Peruvian Register of Marine Species

PeRMS source details

Agassiz, L. (1860). Contributions to the Natural History of the United States of America. 3 :1-301.
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Agassiz, L.
1860
Contributions to the Natural History of the United States of America
3 :1-301.
Publication
(1-26, figs A-N), pls 1-19. Little, Brown & Co., Boston.
Systematics, Taxonomy
Zoogeography, Biogeography (generalities), Geographic distribution
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Bolinopsis L. Agassiz, 1860 (original description)
Hormiphora L. Agassiz, 1860 (original description)
Stomolophus Agassiz, 1860 (original description)
 Diagnosis

Hormiphora hormiphora designated as the Type species [details]

 Identification

Pl. Bachei, discovered by my son on the shores of Washington Territory, is another species with red tentacles, but ... [details]

 Nomenclature

Agassiz, 1860: 194-195: Gegenbaur, perceiving the inappropriateness of uniting the genera Cestum, Cydippe, and ... [details]

 Taxonomy

Likely not a ctenophore, described with no anatomy, but listed in Cestidae by Agassiz (1860), and synonymized with ... [details]

 Type locality

“Found in the Gulf of Georgia, W.T. [Washington Territory] and in the eastern part of the Straits of Fuca, during ... [details]

 Type locality

"shores of Washington territory" (Agassiz, 1860: 208); “Found in the Gulf of Georgia, and entrance to Admiralty ... [details]

 Type species

Mertensia ovum (Fabricius, 1780) [details]