World Register of Deep-Sea species - Ceratocymba Chun, 1888

Deep-Sea taxon details

Ceratocymba Chun, 1888

AphiaID

135354 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135354)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Abylinae L. Agassiz, 1862

Direct children (1)

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Species Ceratocymba sagittata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1827)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Chun, C. (1888). Berichte über eine nach den Canarischen Inseln im Winter 1887/88. Sitzungsberichte der Königlidch Preussischen Akademie de Wissenschaften. 1888: 1141-1173. (English translation in Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 3: 214-246, 1889)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29368183
page(s): 1160 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Mańko, M.; Pica, D. (2026). World Hydrozoa Database. Ceratocymba Chun, 1888. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135354 on 2026-06-30

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Ceratocymba Chun, 1888. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135354 on 2026-06-30

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Mapstone, Gill

2006-01-27 08:54:21Z

checked

Mapstone, Gill

2012-10-22 10:49:30Z

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Mapstone, Gill

2013-12-29 12:42:38Z

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Schuchert, Peter

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original description Chun, C. (1888). Berichte über eine nach den Canarischen Inseln im Winter 1887/88. Sitzungsberichte der Königlidch Preussischen Akademie de Wissenschaften. 1888: 1141-1173. (English translation in Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 3: 214-246, 1889)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29368183
page(s): 1160 [details]

additional source Pugh, P. R. (1999). Siphonophorae. In South Atlantic Zooplankton I. Edited by D. Boltovskoy. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands. 1-868.
page(s): 494 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

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Language	Name
Japanese	シカクハコクラゲ属	[details]

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