Hydrozoa taxon details
Tetraplatia volitans Busch, 1851
135278 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135278)
accepted
Species
marine, terrestrial
Busch, W. (1851). Beobachtungen über Anatomie und Entwicklung einiger wirbellosen Seethiere. August Hirschwald, Berlin, pp. 143, pls 1-17., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9996133
page(s): 120, pl. 10, figs 3-4 [details]
page(s): 120, pl. 10, figs 3-4 [details]
Type locality contained in Alboran Sea
type locality contained in Alboran Sea [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Tetraplatia volitans Busch, 1851. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/hydrozoa/aphia.php/api-docs/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135278 on 2025-07-18
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original description
Busch, W. (1851). Beobachtungen über Anatomie und Entwicklung einiger wirbellosen Seethiere. August Hirschwald, Berlin, pp. 143, pls 1-17., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9996133
page(s): 120, pl. 10, figs 3-4 [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 Cornelius, P.F.S. (2001). Cubozoa, <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. 111 (look up in IMIS) [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
redescription Ralph, P. M. (1960). Tetraplatia, a Coronate Scyphomedusan. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.</em> 152(947): 263-281.
page(s): 364, figs 1-6a, 8 [details]
page(s): 120, pl. 10, figs 3-4 [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 Cornelius, P.F.S. (2001). Cubozoa, <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. 111 (look up in IMIS) [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
redescription Ralph, P. M. (1960). Tetraplatia, a Coronate Scyphomedusan. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.</em> 152(947): 263-281.
page(s): 364, figs 1-6a, 8 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Tetraplatia volitans)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (69 records)
To ITIS
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Tetraplatia volitans)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (69 records)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
