Hydrozoa taxon details
Gonionemus vertens A. Agassiz, 1862
117768 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117768)
accepted
Species
Cosmetira salinarum Du Plessis, 1879 · unaccepted (synonym)
Eleutheria robsonia Lengerich, 1922 · unaccepted (synonymn)
Gonionemus agassizii Murbach & Shearer, 1902 · unaccepted (synonym)
Gonionemus chekiangensis Ling, 1937 · unaccepted (synonym)
Gonionemus depressum Goto, 1903 · unaccepted (synonym)
Gonionemus murbachi Mayer, 1901 · unaccepted (incorrect spelling variant)
Gonionemus murbachii Mayer, 1901 · unaccepted (synonym)
Gonionemus murbachii var. chekiangensis Ling, 1937 · unaccepted (synonym)
Gonionemus oshoro Uchida, 1929 · unaccepted (synonym)
Gonionemus vindobonensis Joseph, 1918 · unaccepted (synonym)
Gonynema vertens (A. Agassiz, 1862) · unaccepted (unaccepted genus)
Haleremita cumulans Schaudinn, 1894 · unaccepted (synonym)
Laodice salinarum (Du Plessis, 1879) · unaccepted
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Agassiz, L. (1862). Contributions to the natural history of the United States of America. <em>Little Brown, Boston.</em> 4: 1-380, pls 1-19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16068829
page(s): 350 [details]
page(s): 350 [details]
Note Canada, British Columbia, Strait of Georgia
Type locality Canada, British Columbia, Strait of Georgia [details]
Schuchert, P. (2024). World Hydrozoa Database. Gonionemus vertens A. Agassiz, 1862. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/hydrozoa/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117768 on 2025-02-05
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original description
Agassiz, L. (1862). Contributions to the natural history of the United States of America. <em>Little Brown, Boston.</em> 4: 1-380, pls 1-19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16068829
page(s): 350 [details]
original description (of Gonionemus vindobonensis Joseph, 1918) Joseph H. (1918). Ein Gonionemus aus der Adria. <em>Sitzungsberichte. Kaiserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse.</em> 127(2-3): 95-158., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36048159
page(s): 107, 2 plates [details]
original description (of Gonionemus agassizii Murbach & Shearer, 1902) Murbach, L., & Shaerer, C. 1902. Preliminary report on a collection of medusae from the coast of British Columbia and Alaska. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)9: 71-73., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19331348
page(s): 73 [details]
original description (of Gonionemus depressum Goto, 1903) Goto, S. (1903). The Craspedote medusa Olindias and some of its natural allies. <em>Mark Anniversary Volume.</em> 1: 1-22., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1324262
page(s): 12, pls 2-4 [details]
original description (of Gonionemus murbachii Mayer, 1901) Mayer, A.G., 1901. The variations of a newly-arisen species of medusa. Sci. Bull. Mus. Brooklyn Inst. Arts Sciences 1 1: 1-27., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015031364543
page(s): 5 [details]
original description (of Haleremita cumulans Schaudinn, 1894) Schaudinn F. (1894). Über Haleremita cumulans n. g. n. sp., ein neuen marinen Hydroidpolypen. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin.</em> 1894(9): 226-234., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43581336
page(s): 226, fig. 1 [details]
original description (of Gonionemus oshoro Uchida, 1929) Uchida, T., 1929. Studies on Japanese Hydromedusae. 3. Olindiadae. Annotnes zool. jap. 12 : 351-373.
page(s): 359, pl. 1 [details]
original description (of Gonionemus murbachii var. chekiangensis Ling, 1937) Ling, S.-W. 1937. Studies on Chinese Hydrozoa, I. On some Hydromedusae from the Chekiang coast. Studies on Chinese Hydrozoa, II. Report on some common hydroids from the East Saddle Island. Peking Natural History Bulletin 11: 351-365.
