WoRMS name details
Diphasia pinastrum (Cuvier, 1830)
117882 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117882)
unaccepted (questionable synonym)
Species
Sertularia pinaster Ellis & Solander, 1786 · unaccepted (invalid junior homonym of...)
invalid junior homonym of Sertularia pinaster Lepechin, 1783
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Not documented
Taxonomy Cuvier's spelling is regarded as a new name for the preoccupied name Sertularia pinaster Ellis & Solander, 1786.
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Taxonomy Cuvier's spelling is regarded as a new name for the preoccupied name Sertularia pinaster Ellis & Solander, 1786.
There are two similar but clearly distinct and easily distinguishable Diphasia species in the NE Atlantic
Diphasia alata Hincks (1855) and
Diphasia margareta (Hassal, 1841).
The situation of Diphasia pinastrum (Cuvier, 1830) [= S. pinaster Ellis & Solander, 1786] is debatable.
Although Ellis & Solander (1786) depict hydrothecae with a sharp kink - typical for D. alata - two other details strongly argue in favour that Ellis and Solander had rather Diphasia margareta and not D. alata:
- the gonothecae are much too big for D. alata: the latter species as very small gonothecae (max 0.7 mm), not much larger than the hydrotheca. This is well illustrated in Hincks (1868: pl 48 fig. 2a) and has been checked for several other samples. The gonothecae of D. margareta are 2- 4 mm in length (comp. data in Cornelius 1979)
- the spacing of the hydrothecal pairs is too wide for D. alata: the latter species has a very tight spacing of the hydrothecal pairs, while they are much wider spaced in D. margareta.
Cornelius (1995b: 35) has concluded otherwise, but he was perhaps mislead by the schematic drawings of the hydrothecae in Ellis & Solander (1786).
For the sake of nomenclatural stability, it is thus best to continue the use as given in Cornelius (1995b) and use the names Diphasia alata Hincks (1855) and Diphasia margareta (Hassal, 1841), while Sertularia pinaster Ellis & Solander, 1786 should be regarded as a questionable synonym of Diphasia margareta.
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There are two similar but clearly distinct and easily distinguishable Diphasia species in the NE Atlantic
Diphasia alata Hincks (1855) and
Diphasia margareta (Hassal, 1841).
The situation of Diphasia pinastrum (Cuvier, 1830) [= S. pinaster Ellis & Solander, 1786] is debatable.
Although Ellis & Solander (1786) depict hydrothecae with a sharp kink - typical for D. alata - two other details strongly argue in favour that Ellis and Solander had rather Diphasia margareta and not D. alata:
- the gonothecae are much too big for D. alata: the latter species as very small gonothecae (max 0.7 mm), not much larger than the hydrotheca. This is well illustrated in Hincks (1868: pl 48 fig. 2a) and has been checked for several other samples. The gonothecae of D. margareta are 2- 4 mm in length (comp. data in Cornelius 1979)
- the spacing of the hydrothecal pairs is too wide for D. alata: the latter species has a very tight spacing of the hydrothecal pairs, while they are much wider spaced in D. margareta.
Cornelius (1995b: 35) has concluded otherwise, but he was perhaps mislead by the schematic drawings of the hydrothecae in Ellis & Solander (1786).
For the sake of nomenclatural stability, it is thus best to continue the use as given in Cornelius (1995b) and use the names Diphasia alata Hincks (1855) and Diphasia margareta (Hassal, 1841), while Sertularia pinaster Ellis & Solander, 1786 should be regarded as a questionable synonym of Diphasia margareta.
[details]
Schuchert, P. (2024). World Hydrozoa Database. Diphasia pinastrum (Cuvier, 1830). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117882 on 2024-04-24
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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]
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
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additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [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
[request] additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Biology colonial; fixed gonophores [details]Taxonomy Cuvier's spelling is regarded as a new name for the preoccupied name Sertularia pinaster Ellis & Solander, 1786.
There are two similar but clearly distinct and easily distinguishable Diphasia species in the NE Atlantic
Diphasia alata Hincks (1855) and
Diphasia margareta (Hassal, 1841).
The situation of Diphasia pinastrum (Cuvier, 1830) [= S. pinaster Ellis & Solander, 1786] is debatable.
Although Ellis & Solander (1786) depict hydrothecae with a sharp kink - typical for D. alata - two other details strongly argue in favour that Ellis and Solander had rather Diphasia margareta and not D. alata:
- the gonothecae are much too big for D. alata: the latter species as very small gonothecae (max 0.7 mm), not much larger than the hydrotheca. This is well illustrated in Hincks (1868: pl 48 fig. 2a) and has been checked for several other samples. The gonothecae of D. margareta are 2- 4 mm in length (comp. data in Cornelius 1979)
- the spacing of the hydrothecal pairs is too wide for D. alata: the latter species has a very tight spacing of the hydrothecal pairs, while they are much wider spaced in D. margareta.
Cornelius (1995b: 35) has concluded otherwise, but he was perhaps mislead by the schematic drawings of the hydrothecae in Ellis & Solander (1786).
For the sake of nomenclatural stability, it is thus best to continue the use as given in Cornelius (1995b) and use the names Diphasia alata Hincks (1855) and Diphasia margareta (Hassal, 1841), while Sertularia pinaster Ellis & Solander, 1786 should be regarded as a questionable synonym of Diphasia margareta.
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From other sources
Habitat shelf to upper slope [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (33 publications) (from synonym Sertularia pinaster Ellis & Solander, 1786)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (33 publications) (from synonym Sertularia pinaster Ellis & Solander, 1786)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To PESI
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Image from synonym
