WoRMS taxon details
Sphaerocoryne Pictet, 1893
117240 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117240)
accepted
Genus
Sphaerocoryne bedoti Pictet, 1893 (type by monotypy)
Corynitis McCrady, 1859 · unaccepted (name preocupied by Corynitis,...)
name preocupied by Corynitis, Geyer 1832 [Lepidoptera]
Dipurella Hargitt, 1902 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (synonym)
Linvillea Mayer, 1910 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Sphaerocoryne agassizii (McCrady, 1859)
- Species Sphaerocoryne bedoti Pictet, 1893
- Species Sphaerocoryne coccometra (Bigelow, 1909)
- Species Sphaerocoryne peterseni Bouillon, 1984
- Species Sphaerocoryne arcuata (Haeckel, 1879) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Sphaerocoryne multitentaculata (Warren, 1908) accepted as Sphaerocoryne bedoti Pictet, 1893 (synonym)
marine, terrestrial
recent only
Pictet, C. 1893. Étude sur les hydraires de la Baie d'Amboine. Revue suisse de Zoologie 1: 1-64, pls 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10087753 [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2026). World Hydrozoa Database. Sphaerocoryne Pictet, 1893. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117240 on 2026-01-12
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Nomenclature
original description
Pictet, C. 1893. Étude sur les hydraires de la Baie d'Amboine. Revue suisse de Zoologie 1: 1-64, pls 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10087753 [details]
original description (of Linvillea Mayer, 1910) Mayer, A. G. 1910. Medusae of the world. Hydromedusae, Vols. I & II. Scyphomedusae, Vol III. Carnegie Institution, Washington. pp. 735, plates 1-76., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1327020
page(s): 719 [details]
original description (of Corynitis McCrady, 1859) McCrady, J. 1859. Gymnopthalmata of Charleston Harbor. Proceedings of the Elliott Society of Natural History 1: 103-221, pls 8-12. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42536587 [details]
original description (of Dipurella Hargitt, 1902) Hargitt, C. W. (1902). Notes on a few medusae new to Woods Hole. <em>Biological bulletin of the Marine Biological Laboratory / Woods Hole.</em> 4: 13-23.
page(s): 20 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Vervoort, W.; Cairns, S.D.; Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydrozoa, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 112-120 (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Linvillea Mayer, 1910) Mayer, A. G. 1910. Medusae of the world. Hydromedusae, Vols. I & II. Scyphomedusae, Vol III. Carnegie Institution, Washington. pp. 735, plates 1-76., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1327020
page(s): 719 [details]
original description (of Corynitis McCrady, 1859) McCrady, J. 1859. Gymnopthalmata of Charleston Harbor. Proceedings of the Elliott Society of Natural History 1: 103-221, pls 8-12. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42536587 [details]
original description (of Dipurella Hargitt, 1902) Hargitt, C. W. (1902). Notes on a few medusae new to Woods Hole. <em>Biological bulletin of the Marine Biological Laboratory / Woods Hole.</em> 4: 13-23.
page(s): 20 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Vervoort, W.; Cairns, S.D.; Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydrozoa, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 112-120 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
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| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | カイメンウミヒドラ属 | [details] |
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