World Register of Deep-Sea species - Obelia dichotoma (Linnaeus, 1758)

(of Sertularia dichotoma Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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Type data

Note Coast of SW England

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Type locality Coast of SW England [details]

Descriptive notes

Distribution cosmopolitan

Distribution cosmopolitan [details]

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P. (2024). World Hydrozoa Database. Obelia dichotoma (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117386 on 2024-12-21

Taxonomic edit history

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original description (of Obelia plicata Hincks, 1868) Hincks, Th., 1868. A history of the British hydroid zoophytes.London, John van Voorst. Volume 1 : i-lxviii + 1-338, volume 2: pls 1-67., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46798707
page(s): 159, pl. 30, figs 1, 1a [details]

original description (of Obelia commissuralis McCrady, 1859) McCrady, J. 1859. Gymnopthalmata of Charleston Harbor. Proceedings of the Elliott Society of Natural History 1: 103-221, pls 8-12. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42536587
page(s): 197, pl. 11 figs 5-7 [details]

original description (of Campanularia cheloniae Allman, 1888) Allman, G. J. (1888). Report on the Hydroida dredged by H. M. S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. Part II.- The Tubularinae, Corymorphinae, Campanularinae, Sertularinae, and Thalamophora. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology. 23 (part 70): i-lxix, 1-90, pl. 1-39., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49519881
page(s): 22, pl. 11 figs 2-2a [details]

original description (of Sertularia dichotoma Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 812 [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Campanularia maior Meyen, 1834) Meyen, F.J.F. (1834). Uber das leuchten des Meeres, und Beschreibuhg einiger Polypen und anderer niederer Thierre. [Did you mean: Über das leuchten des Meeres, und Beschreibung einiger Polypen und anderer niederer Thierre. [On the luminescence of the sea, and description of some polyps and other lower animals.]. In: Meyen, F. J. F. (ed.) IBeitrage zur Zoologie, gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erde. Verhandlungen den Kaiserlichen Leopoldinisch-Carolinischen Akademie der Naturforscher . 16: 125-216., available online at http://books.google.ch/books?id=_ckAAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=fr&source=gbs_v2_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q=&f=false
page(s): 196, pl. 32, figs 1-4 [details]

original description (of Campanularia brasiliensis Meyen, 1834) Meyen, F.J.F. (1834). Uber das leuchten des Meeres, und Beschreibuhg einiger Polypen und anderer niederer Thierre. [Did you mean: Über das leuchten des Meeres, und Beschreibung einiger Polypen und anderer niederer Thierre. [On the luminescence of the sea, and description of some polyps and other lower animals.]. In: Meyen, F. J. F. (ed.) IBeitrage zur Zoologie, gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erde. Verhandlungen den Kaiserlichen Leopoldinisch-Carolinischen Akademie der Naturforscher . 16: 125-216., available online at http://books.google.ch/books?id=_ckAAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=fr&source=gbs_v2_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q=&f=false
page(s): 198, pl. 32 fig. 5. [details]

original description (of Campanularia cavolinii Deshayes & Edwards, 1836) Deshayes, G. P.; Milne Edwards, H. (1836). Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres, présentant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent, par J. B. P. A. de Lamarck. Deuxième édition, Tome deuxième. Histoire des Polypes. J. B. Baillière: Paris. 683 pp. + errata (1 p. unpaginated). In: J. B. P. A. Lamarck. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertebres. Paris. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/64022
page(s): 133 [details]

original description (of Campanularia caulini Delle Chiaje, 1841) Delle Chiaje, S. (1841-1844). Descrizione e notomia degli animali invertebrati della Sicilia citeriore osservati vivi negli anni 1822-1830. Batteli & Co., Naples. Parts 1-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10031#/summary
page(s): 143 [details]

original description (of Laomedea gracilis Dana, 1846) Dana, J.D. (1846-1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia. 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-120, 709-720; 1848: 121-708, 721-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61)., available online at http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/navigation/ScientificText/USExEx19_08select.cfm
page(s): 689, pl. 61 figs 7a-b [details]

original description (of Laomedea divaricata McCrady, 1859) McCrady, J. 1859. Gymnopthalmata of Charleston Harbor. Proceedings of the Elliott Society of Natural History 1: 103-221, pls 8-12. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42536587
page(s): 195 [details]

original description (of Eucope parasitica A. Agassiz, 1865) Agassiz, A. (1865). North American Acalephae. Illustrated Catalogue of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College. 2: 1-234., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/1837
page(s): 87 [details]

original description (of Eucope articulata A. Agassiz, 1865) Agassiz, A. (1865). North American Acalephae. Illustrated Catalogue of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College. 2: 1-234., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/1837
page(s): 89, figs 130-131 [details]

original description (of Obelia dubia Nutting, 1901) Nutting, C. C. 1901a. Papers from the Harriman Alaska Expedition. XXI. The hydroids. Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Science 3: 157-216, pls 14-26., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8872985
page(s): 174, pl. 20 fig. 1 [details]

