WoRMS taxon details
Obelia geniculata (Linnaeus, 1758)
117388 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117388)
accepted
Species
Campanularia coruscans Schneider, 1898 · unaccepted (synonym)
Campanularia geniculata (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (synonym)
Eucope alternata A. Agassiz, 1865 · unaccepted (synonym)
Eucope diaphana L. Agassiz, 1862 · unaccepted (synonym)
Eucope fusiformis A. Agassiz, 1865 · unaccepted
Eucope polygena A. Agassiz, 1865 · unaccepted
Laomedea geniculata (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Laomedea lairii Lamouroux, 1816 · unaccepted (synonym)
Monosklera pusilla von Lendenfeld, 1885 · unaccepted (synonym)
Obelia diaphana (L. Agassiz, 1862) · unaccepted
Obelia geniculata f. gaussi Vanhöffen, 1910 · unaccepted
Obelia geniculata f. subsessilis Jäderholm, 1904 · unaccepted
Obelia gymnopthalma Spagnoli, 1871 · unaccepted (synonym)
Sertularia geniculata Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (basionym)
- Forma Obelia geniculata f. intermedia Ralph, 1956
- Forma Obelia geniculata f. subantarctica Ralph, 1956
- Forma Obelia geniculata f. subtropica Ralph, 1956
- Forma Obelia geniculata f. gaussi Vanhöffen, 1910 accepted as Obelia geniculata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Forma Obelia geniculata f. subsessilis Jäderholm, 1904 accepted as Obelia geniculata (Linnaeus, 1758)
marine, terrestrial
(of Sertularia geniculata Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
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Note England, Kent, Dover (Cornelius, 1975b)
Type locality England, Kent, Dover (Cornelius, 1975b) [details]
Distribution semi-cosmopolitan
Distribution semi-cosmopolitan [details]
Schuchert, P. (2024). World Hydrozoa Database. Obelia geniculata (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117388 on 2024-08-16
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original description
(of Monosklera pusilla von Lendenfeld, 1885) von Lendenfeld, R. (1885b). Addenda to the the Australian Hydromedusae. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 9: 908-924, 984-985, pls 40-43., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25527732
page(s): 911, pl. 40, figs 1-3 [details]
original description (of Laomedea lairii Lamouroux, 1816) Lamouroux, J. V. F. (1816). Histoire des polypiers coralligènes flexibles, vulgairement nommés zoophytes. <em>F. Poisson, Caen.</em> i-lxxxiv, 1-558, pls. I-XIX., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11606092
page(s): 207 [details]
original description (of Eucope diaphana L. 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): 322, pl. 34 figs 1-9 [details]
original description (of Eucope alternata A. Agassiz, 1865) Agassiz, A. (1865). North American Acalephae. <em>Illustrated Catalogue of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 2: 1-234., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/1837
page(s): 86 [details]
original description (of Eucope polygena A. Agassiz, 1865) Agassiz, A. (1865). North American Acalephae. <em>Illustrated Catalogue of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 2: 1-234., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/1837
page(s): 86, fig. 126 [details]
original description (of Eucope fusiformis A. Agassiz, 1865) Agassiz, A. (1865). North American Acalephae. <em>Illustrated Catalogue of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 2: 1-234., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/1837
page(s): 90, figs 132-133 [details]
original description (of Obelia gymnopthalma Spagnoli, 1871) Spagnolini, A. (1871). Catalogo degli Acalefi discofori del Golfo di Napoli. <em>Atti della Societa italiana di scienze naturali.</em> 14: 141-223., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/39493#205
page(s): 186 [details]
original description (of Campanularia coruscans Schneider, 1898) Schneider, K. C. 1898. Hydropolypen von Rovigno, nebst Uebersicht über das System der Hydropolypen im Allgemeinen. Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Thiere 10: 472-555., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9962633
page(s): 482 [details]
original description (of Obelia geniculata f. subsessilis Jäderholm, 1904) Jäderholm, E. (1904). Hydroiden aus den Küsten von Chile. <em>Arkiv for Zoologi.</em> 2: 1-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6393488
page(s): 2, pl. 1, fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Obelia geniculata f. gaussi Vanhöffen, 1910) Vanhöffen, E. (1910). Die Hydroiden der Deutschen Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903. <em>Deutsche Südpolar Expedition.</em> 2(4): 269-340., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6727747
page(s): 305, fig. 25d [details]
original description (of Sertularia geniculata Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
[request]
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) Huang ZG. & Lin S. (1993). Biofouling of Deep Bay buoys. In: Morton B, editor. Proceedings of the first internationl conference on the marine biology of Hong Kong and the south China Sea. The marine biology of the South China Sea. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong.1: pp 153-165. [details]
context source (RAS) Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details]
context source (Bermuda) Morris, B. F.; Mogelberg, D. D. (1973). Identification manual to the pelagic Sargassum fauna. BBSR Special Publication # 11 , 1-63 [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 Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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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 Calder, D. R. and S. D. Cairns. 2009. Hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 381–394 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [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]
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
[request]
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]
page(s): 911, pl. 40, figs 1-3 [details]
