Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS)

WoRMS taxon details

Turritopsis McCrady, 1857

Turritopsis nutricula from Brazil, by Alvaro E. Migotto, http://cifonauta.cebimar.usp.br/photo/2181/

AphiaID

117056 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117056)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Turritopsis nutricula McCrady, 1857 (type by monotypy)

Parent

Oceaniidae Eschscholtz, 1829

Original name

Turritopsis McCrady, 1857

Synonymised names

Clavopsis Graeffe, 1883 · unaccepted (possible synonym, doubtful genus)

Clavula Wright, 1859 · unaccepted (synonym)

Dendroclava Weismann, 1883 · unaccepted (synonym)

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Species Turritopsis dohrnii (Weismann, 1883)
Species Turritopsis lata von Lendenfeld, 1885
Species Turritopsis minor (Nutting, 1906)
Species Turritopsis nutricula McCrady, 1857
Species Turritopsis pacifica Maas, 1909
Species Turritopsis polycirrha (Keferstein, 1862)
Species Turritopsis rubra (Farquhar, 1895)
Species Turritopsis armata (Kölliker, 1853) accepted as Oceania armata Kölliker, 1853
Species Turritopsis chevalense (Thorneley, 1904) accepted as Oceania armata Kölliker, 1853 (possible synonym)
Species Turritopsis fascicularis Fraser, 1943 accepted as Oceania armata Kölliker, 1853 (synonym)
Species Turritopsis polynema Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Turritopsis polycirrha (Keferstein, 1862) (synonym)
Species Turritopsis pleurostoma (Péron & Lesueur, 1810) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Species Turritopsis vacuolata (Xu & Huang, 2006) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, juvenile)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

McCrady, J., 1857. Description of Oceania (Turritopsis) nutricula nov. spec. and the embryological history of a singular medusan larva, found in the cavity of its bell. Proc. Elliott Soc. nat. Hist. 1 : 55-90., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42536539
page(s): 55 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P. (2024). World Hydrozoa Database. Turritopsis McCrady, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117056 on 2024-11-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2006-06-12 07:16:42Z

checked

Boero, Ferdinando

2009-12-29 08:28:59Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

2015-05-19 05:56:57Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

2016-06-01 05:36:20Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

2016-08-17 13:56:52Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

Licensing

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original description McCrady, J., 1857. Description of Oceania (Turritopsis) nutricula nov. spec. and the embryological history of a singular medusan larva, found in the cavity of its bell. Proc. Elliott Soc. nat. Hist. 1 : 55-90., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42536539
page(s): 55 [details]

original description (of Clavula Wright, 1859) Wright, T.S. (1859). Observations on British zoophytes. The Edinburgh new philosophical journal. 10:105-114, plates 8-9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25486569
page(s): 105 [details]

original description (of Clavopsis Graeffe, 1883) Graeffe E. (1883a). Biologische Notizen über Seethiere der Adria. Zur Fortpflanzung der Hydroidpolypen. Bollettino della Società Adriatica di Scienze Naturali in Trieste. 8: 79-89, pls 1-2., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12822797
page(s): 84 [details]

original description (of Dendroclava Weismann, 1883) Weismann, A. 1883. Die Entstehung der Sexualzellen bei den Hydromedusen. Zugleich ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis des Baues und der Lebenserscheinungen dieser Gruppe. Gustav Fischer, Jena, pp. i-xiii, 1-295, pls 1-24., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9646925
page(s): 26 [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, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 112-120 (look up in IMIS) [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. Thalassia Salent. 24: 47-296 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Miglietta, M. P.; Maggioni, D.; Matsumoto, Y. (2018). Phylogenetics and species delimitation of two hydrozoa (phylum Cnidaria): Turritopsis (McCrady, 1857) and Pennaria (Goldfuss, 1820). Marine Biodiversity. 49(3): 1085-1100., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-018-0891-8 [details]

redescription Schuchert, P. (2004). Revision of the European athecate hydroids and their medusae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria): families Oceanidae and Pachycordylidae. Revue Suisse de Zoologie. 111 2: 315-369., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41187667
page(s): 322 [details]

status source Calder, D.R., L.D. Stephens & A.E. Sanders, 1992. Comments on the date of publication of John McCrady's hydrozoan paper Gymnopthalmata of Charleston Harbor. Bull. Zool. Nomencl. 49 4: 287-289. [details]