Hydrozoa name details
Macrorhynchia whiteleggei (Bale, 1888)
1592253 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1592253)
unaccepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Aglaophenia whiteleggei Bale, 1888) Bale, W. M. 1888. On some new and rare Hydroida in the Australian Museum collections. - Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales ser 2 volume 3: 745-799, plates 12-21., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36009519
page(s): 794, pl. 21 fig. 8 [details]
page(s): 794, pl. 21 fig. 8 [details]
Taxonomic remark The correct genus of this species, its scope, and the type locality are controversial, comp. Watson (2011) and Calder &...
Taxonomic remark The correct genus of this species, its scope, and the type locality are controversial, comp. Watson (2011) and Calder & Faucci (2021) [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Macrorhynchia whiteleggei (Bale, 1888). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Hydrozoa/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1592253 on 2026-01-30
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(of Aglaophenia whiteleggei Bale, 1888) Bale, W. M. 1888. On some new and rare Hydroida in the Australian Museum collections. - Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales ser 2 volume 3: 745-799, plates 12-21., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36009519
page(s): 794, pl. 21 fig. 8 [details]
taxonomy source Calder D.R., Faucci. (2021). Shallow water hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from the 2002 NOWRAMP cruise to the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5085(1): 1-73., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5085.1.1
page(s): 48 [details] Available for editors
basis of record Watson J.E. (2011). New species, new records and redescriptions of Thecate hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Leptothecata) from Southern Australia. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3122: 1-36., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/2/zt03122p036.pdf
page(s): 13, Figs 6, 7A-D [details] Available for editors
page(s): 794, pl. 21 fig. 8 [details]
taxonomy source Calder D.R., Faucci. (2021). Shallow water hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from the 2002 NOWRAMP cruise to the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5085(1): 1-73., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5085.1.1
page(s): 48 [details] Available for editors
basis of record Watson J.E. (2011). New species, new records and redescriptions of Thecate hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Leptothecata) from Southern Australia. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3122: 1-36., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/2/zt03122p036.pdf
page(s): 13, Figs 6, 7A-D [details] Available for editors
From editor or global species database
Taxonomic remark The correct genus of this species, its scope, and the type locality are controversial, comp. Watson (2011) and Calder & Faucci (2021) [details]