page(s): 358, figs 11-14 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Cosmetira salinarum Du Plessis, 1879) Du Plessis G. (1879). Étude sur la Cosmetira salinarum nouvelle méduse paludicole des environs de Cette. <em>Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles.</em> 16(81): 39-45, pl. 2., available online at https://doi.org/10.5169/seals-259030
page(s): 39, pl. 2 [details]
original description (of Eleutheria robsonia Lengerich, 1922) Lengerich H. (1922). Cladonema sp. Robson, eine Eleutheriide. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 55(1-2): 34-36., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9735247
page(s): 36, fig. 1 [details]
context source (Introduced species) Katsanevakis, S.; Bogucarskis, K.; Gatto, F.; Vandekerkhove, J.; Deriu, I.; Cardoso A.S. (2012). Building the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN): a novel approach for the exploration of distributed alien species data. <em>BioInvasions Records.</em> 1: 235-245., available online at http://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu [details] Available for editors
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 Meinkoth, N. A. (1981). Field guide to North American seashore creatures. <em>The Audubon Society.</em> 1-799. [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 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 Streftaris, N., A. Zenetos & E. Papathanassiou. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. <em>Oceanogry and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 43: 419-453. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Uchida, T., 1976. A new sporozoan-like reproduction in the Hydromedusa, Gonionemus vertens. Proc. Jap. Acad. Sci. 52 7: 387-388. [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
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]
additional source Zenetos, A.; Çinar, M.E.; Pancucci-Papadopoulou, M.A.; Harmelin, J.-G.; Furnari, G.; Andaloro, F.; Bellou, N.; Streftaris, N.; Zibrowius, H. (2005). Annotated list of marine alien species in the Mediterranean with records of the worst invasive species. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 6 (2): 63-118., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273213810_Annotated_list_of_marine_alien_species_in_the_Mediterranean_with_records_of_the_worst_invasive_species [details] Available for editors
additional source Occhipinti-Ambrogi, A., A. Marchini, G. Cantone, A. Castelli, C. Chimenz, M. Cormaci, C. Froglia, G. Furnari, M.C. Gambi, G. Giaccone, A. Giangrande, C. Gravil, F. Mastrototaro, C. Mazziotti, L. Orsi-Relini & S. Piraino. (2010). Alien species along the Italian coasts: an overview. <em>Biological Invasions.</em> 13(1): 215-237., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-010-9803-y [details] Available for editors
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
additional source Zenetos, A.; Gofas, S.; Verlaque, M.; Cinar, M.; Garcia Raso, J.; Bianchi, C.; Morri, C.; Azzurro, E.; Bilecenoglu, M.; Froglia, C.; Siokou, I.; Violanti, D.; Sfriso, A.; San Martin, G.; Giangrande, A.; Katagan, T.; Ballesteros, E.; Ramos-Espla, A.; Mastrototaro, F.; Ocana, O.; Zingone, A.; Gambi, M.; Streftaris, N. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 11(2): 381-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87 [details]
additional source Bakker, C. (1980) On the distribution of Gonionemus vertens A. Agassiz (Hydrozoa, Limnomedusae), a new species in the eelgrass beds of Lake Grevelingen (S. W. Netherlands),Hydrobiological Bulletin 14: 186-195 [details]
additional source Eno, N. C.; Clark, R. A.; Sanderson, W. G. (1997). Non-native marine species in British waters: a review and directory. <em>Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Peterborough.</em> pp. 136. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors
status source Govindarajan, A. F.; Carman, M. R.; Khaidarov, M. R.; Semenchenko, A.; Wares, J. P. (2017). Mitochondrial diversity in Gonionemus (Trachylina:Hydrozoa) and its implications for understanding the origins of clinging jellyfish in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean. <em>PeerJ.</em> 5: e3205., available online at https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3205
note: study of different strains and subspecies, stinging form [details]
status source Govindarajan, A.F., B. Källström, E. Selander, C. Östman & T.G. Dahlgren. (2019). The highly toxic and cryptogenic clinging jellyfish Gonionemus sp. (Hydrozoa, Limnomedusae) on the Swedish west coast. <em>PeerJ.</em> 7: 1-13. e6883., available online at https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6883 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 350 [details]
original description (of Gonionemus vindobonensis Joseph, 1918) Joseph H. (1918). Ein Gonionemus aus der Adria. <em>Sitzungsberichte. Kaiserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse.</em> 127(2-3): 95-158., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36048159
page(s): 107, 2 plates [details]
original description (of Gonionemus agassizii Murbach & Shearer, 1902) Murbach, L., & Shaerer, C. 1902. Preliminary report on a collection of medusae from the coast of British Columbia and Alaska. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)9: 71-73., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19331348
page(s): 73 [details]
original description (of Gonionemus depressum Goto, 1903) Goto, S. (1903). The Craspedote medusa Olindias and some of its natural allies. <em>Mark Anniversary Volume.</em> 1: 1-22., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1324262
page(s): 12, pls 2-4 [details]
original description (of Gonionemus murbachii Mayer, 1901) Mayer, A.G., 1901. The variations of a newly-arisen species of medusa. Sci. Bull. Mus. Brooklyn Inst. Arts Sciences 1 1: 1-27., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015031364543
page(s): 5 [details]
original description (of Haleremita cumulans Schaudinn, 1894) Schaudinn F. (1894). Über Haleremita cumulans n. g. n. sp., ein neuen marinen Hydroidpolypen. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin.</em> 1894(9): 226-234., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43581336
page(s): 226, fig. 1 [details]
original description (of Gonionemus oshoro Uchida, 1929) Uchida, T., 1929. Studies on Japanese Hydromedusae. 3. Olindiadae. Annotnes zool. jap. 12 : 351-373.
page(s): 359, pl. 1 [details]
original description (of Gonionemus murbachii var. chekiangensis Ling, 1937) Ling, S.-W. 1937. Studies on Chinese Hydrozoa, I. On some Hydromedusae from the Chekiang coast. Studies on Chinese Hydrozoa, II. Report on some common hydroids from the East Saddle Island. Peking Natural History Bulletin 11: 351-365.
