Deep-Sea taxon details
Modeeria rotunda (Quoy & Gaimard, 1827)
117970 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117970)
accepted
Species
Stegopoma fastigiata (Alder, 1860) · unaccepted (Synonym)
Stegopoma gilberti Nutting, 1906 · unaccepted (synonym)
Stegopoma plumicolum Nutting, 1906 · unaccepted (synonym)
Tiaranna rotunda (Quoy & Gaimard, 1827) · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, terrestrial
(of ) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1827). Observations zoologiques faites à bord de l'Astrolabe, en mai 1826, dans le Détroit de Gibraltar. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles.</em> 10: 5-21, 172-193, 225-239; pls 1-2, 4-9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6008318
page(s): 181, pl. 6a figs 1-2 [details]
page(s): 181, pl. 6a figs 1-2 [details]
Note Strait of Gibraltar, Mediterranean
Type locality Strait of Gibraltar, Mediterranean [details]
Distribution cosmopolitan
Distribution cosmopolitan [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Modeeria rotunda (Quoy & Gaimard, 1827). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117970 on 2026-03-31
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Modeeria rotunda (Quoy & Gaimard, 1827). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117970 on 2026-03-31
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(of Stegopoma plumicolum Nutting, 1906) Nutting, C. C. 1906. Hydroids of the Hawaiian Islands collected by the steamer Albatross in 1902. - Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission for 1903 23: 931-959, pls 1-13., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51691623
page(s): 944, pl. 3 fig. 3, pl. 9 figs 2-3 [details]
original description (of Stegopoma gilberti Nutting, 1906) Nutting, C. C. 1906. Hydroids of the Hawaiian Islands collected by the steamer Albatross in 1902. - Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission for 1903 23: 931-959, pls 1-13., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51691623
page(s): 943, pl. 3 fig. 1, pl. 9 fig. 1 [details]
original description (of ) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1827). Observations zoologiques faites à bord de l'Astrolabe, en mai 1826, dans le Détroit de Gibraltar. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles.</em> 10: 5-21, 172-193, 225-239; pls 1-2, 4-9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6008318
page(s): 181, pl. 6a figs 1-2 [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 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]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors
additional source Schuchert, P. (2000). Hydrozoa (Cnidaria) of Iceland collected by the BIOICE programme. <em>Sarsia.</em> 85(5-6): 411-438., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233127844_Hydrozoa_Cnidaria_of_Iceland_collected_by_the_BIOICE_programme [details] Available for editors
additional source Watson, J. E. (2024). The marine hydroids of south-eastern Australia (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa). <em>Museum Victoria Science Reports.</em> 22: 1-121., available online at https://doi.org/10.24199/j.mvsr.2024.22
page(s): 107 [details] Available for editors
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198573562.001.0001 [details] Available for editors
redescription Edwards, C., 1973. The medusa Modeeria rotunda and its hydroid Stegopoma fastigiatum, with a review of Stegopoma and Stegolaria. J. mar. biol. Ass. U.K. 53 3: 573-600., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400058781
page(s): 573, figs 1-3 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 944, pl. 3 fig. 3, pl. 9 figs 2-3 [details]
original description (of Stegopoma gilberti Nutting, 1906) Nutting, C. C. 1906. Hydroids of the Hawaiian Islands collected by the steamer Albatross in 1902. - Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission for 1903 23: 931-959, pls 1-13., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51691623
page(s): 943, pl. 3 fig. 1, pl. 9 fig. 1 [details]
original description (of ) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1827). Observations zoologiques faites à bord de l'Astrolabe, en mai 1826, dans le Détroit de Gibraltar. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles.</em> 10: 5-21, 172-193, 225-239; pls 1-2, 4-9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6008318
page(s): 181, pl. 6a figs 1-2 [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 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]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors
additional source Schuchert, P. (2000). Hydrozoa (Cnidaria) of Iceland collected by the BIOICE programme. <em>Sarsia.</em> 85(5-6): 411-438., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233127844_Hydrozoa_Cnidaria_of_Iceland_collected_by_the_BIOICE_programme [details] Available for editors
additional source Watson, J. E. (2024). The marine hydroids of south-eastern Australia (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa). <em>Museum Victoria Science Reports.</em> 22: 1-121., available online at https://doi.org/10.24199/j.mvsr.2024.22
page(s): 107 [details] Available for editors
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198573562.001.0001 [details] Available for editors
redescription Edwards, C., 1973. The medusa Modeeria rotunda and its hydroid Stegopoma fastigiatum, with a review of Stegopoma and Stegolaria. J. mar. biol. Ass. U.K. 53 3: 573-600., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400058781
page(s): 573, figs 1-3 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type locality Strait of Gibraltar, Mediterranean [details]Unreviewed
Biology colonial [details]Distribution cosmopolitan [details]
Habitat deep shelf to upper slope [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | コヤネヒメコップ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (8 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Tiaranna rotunda (Quoy & Gaimard, 1827))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Stegopoma plumicolum Nutting, 1906)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Stegopoma fastigiata (Alder, 1860))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Stegopoma gilberti Nutting, 1906)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Modeeria rotunda)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To PESI (from synonym Stegopoma fastigiata (Alder, 1860))
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Tiaranna rotunda (Quoy & Gaimard, 1827))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (3 records) (from synonym Stegopoma plumicolum Nutting, 1906)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (5 records) (from synonym Stegopoma gilberti Nutting, 1906)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (75 records) (from synonym Stegopoma fastigiata (Alder, 1860))
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Tiaranna rotunda (Quoy & Gaimard, 1827))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Stegopoma plumicolum Nutting, 1906)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Stegopoma fastigiata (Alder, 1860))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Stegopoma gilberti Nutting, 1906)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Modeeria rotunda)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To PESI (from synonym Stegopoma fastigiata (Alder, 1860))
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Tiaranna rotunda (Quoy & Gaimard, 1827))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (3 records) (from synonym Stegopoma plumicolum Nutting, 1906)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (5 records) (from synonym Stegopoma gilberti Nutting, 1906)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (75 records) (from synonym Stegopoma fastigiata (Alder, 1860))
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
