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CaRMS taxon detailsMelicertum octocostatum (M. Sars, 1835)
 117743 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117743)
accepted
Species
Melicertum georgicum Agassiz, 1862 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine,
recent only
(of ) Sars, M. (1835). Beskrivelser og Iagttagelser over nogle moerkelige eller nye i Havet ved den Bergenske Kyst levende Dyr af Polypernes, Acalephernes, Radiaternes, Annelidernes og Molluskernes classer, med en kort Oversigt over de hidtil af Forfatteren sammesteds fundne Arter og deres Forekommen. Thorstein Hallagers Forlag hos Chr. Dahl, R.S., Bergen, xii + 81 pp. + 15 pls., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.13017
page(s): 24, pl. 4 fig. 9a-d, [details]
Note Coastal region of Bergen, Norway
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Type locality Coastal region of Bergen, Norway [details]
Schuchert, P. (2024). World Hydrozoa Database. Melicertum octocostatum (M. Sars, 1835). Accessed through: Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2024) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117743 on 2025-03-03
Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Melicertum octocostatum (M. Sars, 1835). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117743 on 2025-03-03
Date action by
original description
(of Melicertum georgicum Agassiz, 1862) 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): 349 [details] original description (of ) Sars, M. (1835). Beskrivelser og Iagttagelser over nogle moerkelige eller nye i Havet ved den Bergenske Kyst levende Dyr af Polypernes, Acalephernes, Radiaternes, Annelidernes og Molluskernes classer, med en kort Oversigt over de hidtil af Forfatteren sammesteds fundne Arter og deres Forekommen. Thorstein Hallagers Forlag hos Chr. Dahl, R.S., Bergen, xii + 81 pp. + 15 pls., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.13017 page(s): 24, pl. 4 fig. 9a-d, [details] context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [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 Calder, D. (2003). Checklist of Hydroids, hydromedusae and siphonophores reported from the Bay of Fundy. [details] additional source Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [details] additional source Meinkoth, N. A. (1981). Field guide to North American seashore creatures. <em>The Audubon Society.</em> 1-799. [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 Shih, C.T., 1977. A guide to the Jellyfish of Canadian Atlantic waters. National Museum of Natural Sciences, Natural History Series 5 : 1-190. [details] 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 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 additional source Schuchert P., Collins R. (2024). Additional observations on hydromedusae during night dives in the Gulf Stream. <em>Revue suisse de Zoologie.</em> 131(1): 43-120., available online at https://doi.org/10.35929/RSZ.0113.S1 page(s): 82, fig. 31; note: variability of radial canals, comparison with M. tropicalis [details]  redescription Schuchert. P. (2017). Systematic notes on some leptomedusa species with a description of Neotima galeai n. spec. (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria). <em>Revue suisse de Zoologie.</em> 124(2): 351-375., available online at https://bioone.org/journalArticle/Download?urlId=10.5281%2Fzenodo.893549 page(s): 353, Fig. 1A-B [details] redescription Cornelius, P. F. S. (1995). North-West European Thecate Hydroids and their Medusae. Part 1. Laodiceidae to Haleciidae. <em>In: R.S.K. Barnes & J.H. Crothers, eds, Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series). The Linn. Soc. London and Est. Coas. Sci. Ass. - Field Studies Council.</em> 50 : i-vii, 1-347. (look up in IMIS) page(s): 124, fig. 17 [details]  Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Biology colonial polyps, free medusae [details]Type locality Coastal region of Bergen, Norway [details]
specimen photos
To Barcode of Life (13 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Melicertum georgicum Agassiz, 1862) To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Melicertum octocostatum) To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 17 proteins) To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record) (from synonym Melicertum georgicum Agassiz, 1862) To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (242 records) To ITIS |
