Deep-Sea taxon details
Agalma okenii Eschscholtz, 1825
135485 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135485)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Eschscholtz, Johann Friedrich von. (1825). Bericht über die zoologische Ausbeute während der Reise von Kronstadt bis St. Peter und Paul. <em>Isis von Oken.</em> 1825(6): 733-747, plate V., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27509188
page(s): 744, pl. 5, fig. 17 [details]
page(s): 744, pl. 5, fig. 17 [details]
Type locality contained in Pacific Ocean
type locality contained in Pacific Ocean [details]
Distribution Latitudinal range of 50°N to 44°S in the Atlantic.
Distribution Bouillon et al 2004, Pagès et al’06
Distribution cosmopolitan
Distribution Latitudinal range of 50°N to 44°S in the Atlantic. [details]
Distribution Bouillon et al 2004, Pagès et al’06
Distribution Bouillon et al 2004, Pagès et al’06 [details]
Distribution cosmopolitan
Distribution cosmopolitan [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Agalma okenii Eschscholtz, 1825. 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=135485 on 2026-06-02
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Agalma okenii Eschscholtz, 1825. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135485 on 2026-06-02
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Eschscholtz, Johann Friedrich von. (1825). Bericht über die zoologische Ausbeute während der Reise von Kronstadt bis St. Peter und Paul. <em>Isis von Oken.</em> 1825(6): 733-747, plate V., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27509188
page(s): 744, pl. 5, fig. 17 [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) Moore, H.B. (1949). The zooplankton of the upper waters of the Bermuda area of the North Atlantic. Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection 12(2):1-97, figs. 1-208. (i-1949) [details] Available for editors
additional source Kawamura, T. 1911c. “Shidarezakura Kurage” and “Nagayoraku Kurage” (Cupulita picta, Metschnikoff, and Agalmopsis elegans, Sars). Zool. Mag. (Tokyo) (Dobuts. Zhasshi) 23 (7): 359-363, plate 7 (In Japanese).
page(s): 79, pl.16, figs 1-8 [details]
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 Leloup, E. (1935). Les siphonophores de la rade de Villefranche-sur-Mer (Alpes Maritimes, France) [Siphonophores of the Rade of Villefranche-sur-Mer (Maritime Alps, France)]. <i>Bull. Mus. royal d'Hist. Nat. Belg./Med. Kon. Natuurhist. Mus. Belg. 11(31)</i>: 1-12 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Bigelow H.B. (1911c). The Siphonophorae. Reports of the scientific research expedition to the tropical Pacific. Albatross XXIII. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 38: 173-401, 32 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/32451
page(s): 277, pl.17 figs 1-14 [details]
additional source Eschscholtz, F. (1829). System der Acalephen. Eine ausführliche Beschreibung aller medusenartigen Strahltiere. Ferdinand Dümmler, Berlin, pp. 1-190, 116 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10665047
page(s): 151, pl. 13 fig.1a-f [details]
additional source Dunn, C. W.; Pugh, P. R.; Haddock, S. H. D. (2005). Marrus claudanielis, a new species of deep-sea physonect siphonophore (Siphonophora, Physonectae). <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 76 (3): 699-714.
page(s): 700 [details]
ecology source Madin, L.P. (1988). Feeding behaviour of tentaculate predators: in situ observations and a conceptual model. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 43(3): 413-429. [details] Available for editors
page(s): 744, pl. 5, fig. 17 [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) Moore, H.B. (1949). The zooplankton of the upper waters of the Bermuda area of the North Atlantic. Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection 12(2):1-97, figs. 1-208. (i-1949) [details] Available for editors
additional source Kawamura, T. 1911c. “Shidarezakura Kurage” and “Nagayoraku Kurage” (Cupulita picta, Metschnikoff, and Agalmopsis elegans, Sars). Zool. Mag. (Tokyo) (Dobuts. Zhasshi) 23 (7): 359-363, plate 7 (In Japanese).
page(s): 79, pl.16, figs 1-8 [details]
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 Leloup, E. (1935). Les siphonophores de la rade de Villefranche-sur-Mer (Alpes Maritimes, France) [Siphonophores of the Rade of Villefranche-sur-Mer (Maritime Alps, France)]. <i>Bull. Mus. royal d'Hist. Nat. Belg./Med. Kon. Natuurhist. Mus. Belg. 11(31)</i>: 1-12 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Bigelow H.B. (1911c). The Siphonophorae. Reports of the scientific research expedition to the tropical Pacific. Albatross XXIII. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 38: 173-401, 32 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/32451
page(s): 277, pl.17 figs 1-14 [details]
additional source Eschscholtz, F. (1829). System der Acalephen. Eine ausführliche Beschreibung aller medusenartigen Strahltiere. Ferdinand Dümmler, Berlin, pp. 1-190, 116 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10665047
page(s): 151, pl. 13 fig.1a-f [details]
additional source Dunn, C. W.; Pugh, P. R.; Haddock, S. H. D. (2005). Marrus claudanielis, a new species of deep-sea physonect siphonophore (Siphonophora, Physonectae). <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 76 (3): 699-714.
page(s): 700 [details]
ecology source Madin, L.P. (1988). Feeding behaviour of tentaculate predators: in situ observations and a conceptual model. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 43(3): 413-429. [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Distribution Latitudinal range of 50°N to 44°S in the Atlantic. [details]Distribution Bouillon et al 2004, Pagès et al’06 [details]
Unreviewed
Biology abundant [details]Distribution cosmopolitan [details]
Habitat epi-bathypelagic [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ヨウラククラゲ | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Agalma okenii)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 26 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (394 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 106594)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Agalma okenii)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 26 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (394 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 106594)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