page(s): 358, figs 11-14 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Cosmetira salinarum Du Plessis, 1879) Du Plessis G. (1879). Étude sur la Cosmetira salinarum nouvelle méduse paludicole des environs de Cette. <em>Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles.</em> 16(81): 39-45, pl. 2., available online at https://doi.org/10.5169/seals-259030
page(s): 39, pl. 2 [details]
original description (of Eleutheria robsonia Lengerich, 1922) Lengerich H. (1922). Cladonema sp. Robson, eine Eleutheriide. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 55(1-2): 34-36., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9735247
page(s): 36, fig. 1 [details]
context source (Introduced species) Katsanevakis, S.; Bogucarskis, K.; Gatto, F.; Vandekerkhove, J.; Deriu, I.; Cardoso A.S. (2012). Building the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN): a novel approach for the exploration of distributed alien species data. <em>BioInvasions Records.</em> 1: 235-245., available online at http://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu [details] Available for editors
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 Meinkoth, N. A. (1981). Field guide to North American seashore creatures. <em>The Audubon Society.</em> 1-799. [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 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 Streftaris, N., A. Zenetos & E. Papathanassiou. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. <em>Oceanogry and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 43: 419-453. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Uchida, T., 1976. A new sporozoan-like reproduction in the Hydromedusa, Gonionemus vertens. Proc. Jap. Acad. Sci. 52 7: 387-388. [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
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]
additional source Zenetos, A.; Çinar, M.E.; Pancucci-Papadopoulou, M.A.; Harmelin, J.-G.; Furnari, G.; Andaloro, F.; Bellou, N.; Streftaris, N.; Zibrowius, H. (2005). Annotated list of marine alien species in the Mediterranean with records of the worst invasive species. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 6 (2): 63-118., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273213810_Annotated_list_of_marine_alien_species_in_the_Mediterranean_with_records_of_the_worst_invasive_species [details] Available for editors
additional source Occhipinti-Ambrogi, A., A. Marchini, G. Cantone, A. Castelli, C. Chimenz, M. Cormaci, C. Froglia, G. Furnari, M.C. Gambi, G. Giaccone, A. Giangrande, C. Gravil, F. Mastrototaro, C. Mazziotti, L. Orsi-Relini & S. Piraino. (2010). Alien species along the Italian coasts: an overview. <em>Biological Invasions.</em> 13(1): 215-237., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-010-9803-y [details] Available for editors
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
additional source Zenetos, A.; Gofas, S.; Verlaque, M.; Cinar, M.; Garcia Raso, J.; Bianchi, C.; Morri, C.; Azzurro, E.; Bilecenoglu, M.; Froglia, C.; Siokou, I.; Violanti, D.; Sfriso, A.; San Martin, G.; Giangrande, A.; Katagan, T.; Ballesteros, E.; Ramos-Espla, A.; Mastrototaro, F.; Ocana, O.; Zingone, A.; Gambi, M.; Streftaris, N. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 11(2): 381-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87 [details]
additional source Bakker, C. (1980) On the distribution of Gonionemus vertens A. Agassiz (Hydrozoa, Limnomedusae), a new species in the eelgrass beds of Lake Grevelingen (S. W. Netherlands),Hydrobiological Bulletin 14: 186-195 [details]
additional source Eno, N. C.; Clark, R. A.; Sanderson, W. G. (1997). Non-native marine species in British waters: a review and directory. <em>Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Peterborough.</em> pp. 136. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors
status source Govindarajan, A. F.; Carman, M. R.; Khaidarov, M. R.; Semenchenko, A.; Wares, J. P. (2017). Mitochondrial diversity in Gonionemus (Trachylina:Hydrozoa) and its implications for understanding the origins of clinging jellyfish in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean. <em>PeerJ.</em> 5: e3205., available online at https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3205
note: study of different strains and subspecies, stinging form [details]
status source Govindarajan, A.F., B. Källström, E. Selander, C. Östman & T.G. Dahlgren. (2019). The highly toxic and cryptogenic clinging jellyfish Gonionemus sp. (Hydrozoa, Limnomedusae) on the Swedish west coast. <em>PeerJ.</em> 7: 1-13. e6883., available online at https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6883 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type locality Canada, British Columbia, Strait of Georgia [details]
To Barcode of Life (15 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Gonionemus murbachi Mayer, 1901)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications) (from synonym Haleremita cumulans Schaudinn, 1894)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Gonionemus vindobonensis Joseph, 1918)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Gonionemus depressum Goto, 1903)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (69 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (72 publications) (from synonym Gonionemus murbachii Mayer, 1901)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Gonionemus agassizii Murbach & Shearer, 1902)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gonionemus vertens)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To Information system on Aquatic Non-Indigenous and Cryptogenic Species (AquaNIS)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Gonionemus vindobonensis Joseph, 1918)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (27 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Gonionemus murbachi Mayer, 1901)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications) (from synonym Haleremita cumulans Schaudinn, 1894)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Gonionemus vindobonensis Joseph, 1918)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Gonionemus depressum Goto, 1903)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (69 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (72 publications) (from synonym Gonionemus murbachii Mayer, 1901)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Gonionemus agassizii Murbach & Shearer, 1902)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gonionemus vertens)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To Information system on Aquatic Non-Indigenous and Cryptogenic Species (AquaNIS)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Gonionemus vindobonensis Joseph, 1918)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (27 records)
To ITIS
