Canadian Register of Marine Species - Laomedea dichotoma (Linnaeus, 1758)

CaRMS name details

Laomedea dichotoma (Linnaeus, 1758)

AphiaID

152100 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:152100)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (synonym)

Accepted name

Obelia dichotoma (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank

Species

Parent

Laomedea Lamouroux, 1812

Original name

Sertularia dichotoma Linnaeus, 1758

Environment

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

Original description

(of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 812 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P. (2021). World Hydrozoa Database. Laomedea dichotoma (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Kennedy, M.K., L. Van Guelpen, G. Pohle, L. Bajona (Eds.) (2021) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=152100 on 2026-08-07

Regional species database citation

Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2026). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Laomedea dichotoma (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=152100 on 2026-08-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-04-07 08:53:48Z

created

Cuvelier, Daphne

2010-03-15 14:18:34Z

checked

Schuchert, Peter

2013-01-31 08:36:19Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

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original description (of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 812 [details] Available for editors

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

basis of record Leloup, E. (1933). Contribution à la connaissance des hydropolypes de la côte des Pays-Bas [Contribution to the knowladge of the hydropolyps of the Dutch coast]. <i>Bull. Mus. royal d'Hist. Nat. Belg./Med. Kon. Natuurhist. Mus. Belg. 9(45)</i>: 1-30 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Bromley, J.E.C. & J.S. Bleakney. (1985). Keys to the fauna and flora of Minas Basin. <em>National Research Council of Canada Report, Halifax, N.S.</em> 24119: 366 PP. [details]

additional source Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

source of synonymy Hansson, H. (2004). North East Atlantic Taxa (NEAT): Nematoda. Internet pdf Ed. Aug 1998. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Language	Name
Dutch	gespletene zeedraad	[details]

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