WoRMS taxon details

Orthopyxis compressa (Clark, 1877)

292523  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:292523)

accepted
Species
Campanularia compressa Clark, 1877 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Campanularia compressa Clark, 1877) Clark, S. F. (1877). Report on the hydroids collected on the coast of Alaska and the Aleutian Islands, by W.H. Dall, U.S. Coast Survey, and party, from 1871 to 1874 inclusive. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 28, 209-238., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26298930
page(s): 214, pl. 8 [details]   
Type locality contained in Shumagin Islands  
type locality contained in Shumagin Islands [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Status Often regarded as indistinguishable from Orthopyxis integra (MacGillivray, 1842). Many records of both species outside...  
Status Often regarded as indistinguishable from Orthopyxis integra (MacGillivray, 1842). Many records of both species outside their type localities are likely wrong. All the Orthopyxis species need a thorough revision. [details]
Schuchert, P. (2024). World Hydrozoa Database. Orthopyxis compressa (Clark, 1877). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=292523 on 2024-04-20
Date
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2008-01-21 13:45:25Z
created
2011-05-05 06:13:49Z
changed
2013-09-10 08:54:31Z
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2014-03-22 15:39:25Z
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2022-09-21 08:55:22Z
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original description  (of Campanularia compressa Clark, 1877) Clark, S. F. (1877). Report on the hydroids collected on the coast of Alaska and the Aleutian Islands, by W.H. Dall, U.S. Coast Survey, and party, from 1871 to 1874 inclusive. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 28, 209-238., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26298930
page(s): 214, pl. 8 [details]   

source of synonymy van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]   

redescription Arai, M.N. & A. Brinckmann-Voss, 1980. Hydromedusae of British Columbia and Puget Sound. Can. Bull. Fish. aquat. Sci. 204 : 1-192.
page(s): 101, figs 57-58 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Status Often regarded as indistinguishable from Orthopyxis integra (MacGillivray, 1842). Many records of both species outside their type localities are likely wrong. All the Orthopyxis species need a thorough revision. [details]