WoRMS taxon details

Nanomia cara Agassiz, 1865

135496  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135496)

accepted
Species
Cupulita cara (A. Agassiz, 1865) · unaccepted (Unaccepted combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Agassiz, A. 1865a. Nanomia cara. - Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 9: 181., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32011192
page(s): 181 [details]   
Status It seems that Nanomia cara is likely conspecific with Nanomia bijuga (see also Baxter et al., 2012)  
Status It seems that Nanomia cara is likely conspecific with Nanomia bijuga (see also Baxter et al., 2012) [details]

Distribution semi-cosmopolitan, mainly temperate  
Distribution semi-cosmopolitan, mainly temperate [details]
Schuchert, P. (2024). World Hydrozoa Database. Nanomia cara Agassiz, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135496 on 2024-04-18
Date
action
by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
2006-01-20 13:52:22Z
checked
2013-12-21 19:05:40Z
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original description Agassiz, A. 1865a. Nanomia cara. - Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 9: 181., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32011192
page(s): 181 [details]   

context source (Deepsea) Pugh, P. R. (2013). Confirmed records of Siphonophorae found below 500 m depth. (personal database). [details]   

additional source Fewkes, J.W., 1888. On certain medusae from New England. In: Studies from the Newport marine zool. Lab. Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 13 7: 209-240., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3897617
page(s): 213, pls 1-3 [details]   

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 [request] 

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [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 [request] 

additional source Totton, A. K. 1965. A Synopsis of the Siphonophora. London, British Museum (Natural History). Pp. 230.
page(s): 72, fig.37 [details]   

additional source Kramp, P. L. (1942). Siphonophora. The Godthaab Expedition 1928. <em>Medd. Grønl.</em> 80 (8): 3-24.
page(s): 13 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source Rossi, S., M.J. Youngbluth, C.A. Jacoby, F. Pagès & X. Garrofé. (2008). Fatty acid trophic markers and trophic links among seston, crustacean zooplankton and the siphonophore Nanomia cara in Georges Basin and Oceanographer Canyon (NW Atlantic). Scientia Marina 72(2):403-416.
page(s): 403-416, fig.2 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

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 [request] 

additional source Hosia, A., & Bamstedt, U. 2008. Seasonal abundance and vertical distribution of siphonophores in western Norwegian fjords. Journal of Plankton Research 30: 951-962., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbn045
page(s): 951 [details]   

additional source Baxter, E.J., R. McAllen, A.L. Allcock & T.K. Doyle. (2012). Abundance, distribution and community composition of small gelatinous zooplankton in southern irish coastal waters. Biology & Environment 112B(1):91-103., available online at http://www.doi.org/10.3318/b1oe.2012.01 [details]   

redescription 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): 200, figs 331-350 [details]   

ecology source Fewkes, J.W., 1888. On certain medusae from New England. In: Studies from the Newport marine zool. Lab. Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 13 7: 209-240., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3897617 [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Status It seems that Nanomia cara is likely conspecific with Nanomia bijuga (see also Baxter et al., 2012) [details]

From other sources
Distribution semi-cosmopolitan, mainly temperate [details]

Habitat epipelagic [details]

Habitat upper epipelagic and glacial [details]
LanguageName 
Japanese ナガヨウラクラゲ  [details]