Deep-Sea taxon details
Aeginopsis laurentii Brandt, 1838
117265 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117265)
accepted
Species
marine, terrestrial
Brandt, J. F. (1838a). Ausführliche Beschreibung der von C. H. Mertens auf seiner Weltumsegelung beobachteten Schwimmquallen. <em>Mémoires de l'Académie impériale des sciences de St.-Pétersbourg.</em> (6)2: 237-412., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29058927
page(s): 363, pl. 6 figs 1-6 [details]
page(s): 363, pl. 6 figs 1-6 [details]
Note Saint Lawrence Bay, Chukotka, Bering Sea
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Type locality Saint Lawrence Bay, Chukotka, Bering Sea [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Aeginopsis laurentii Brandt, 1838. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117265 on 2026-06-20
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Aeginopsis laurentii Brandt, 1838. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117265 on 2026-06-20
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Brandt, J. F. (1838a). Ausführliche Beschreibung der von C. H. Mertens auf seiner Weltumsegelung beobachteten Schwimmquallen. <em>Mémoires de l'Académie impériale des sciences de St.-Pétersbourg.</em> (6)2: 237-412., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29058927
page(s): 363, pl. 6 figs 1-6 [details]
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 van der Land, J.; Vervoort, W.; Cairns, S.D.; Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydrozoa, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 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. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
page(s): 363, pl. 6 figs 1-6 [details]
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 van der Land, J.; Vervoort, W.; Cairns, S.D.; Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydrozoa, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 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. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Biology direct development [details]Diagnosis Aeginopsis medusa up to 25 mm wide, hemispherical or somewhat conical, apex thick, lateral walls very thin. Stomach broad, lenticular; 16 rectangular stomach pouches (eight primary pouches deeply cleft). 4 large primary tentacles issuing at a very high level; 4 perradial and 4 interradial peronia. No peripheral canal system; 2-3 statocysts in each octant. [details]
Habitat surface to deep water [details]
Type locality Saint Lawrence Bay, Chukotka, Bering Sea [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ハッポウクラゲモドキ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (16 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Aeginopsis laurentii)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (88 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Aeginopsis laurentii)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (88 records)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
