original description
Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena. 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 184 [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]
redescription
Kramp, P. L. (1932). A revision of the medusae belonging to family Mitrocomidae. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening i København. 92: 305-383, pl. 10.
page(s): 340 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Diagnosis Mitrocomidae medusa with 4 radial canals; marginal cirri spirally coiled or not; 8, 12 or 16 (exceptionally up to 19) statocysts. Hydroid of ‘‘Cuspidella’’ type; operculum pleated, presenting no clear limits with the hydrothecal margin; gonothecae unknown. [details]
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