Canadian Register of Marine Species - Turritopsis McCrady, 1857

CaRMS taxon details

Turritopsis McCrady, 1857

Turritopsis nutricula from Brazil, by Alvaro E. Migotto, http://cifonauta.cebimar.usp.br/photo/2181/

AphiaID

117056 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117056)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Turritopsis nutricula McCrady, 1857 (type by monotypy)

Parent

Oceaniidae Eschscholtz, 1829

Original name

Turritopsis McCrady, 1857

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Species Turritopsis nutricula McCrady, 1857

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

McCrady, J., 1857. Description of Oceania (Turritopsis) nutricula nov. spec. and the embryological history of a singular medusan larva, found in the cavity of its bell. Proc. Elliott Soc. nat. Hist. 1 : 55-90., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42536539
page(s): 55 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Turritopsis McCrady, 1857. Accessed through: Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/CaRMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117056 on 2026-05-21

Regional species database citation

Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2026). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Turritopsis McCrady, 1857. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117056 on 2026-05-21

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2006-06-12 07:16:42Z

checked

Boero, Ferdinando

2009-12-29 08:28:59Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

2015-05-19 05:56:57Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

2016-06-01 05:36:20Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

2016-08-17 13:56:52Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

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original description McCrady, J., 1857. Description of Oceania (Turritopsis) nutricula nov. spec. and the embryological history of a singular medusan larva, found in the cavity of its bell. Proc. Elliott Soc. nat. Hist. 1 : 55-90., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42536539
page(s): 55 [details]

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]

basis of record van der Land, J.; Vervoort, W.; Cairns, S.D.; Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydrozoa, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 112-120 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Bouillon, J.; Boero, F. (2000). Synopsis of the families and genera of the Hydromedusae of the world, with a list of the worldwide species. Thalassia Salent. 24: 47-296 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Miglietta, M. P.; Maggioni, D.; Matsumoto, Y. (2018). Phylogenetics and species delimitation of two hydrozoa (phylum Cnidaria): Turritopsis (McCrady, 1857) and Pennaria (Goldfuss, 1820). Marine Biodiversity. 49(3): 1085-1100., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-018-0891-8 [details]

redescription Schuchert, P. (2004). Revision of the European athecate hydroids and their medusae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria): families Oceanidae and Pachycordylidae. Revue Suisse de Zoologie. 111 2: 315-369., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.80242
page(s): 322 [details]

status source Calder, D.R., L.D. Stephens & A.E. Sanders, 1992. Comments on the date of publication of John McCrady's hydrozoan paper Gymnopthalmata of Charleston Harbor. Bull. Zool. Nomencl. 49 4: 287-289. [details]