oral tentacles long, ocelli crescentic or oval, often appearing almost linear in oral view, situated adaxially on bases of tentacles, not on bulbs, 12-17 tentacles per bulb, oral tentacles branch 4-5 times; polyp stolonal or sparingly branched, long pedicels, medusae buds in clusters on branched stalks, young medusa with very narrow subumbrella. [details]

From regional or thematic species database
Distribution The Mediterranean records are improbable to erroneous [details]

From other sources
Spelling In Müller (2004) is mentioned as B. brittanica [details]