WoRMS name details
Dactylometra quinquecirrha Agassiz, 1862
564908 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:564908)
unaccepted (authority wrongly stated)
Species
- Variety Dactylometra quinquecirrha var. chesapeakei Papenfuss, 1936 accepted as Chrysaora chesapeakei (Papenfuss, 1936) (Raised from variety to species by Bayha et al. 2017)
- Variety Dactylometra quinquecirrha var. pacifica Goette, 1886 accepted as Chrysaora pacifica (Goette, 1886) (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Pelagia quinquecirrha Desor, 1848) Desor, E. (1848). No title. Meeting of the November 1, 1848. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 3(1848 to 1851): 73–77 (Desor part pp. 75–76).
page(s): 76 [details]
page(s): 76 [details]
Nomenclature Agassiz (1862) transferred the species to the genus Dactylometra. Some subsequent authors wrongly stated the species...
Nomenclature Agassiz (1862) transferred the species to the genus Dactylometra. Some subsequent authors wrongly stated the species authority to Agassiz, but the original binomen was proposed by Desor (1848) [details]
Collins, A.G.; Morandini, A.C.; Cartwright, P. (2025). World List of Scyphozoa. Dactylometra quinquecirrha Agassiz, 1862. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=564908 on 2025-07-06
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pelagia quinquecirrha Desor, 1848) Desor, E. (1848). No title. Meeting of the November 1, 1848. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 3(1848 to 1851): 73–77 (Desor part pp. 75–76).
page(s): 76 [details]
page(s): 76 [details]
Other
additional source
Haeckel, E. (1880). Das System der Acraspeden. 2te Hälfte des Systems der Medusen. Acht Nachträge zur Vervollständigung des Systems. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 2: 361-672, plates 21-40., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605982
page(s): 518 [details]
page(s): 518 [details]
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature Agassiz (1862) transferred the species to the genus Dactylometra. Some subsequent authors wrongly stated the species authority to Agassiz, but the original binomen was proposed by Desor (1848) [details]
