WoRMS taxon details
Pegantha triloba Haeckel, 1879
117945 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117945)
accepted
Species
Pegantha biloba Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted (possible synonym)
Pegantha dactyletra Maas, 1893 · unaccepted (possible synonym)
Pegantha pantheon Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted (possible synonym)
Pegantha quadriloba Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted (possible synonym)
Solmaris insculpta Mayer, 1906 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 333, pl. 19 figs 4-7 [details]
page(s): 333, pl. 19 figs 4-7 [details]
Type locality contained in Zanzibar Archipelago
type locality contained in Zanzibar Archipelago [details]
Distribution circum-(sub)tropical
Distribution circum-(sub)tropical [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Pegantha triloba Haeckel, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117945 on 2025-05-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 333, pl. 19 figs 4-7 [details]
original description (of Pegantha biloba Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 333 [details]
original description (of Pegantha quadriloba Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 333 [details]
original description (of Pegantha dactyletra Maas, 1893) Maas, O. (1893). Die Craspedoten Medusen der Plankton Expedition. Ergebnisse d. in dem Atlantischen Ocean von Mitte Juli bis Anfang November 1889 ausgeführten. <em>Plankton-Expedition der Humboldt Stiftung.</em> 2 (Kc): 1-107., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2122174
page(s): 47, pl. 5 figs 1-8 [details]
original description (of Solmaris insculpta Mayer, 1906) Mayer A.G. (1906). Medusae of the Hawaiian Islands collected by the steamer Albatross in 1902. <em>Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission.</em> 23(3): 1131-1143, pls 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51691949
page(s): 1140, pl. 3 figs 8-9 [details]
original description (of Pegantha pantheon Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 332 [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]
page(s): 333, pl. 19 figs 4-7 [details]
original description (of Pegantha biloba Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 333 [details]
original description (of Pegantha quadriloba Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 333 [details]
original description (of Pegantha dactyletra Maas, 1893) Maas, O. (1893). Die Craspedoten Medusen der Plankton Expedition. Ergebnisse d. in dem Atlantischen Ocean von Mitte Juli bis Anfang November 1889 ausgeführten. <em>Plankton-Expedition der Humboldt Stiftung.</em> 2 (Kc): 1-107., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2122174
page(s): 47, pl. 5 figs 1-8 [details]
original description (of Solmaris insculpta Mayer, 1906) Mayer A.G. (1906). Medusae of the Hawaiian Islands collected by the steamer Albatross in 1902. <em>Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission.</em> 23(3): 1131-1143, pls 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51691949
page(s): 1140, pl. 3 figs 8-9 [details]
original description (of Pegantha pantheon Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 332 [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]
Taxonomy
redescription
Xu, Zhenzu, Wu Huiduan, 1998. Life cycle of parasitic species of Pegantha triloba from Xiamen Harbour. J. Oceanogr. Taiwan Strait 17 1: 82-86.
page(s): 82, fig. 1 [details]
page(s): 82, fig. 1 [details]
Other
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 (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Navas-Pereira, D. & Vannucci, M. (1991). The Hydromedusae and water masses of the Indian Ocean. <em>Bolm Inst. Oceanogr.</em> 39(1): 25-60. [details]
additional source Segura-Puertas, L., L. Celis, and L. Chiaverano. 2009. Medusozoans (Cnidaria: Cubozoa, Scyphozoa, and Hydrozoa) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 369–379 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Pre [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
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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 [request]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Navas-Pereira, D. & Vannucci, M. (1991). The Hydromedusae and water masses of the Indian Ocean. <em>Bolm Inst. Oceanogr.</em> 39(1): 25-60. [details]
additional source Segura-Puertas, L., L. Celis, and L. Chiaverano. 2009. Medusozoans (Cnidaria: Cubozoa, Scyphozoa, and Hydrozoa) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 369–379 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Pre [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
[request]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
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution circum-(sub)tropical [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Pegantha dactyletra Maas, 1893)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Pegantha pantheon Haeckel, 1879)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Pegantha biloba Haeckel, 1879)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Pegantha quadriloba Haeckel, 1879)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (15 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (2 records) (from synonym Pegantha dactyletra Maas, 1893)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (29 records) (from synonym Solmaris insculpta Mayer, 1906)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Pegantha pantheon Haeckel, 1879)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Pegantha biloba Haeckel, 1879)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Pegantha quadriloba Haeckel, 1879)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (15 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (2 records) (from synonym Pegantha dactyletra Maas, 1893)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (29 records) (from synonym Solmaris insculpta Mayer, 1906)
To ITIS