original description (of Schizocladium ramosum Allman, 1871) Allman, G.J. (1871b). On a mode of reproduction by spontaneous fission in the Hydroida. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, new series. 11: 18-21, pl. 2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14702567
page(s): 18, pl. 2 figs 1-8 [details]

original description (of Obelia pygmaea Coughtrey, 1876) Coughtrey, M. (1876). Critical notes on the New Zealand Hydroida, suborder Thecaphora. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (4)17: 22-32., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19266924
page(s): 25, pl. 3 fig. 3 [details]

original description (of Obelia Adelungi Hartlaub, 1884) Hartlaub, C. (1884). Beobachtungen über die Entstehung der Sexualzellen bei Obelia. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie. 41: 159-185, pls 11-12., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45396114
page(s): 164, fig. 1, pls 11-12 [details]

original description (of Obelia helgolandica Hartlaub, 1884) Hartlaub, C. (1884). Beobachtungen über die Entstehung der Sexualzellen bei Obelia. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie. 41: 159-185, pls 11-12., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45396114
page(s): 165, fig. 2, pls 11-12 [details]

original description (of Obelia angulosa Bale, 1888) Bale, W. M. 1888. On some new and rare Hydroida in the Australian Museum collections. - Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales ser 2 volume 3: 745-799, plates 12-21., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36009519
page(s): 752, pl. 12 fig. 3 [details]

original description (of Obelia chinensis Marktanner-Turneretscher, 1890) Marktanner-Turneretscher, G. 1890. Hydroiden des K. & K. Naturhistorischen Hofmuseums. - Annalen des K. K. Naturhistorischen Hofmuseums 5: 195-286., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4047029
page(s): 209, pl. 3 figs 6-7 [details]

original description (of Obelia arruensis Marktanner-Turneretscher, 1890) Marktanner-Turneretscher, G. 1890. Hydroiden des K. & K. Naturhistorischen Hofmuseums. - Annalen des K. K. Naturhistorischen Hofmuseums 5: 195-286., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4047029
page(s): 210, pl. 3 fig. 8 [details]

original description (of Obelia nigrocaulus Hilgendorf, 1898) Hilgendorf, F. W. 1898. On the hydroids of the neighbourhood of Dunedin. - Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 30: 200-218, pls 16-21., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25449556
page(s): 203, pl. 17 fig. 1 [details]

original description (of Obelia gracilis Calkins, 1899) Calkins, G.N., 1899. Some Hydroids from Puget Sound. Proc. Boston Soc. nat. Hist. 28 13: 333-367.
page(s): 353, pl. 3 figs 13, 13a-c, pl. 6 fig. 13d [details]

original description (of Obelia biserialis Fraser, 1948) Fraser, C. M. 1948. Hydroids of the Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions since March, 1938. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions 4: 179-343. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4678834
page(s): 213, pl. 24 fig. 6 [details]

original description (of Gonothyraea integra Fraser, 1942) Fraser C.M. (1942). Seven new species and one new genus of hydroids, mostly from the Atlantic Ocean. Proceedings of the U.S. national Museum. 88(3090): 575-580, pls 32-33., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7720350 [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Obelia australis von Lendenfeld, 1885) von Lendenfeld, R. (1885). The Australian Hydromedusae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 9: 206-241; 345-353; 401-420; 467-492; 581-634, pls 6-8, 12-17, 20-29., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/30487#222
page(s): 604 [details]

original description (of Obelia nodosa Bale, 1924) Bale W.M. (1924). Report on some hydroids from the New Zealand coast, with notes on New Zealand Hydroida generally, supplementing Farquhar's list. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 55: 225-268., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33682042
page(s): 230, fig. 1 [details]

original description (of Obelia surcularis Calkins, 1899) Calkins, G.N., 1899. Some Hydroids from Puget Sound. Proc. Boston Soc. nat. Hist. 28 13: 333-367.
page(s): 355, pl. 3 figs 14, 14a-bc, pl. 6 fig. 14c [details]

original description (of Obelia fragilis Calkins, 1899) Calkins, G.N., 1899. Some Hydroids from Puget Sound. Proc. Boston Soc. nat. Hist. 28 13: 333-367.
page(s): 355, pl. 3 figs 15, 15a-b, pl. 6 fig. 15c [details]

original description (of Obelia griffini Calkins, 1899) Calkins, G.N., 1899. Some Hydroids from Puget Sound. Proc. Boston Soc. nat. Hist. 28 13: 333-367.
page(s): 357, pl. 4 figs 18, 18a-c, pl. 6 fig. 18d [details]

original description (of Obelia rhunicola Billard, 1901) Billard, A. (1901). De la stolonisation chez les hydroïdes. Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences, Paris. 133: 521-524., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5481143
page(s): 522 [details]

original description (of Obelia borealis Nutting, 1901) Nutting, C. C. 1901a. Papers from the Harriman Alaska Expedition. XXI. The hydroids. Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Science 3: 157-216, pls 14-26., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8872985
page(s): 174, pl. 19 figs 4-6 [details]

