WoRMS taxon details
Solmissus bleekii Haeckel, 1879
284558 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:284558)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 351 [details]
page(s): 351 [details]
Type locality contained in South African part of the South Atlantic Ocean
, Note Atlantic coast of South Africa
type locality contained in South African part of the South Atlantic Ocean [details]
Type locality Atlantic coast of South Africa [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Solmissus bleekii Haeckel, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=284558 on 2025-04-03
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Nomenclature
original description
Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 351 [details]
basis of record Vervoort, W.; Schuchert, P. & van der Land, J. (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 351 [details]
basis of record Vervoort, W.; Schuchert, P. & van der Land, J. (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Verhaegen G., Sangekar M.N., Bentlage B., Hoving H., Collins A.G., Lindsay D. (2023). Drivers behind the diversity and distribution of a widespread midwater narcomedusa. <em>Limnology and Oceanography.</em> 68(9): 2088-2107., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.12408
page(s): 12; note: is likely a distinct, recognizable species; Solmissus with greater than or equal to 28 tentacles [details] Available for editors
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status source Kramp, P. L. (1961). Synopsis of the medusae of the world. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the U. K.</em> 40: 1-469. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 286; note: regards it as a doubtful species [details]
page(s): 12; note: is likely a distinct, recognizable species; Solmissus with greater than or equal to 28 tentacles [details] Available for editors
[request]status source Kramp, P. L. (1961). Synopsis of the medusae of the world. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the U. K.</em> 40: 1-469. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 286; note: regards it as a doubtful species [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type locality Atlantic coast of South Africa [details]