original description (of Laomedea lairii Lamouroux, 1816) Lamouroux, J. V. F. (1816). Histoire des polypiers coralligènes flexibles, vulgairement nommés zoophytes. <em>F. Poisson, Caen.</em> i-lxxxiv, 1-558, pls. I-XIX., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11606092
page(s): 207 [details]
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original description (of Eucope diaphana L. 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): 322, pl. 34 figs 1-9 [details]
original description (of Eucope alternata A. Agassiz, 1865) Agassiz, A. (1865). North American Acalephae. <em>Illustrated Catalogue of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 2: 1-234., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/1837
page(s): 86 [details]
original description (of Eucope polygena A. Agassiz, 1865) Agassiz, A. (1865). North American Acalephae. <em>Illustrated Catalogue of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 2: 1-234., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/1837
page(s): 86, fig. 126 [details]
original description (of Eucope fusiformis A. Agassiz, 1865) Agassiz, A. (1865). North American Acalephae. <em>Illustrated Catalogue of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 2: 1-234., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/1837
page(s): 90, figs 132-133 [details]
original description (of Obelia gymnopthalma Spagnoli, 1871) Spagnolini, A. (1871). Catalogo degli Acalefi discofori del Golfo di Napoli. <em>Atti della Societa italiana di scienze naturali.</em> 14: 141-223., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/39493#205
page(s): 186 [details]
original description (of Campanularia coruscans Schneider, 1898) Schneider, K. C. 1898. Hydropolypen von Rovigno, nebst Uebersicht über das System der Hydropolypen im Allgemeinen. Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Thiere 10: 472-555., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9962633
page(s): 482 [details]
original description (of Obelia geniculata f. subsessilis Jäderholm, 1904) Jäderholm, E. (1904). Hydroiden aus den Küsten von Chile. <em>Arkiv for Zoologi.</em> 2: 1-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6393488
page(s): 2, pl. 1, fig. 2 [details]
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original description (of Obelia geniculata f. gaussi Vanhöffen, 1910) Vanhöffen, E. (1910). Die Hydroiden der Deutschen Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903. <em>Deutsche Südpolar Expedition.</em> 2(4): 269-340., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6727747
page(s): 305, fig. 25d [details]
original description (of Sertularia geniculata Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
![PDF available PDF available](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia/images/pdf_lock.png)
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) Huang ZG. & Lin S. (1993). Biofouling of Deep Bay buoys. In: Morton B, editor. Proceedings of the first internationl conference on the marine biology of Hong Kong and the south China Sea. The marine biology of the South China Sea. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong.1: pp 153-165. [details]
context source (RAS) Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details]
context source (Bermuda) Morris, B. F.; Mogelberg, D. D. (1973). Identification manual to the pelagic Sargassum fauna. BBSR Special Publication # 11 , 1-63 [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 Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
![PDF available PDF available](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia/images/pdf_lock.png)
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 Calder, D. R. and S. D. Cairns. 2009. Hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 381–394 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [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
![PDF available PDF available](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia/images/pdf_lock.png)
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
![PDF available PDF available](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia/images/pdf_lock.png)
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
![PDF available PDF available](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia/images/pdf_lock.png)
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]
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Type locality England, Kent, Dover (Cornelius, 1975b) [details]From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species vector dispersal United States part of the North Pacific Ocean (Marine Region) Debris: transport of species on human generated debris (dock) [details]From other sources
Biology colonial [details]Distribution semi-cosmopolitan [details]
Language | Name | |
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Dutch | geknoopte zeedraad | [details] |
English | zigzag wine-glass hydroidknotted thread hydroidkelp furbell hydroid | [details] |
French | obélie | [details] |
German | Zickzack-GlockenpolypObeliapolypGlockenpolyp | [details] |
Japanese | エダフトオベリア | [details] |
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
To Barcode of Life (80 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (100 publications) (from synonym Campanularia geniculata (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (236 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Obelia geniculata)
To GenBank (142 nucleotides; 62 proteins)
To MNHN Type collection (IK 2014-1926) (from synonym Laomedea lairii Lamouroux, 1816)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (102 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 095662)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (80 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (100 publications) (from synonym Campanularia geniculata (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (236 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Obelia geniculata)
To GenBank (142 nucleotides; 62 proteins)
To MNHN Type collection (IK 2014-1926) (from synonym Laomedea lairii Lamouroux, 1816)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (102 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 095662)
To ITIS