original description (of Obelia solowetzkiana Schydlwsky, 1902) Schydlowsky, A., 1902. Les Hydraires de la Mer Blanche le long du littoral des îles Solowetsky. Trudy Obshch. Ispyt. Prir. imp. Khar'kow 36 : 1-277.
page(s): 123, figs 17-19; note: (In Latin and Russian) [details]

original description (of Campanularia obtusidens Jäderholm, 1904) Jäderholm, E. (1904). Hydroiden aus den Küsten von Chile. Arkiv for Zoologi. 2: 1-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6393488
page(s): 2, pl. 1 fig. 1 [details]

original description (of Obelia congdoni Hargitt, 1909) Hargitt, C. W. (1909). New and little known hydroids of Woods Hole. Biological Bulletin. 17(6): 369-385., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/935711
page(s): 375 [details]

original description (of Laomedea sargassi Broch, 1913) Broch, H., 1913. Hydroida from the "Michael Sars" North Atlantic Deep-Sea Expedition 1910. Rep. scient. Res. Michael Sars N. Atlant. Deep-Sea Exped. 3 (1), Zool.: 1-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38924787
page(s): 11 [details]

original description (of Obelia undotheca Stechow, 1923) Stechow, E. 1923a. Neue Hydroiden der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition, nebst Bemerkungen über einige andre Formen. - Zoologischer Anzeiger 56: 1-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9897974
page(s): 4 [details]

original description (of Obelia coughtreyi Bale, 1924) Bale W.M. (1924). Report on some hydroids from the New Zealand coast, with notes on New Zealand Hydroida generally, supplementing Farquhar's list. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 55: 225-268., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33682042
page(s): 230, fig. 2 [details]

original description (of Obelia everta Hargitt, 1927) Hargitt, C. W. 1927. Some hydroids of South China. - Bulletin of the Museum of comparative Zoölogy of Harvard College 67: 491-520., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2798673
page(s): 05, fig. 4 [details]

original description (of Obelia sinuosa Leloup, 1935) Leloup, E. (1935). Hydraires calyptoblastiques des Indes Occidentales. (Zoologische Ergebnisse einer Reise nach Bonaire, Curaçao und Aruba im Jahre 1930, No. 13). Mémoires du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique. 2: 1-73.
page(s): 25, fig. 10 [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Obelia racemosa Fraser, 1941) Fraser, C. M. (1941). New species of hydroids, mostly from the Atlantic Ocean, in the United States National Museum. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 91: 77-89, pls. 13-17., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/32533#103
page(s): 137, pl. 15 fig 7 [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Obelia alternata Fraser, 1938) Fraser, C. M. (1938). Hydroids of the 1934 Allan Hancock Pacific Expedition. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions. 4: 1-105, pls 1-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4678840
page(s): 35, pl. 8 fig. 38 [details]

original description (of Obelia equilateralis Fraser, 1938) Fraser, C. M. (1938). Hydroids of the 1934 Allan Hancock Pacific Expedition. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions. 4: 1-105, pls 1-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4678840
page(s): 37, pl. 9 fig. 40 [details]

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

context source (Bermuda) Calder D.R. (1991). Shallow-water hydroids of Bermuda: the Thecatae, exclusive of Plumularioidea. Royal Ontario Museum Life Sciences Contributions. 154: 1-140. [details] Available for editors

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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 Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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additional source NODC. (1997). NODC Taxonomic codes. [details]

additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]

additional source Calder D.R. (1991). Shallow-water hydroids of Bermuda: the Thecatae, exclusive of Plumularioidea. Royal Ontario Museum Life Sciences Contributions. 154: 1-140.
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additional source Calder, D. R. and S. D. Cairns. 2009. Hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 381–394 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V.; Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors

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additional source Watson, J. E. (2024). The marine hydroids of south-eastern Australia (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa). Museum Victoria Science Reports. 22: 1-121., available online at https://doi.org/10.24199/j.mvsr.2024.22
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additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [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]

redescription Cornelius, P. F. S. (1995). North-West European Thecate Hydroids and their Medusae.Part 2. Sertulariidae to Campanulariidae. In: R.S.K. Barnes & J.H. Crothers, eds, Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series). The Linn. Soc. London and Est. Coas. Sci. Ass. - Field Studies Council. 50 : i-vii, 1-386. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 296, fig. 69 [details]

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Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

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Distribution cosmopolitan [details]

Type locality Coast of SW England [details]

From regional or thematic species database

Introduced species vector dispersal Galapagos part of the South Pacific Ocean (Marine Region) Ships: accidental as attached or free-living fouling organisms
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Introduced species vector dispersal United States part of the North Pacific Ocean (Marine Region) Debris: transport of species on human generated debris (dock fender) [details]

Definitions

Language	Name
Dutch	lange zeedraadgespletene zeedraad [from synonym]	[details]
English	thin-walled obeliasea thread hydroid	[details]
German	Gegabelter Glockenpolyp	[details]
Japanese	ヤセオベリア	[details]

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Obelia dichotoma (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Van Beneden (1867, pl. 15)

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