WoRMS taxon details
Vallentinia Browne, 1902
267939 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267939)
accepted
Genus
Vallentinia falklandica Browne, 1902 (type by monotypy)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Browne, E. T. 1902. A preliminary report on Hydromedusae from the Falkland Islands. - Annals and Magazine of natural History (7) 9: 272-284., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19331557
page(s): 283 [details]
page(s): 283 [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Vallentinia Browne, 1902. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267939 on 2025-04-24
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Nomenclature
original description
Browne, E. T. 1902. A preliminary report on Hydromedusae from the Falkland Islands. - Annals and Magazine of natural History (7) 9: 272-284., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19331557
page(s): 283 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
page(s): 283 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Olindiidae medusa with 4 radial canals, no centripetal canals; 4 to 8 hollow tentacles with terminal adhesive pads, and numerous tentacleswithout adhesive pads but with numerous rings of nematocysts; gonads on radial canals; 16 or more statocysts.
Hydroid solitary, small, conical, with one apical ring of tentacles, asexual reproduction by frustules.
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