Canadian Register of Marine Species - Rhacostoma L. Agassiz, 1851

WoRMS taxon details

Rhacostoma L. Agassiz, 1851

AphiaID

156965 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:156965)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Aequoreidae Eschscholtz, 1829

Synonymised names

Polycanna Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted (synonym)

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Species Rhacostoma atlanticum L. Agassiz, 1851
Species Rhacostoma atlantica Agassiz, 1851 accepted as Rhacostoma atlanticum L. Agassiz, 1851 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling, spelling variant)
Species Rhacostoma dispar Mayer, 1900 accepted as Aequorea forskalea Péron & Lesueur, 1810 (synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Agassiz, L. (1851). [A new naked-eyed medusa... Rhacostoma atlanticum]. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 3: 342-343., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8870644
page(s): 342 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P.; Cartwright, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Rhacostoma L. Agassiz, 1851. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156965 on 2025-03-02

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-20 12:28:06Z

created

Claus, Simon

2011-03-14 06:34:33Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

2013-09-13 06:30:31Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Agassiz, L. (1851). [A new naked-eyed medusa... Rhacostoma atlanticum]. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 3: 342-343., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8870644
page(s): 342 [details]

original description (of Polycanna Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena. 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 229 [details]

Other

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

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