Canadian Register of Marine Species

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Name

Agassiz, L. (1860). Contributions to the Natural History of the United States of America. 3 :1-301.

SourceID

35266

Authors

Agassiz, L.

Year

1860

Title

Contributions to the Natural History of the United States of America

Suffix

3 :1-301.

Type

Publication

Link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16063102

Note

(1-26, figs A-N), pls 1-19. Little, Brown & Co., Boston.

Bibliographical terms

Systematics, Taxonomy
Zoogeography, Biogeography (generalities), Geographic distribution

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2013-01-12 18:30:12Z

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Taxa (8)
Notes (7)

Bolinidae Agassiz, 1860 accepted as Bolinopsidae Bigelow, 1912 (original description)
Bolinidae Agassiz, 1860 accepted as Bolinopsidae Bigelow, 1912 (basis of record)
Bolinopsis L. Agassiz, 1860 (original description)
Hormiphora L. Agassiz, 1860 (original description)
Hybocodon prolifer Agassiz, 1860 (original description)
Hydractinia polyclina L. Agassiz, 1860 (original description)
Mertensiidae L. Agassiz, 1860 (original description)
Mnemiopsis L. Agassiz, 1860 (original description)

Diagnosis

for Hormiphora L. Agassiz, 1860

Hormiphora hormiphora designated as the Type species [details]

Identification

for Pleurobrachia bachei A. Agassiz, in L. Agassiz, 1860

Pl. Bachei, discovered by my son on the shores of Washington Territory, is another species with red tentacles, but ... [details]

Nomenclature

for Cydippe Eschscholtz, 1829

Agassiz, 1860: 194-195: Gegenbaur, perceiving the inappropriateness of uniting the genera Cestum, Cydippe, and ... [details]

Taxonomy

for Lemniscus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824

Likely not a ctenophore, described with no anatomy, but listed in Cestidae by Agassiz (1860), and synonymized with ... [details]

Type locality

for Idyia cyathina A. Agassiz in L. Agassiz, 1860

“Found in the Gulf of Georgia, W.T. [Washington Territory] and in the eastern part of the Straits of Fuca, during ... [details]

Type locality

for Pleurobrachia bachei A. Agassiz, in L. Agassiz, 1860

"shores of Washington territory" (Agassiz, 1860: 208); “Found in the Gulf of Georgia, and entrance to Admiralty ... [details]

Type species

for Mertensiidae L. Agassiz, 1860

Mertensia ovum (Fabricius, 1780) [details]