Hydrozoa taxon details
Rhacostoma L. Agassiz, 1851
Polycanna Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted (synonym)
Species Rhacostoma atlanticum L. Agassiz, 1851
Species Rhacostoma atlantica Agassiz, 1851 accepted as Rhacostoma atlanticum L. Agassiz, 1851 (spelling variant)
Species Rhacostoma dispar Mayer, 1900 accepted as Aequorea forskalea Péron & Lesueur, 1810 (synonym)
Species Rhacostoma atlantica Agassiz, 1851 accepted as Rhacostoma atlanticum L. Agassiz, 1851 (spelling variant)
Species Rhacostoma dispar Mayer, 1900 accepted as Aequorea forskalea Péron & Lesueur, 1810 (synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Agassiz, L. 1851. [A new naked-eyed medusa... Rhacostoma atlanticum]. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 3: 342-343., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8870644
page(s): 342 [details]
page(s): 342 [details]
Schuchert, P. (2023). World Hydrozoa Database. Rhacostoma L. Agassiz, 1851. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/hydrozoa.%20/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156965 on 2023-06-08
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Agassiz, L. 1851. [A new naked-eyed medusa... Rhacostoma atlanticum]. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 3: 342-343., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8870644
page(s): 342 [details]
original description (of Polycanna 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): 229 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 342 [details]
original description (of Polycanna 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): 229 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]