WoRMS taxon details
Aequorea macrodactyla (Brandt, 1835)
117271 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117271)
accepted
Species
Aequorea maldivensis Browne, 1905 · unaccepted
Mesonema (Mesonema) macrodactyla Brandt, 1835 · unaccepted (basionym)
Polycanna purpurostoma Agassiz & Mayer, 1899 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, terrestrial
(of Mesonema (Mesonema) macrodactyla Brandt, 1835) Brandt, J. F. (1834-1835). Prodromus descriptionis animalium ab H. Mertensio observatorum : fascic. I. Polypos, Acalephas Discophoras et Siphonophoras, nec non Echinodermata continens. <em>Recueil des Actes de la Séance Publique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg.</em> 1834: 201-275., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10765514
page(s): 221 [details]
page(s): 221 [details]
Note Aequatorial Pacific Ocean
From editor or global species database
Type locality Aequatorial Pacific Ocean [details]
Schuchert, P.; Cartwright, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Aequorea macrodactyla (Brandt, 1835). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117271 on 2025-02-05
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original description
(of Mesonema (Mesonema) macrodactyla Brandt, 1835) Brandt, J. F. (1834-1835). Prodromus descriptionis animalium ab H. Mertensio observatorum : fascic. I. Polypos, Acalephas Discophoras et Siphonophoras, nec non Echinodermata continens. <em>Recueil des Actes de la Séance Publique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg.</em> 1834: 201-275., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10765514
page(s): 221 [details]
original description (of Aequorea maldivensis Browne, 1905) Browne, E.T. (1905). Hydromedusae with a revision of the Williadae and Petasidae. <em>Fauna and geography Maldives and Laccadives Archipelagoes.</em> 2(3): 722-749., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10778795
page(s): 732, pl. 56, figs 4-12 [details]
original description (of Polycanna purpurostoma Agassiz & Mayer, 1899) Agassiz, A. and Mayer, A. G. 1899. Acalephs from the Fiji Islands. - Bulletin of the Museum of comparative Zoölogy of Harvard College 32: 157-189, pls 1-17., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28879983
page(s): 169, pl. 8 figs 26-28 [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 (HKRMS) Chen, Q. C. (1982). The marine zooplankton of Hong Kong. <em>In: Morton B, editor. Proceedings of the first international marine biological workshop: The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong.</em> 2: 789-799. [details] Available for editors
[request]
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 Navas-Pereira, D. & Vannucci, M. (1991). The Hydromedusae and water masses of the Indian Ocean. <em>Bolm Inst. Oceanogr.</em> 39(1): 25-60. [details]
additional source Segura-Puertas, L., L. Celis, and L. Chiaverano. 2009. Medusozoans (Cnidaria: Cubozoa, Scyphozoa, and Hydrozoa) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 369–379 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Pre [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 [request]
additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V.; Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors [request]
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): 368, Fig. 17A-D [details]
page(s): 221 [details]
original description (of Aequorea maldivensis Browne, 1905) Browne, E.T. (1905). Hydromedusae with a revision of the Williadae and Petasidae. <em>Fauna and geography Maldives and Laccadives Archipelagoes.</em> 2(3): 722-749., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10778795
page(s): 732, pl. 56, figs 4-12 [details]
original description (of Polycanna purpurostoma Agassiz & Mayer, 1899) Agassiz, A. and Mayer, A. G. 1899. Acalephs from the Fiji Islands. - Bulletin of the Museum of comparative Zoölogy of Harvard College 32: 157-189, pls 1-17., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28879983
page(s): 169, pl. 8 figs 26-28 [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 (HKRMS) Chen, Q. C. (1982). The marine zooplankton of Hong Kong. <em>In: Morton B, editor. Proceedings of the first international marine biological workshop: The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong.</em> 2: 789-799. [details] Available for editors
[request]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 Navas-Pereira, D. & Vannucci, M. (1991). The Hydromedusae and water masses of the Indian Ocean. <em>Bolm Inst. Oceanogr.</em> 39(1): 25-60. [details]
additional source Segura-Puertas, L., L. Celis, and L. Chiaverano. 2009. Medusozoans (Cnidaria: Cubozoa, Scyphozoa, and Hydrozoa) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 369–379 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Pre [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
[request]additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V.; Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors
[request]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): 368, Fig. 17A-D [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Biology colonial hydroid, free medusae [details]Type locality Aequatorial Pacific Ocean [details]
From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species vector dispersal in Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (Marine Region) : Canal [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ヒトモシクラゲ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Aequorea macrodactyla)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 12 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (46 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Aequorea macrodactyla)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 12 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (46 records)
To ITIS
