African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Oceania Péron & Lesueur, 1810

AfReMaS taxon details

Oceania Péron & Lesueur, 1810

Oceania armata from Ville-franche-sur-Mer, Mediterranean; bell size 9 mm

AphiaID

117054 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117054)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Oceania armata Kölliker, 1853 (type by subsequent designation)

Parent

Oceaniidae Eschscholtz, 1829

Original name

Oceania Péron & Lesueur, 1810

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Species Oceania armata Kölliker, 1853

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Péron F. & Lesueur C.A. (1810). Tableau des caractères génériques et spécifiques de toutes les espèces de méduses connues jusqu'à ce jour. Annales du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle de Paris. 14: 325-366., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3498981
page(s): 343 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Oceania Péron & Lesueur, 1810. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117054 on 2025-10-29

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025). African Register of Marine Species. Oceania Péron & Lesueur, 1810. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117054 on 2025-10-29

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

2014-05-22 19:29:52Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

2015-09-30 05:45:21Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

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original description Péron F. & Lesueur C.A. (1810). Tableau des caractères génériques et spécifiques de toutes les espèces de méduses connues jusqu'à ce jour. Annales du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle de Paris. 14: 325-366., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3498981
page(s): 343 [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 Schuchert, P. (2016). The polyps of Oceania armata identified by DNA barcoding (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa). Zootaxa. 4175(6): 539-550., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4175.6.3 [details] Available for editors

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.
page(s): 332 [details]

status source OPINION 2166 (Case 3304) Oceania Péron & Lesueur, 1810 (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa): usage conserved by the designation of Oceania armata Kölliker, 1853 as the type species. Bulletin of Zoological , March 2007, Vol. 64, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34356071 [details] Available for editors

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