WoRMS taxon details
Nemertesia cymodocea (Busk, 1851)
285175 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:285175)
accepted
Species
Antennularia cymodocea Busk, 1851 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Antennularia hartlaubi Ritchie, 1907 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Nemertesia (Antennularia) decussata Kirchenpauer, 1876 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Nemertesia hartlaubi (Ritchie, 1907) · unaccepted (synonym)
Nemertesia johnstoni (Kirchenpauer, 1876) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Antennularia cymodocea Busk, 1851) Busk, G. (1851). A list of sertularian zoophytes and Polyzoa from Port Natal, Algoa Bay, and Table Bay, in South Africa; with remarks on their geographical distribution, and observations on the genera Plumularia and Catenicella. Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science London, 1850: 118-120, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13847929
page(s): 119 [details]
page(s): 119 [details]
Type locality contained in Cape of Good Hope
type locality contained in Cape of Good Hope [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Nemertesia cymodocea (Busk, 1851). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=285175 on 2025-04-28
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Antennularia cymodocea Busk, 1851) Busk, G. (1851). A list of sertularian zoophytes and Polyzoa from Port Natal, Algoa Bay, and Table Bay, in South Africa; with remarks on their geographical distribution, and observations on the genera Plumularia and Catenicella. Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science London, 1850: 118-120, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13847929
page(s): 119 [details]
original description (of Nemertesia (Antennularia) decussata Kirchenpauer, 1876) Kirchenpauer, G.H. (1876). Ueber die Hydroidenfamilie Plumulariidae, einzelne Gruppen derselben und ihre Fruchtbehälter. II. Plumularia und Nemertesia. <em>Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiet der Naturwissenschaften, herausgegeben von dem naturwissenschaftlichen Verein in Hamburg.</em> 6: 1-59, plates 1-8., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43699#101
page(s): 52, 54, pl. 2 fig. 24, pl. 3 fig. 24, pl. 7 fig. 24. [details]
original description (of Nemertesia (Antennularia) johnstoni Kirchenpauer, 1876) Kirchenpauer, G.H. (1876). Ueber die Hydroidenfamilie Plumulariidae, einzelne Gruppen derselben und ihre Fruchtbehälter. II. Plumularia und Nemertesia. <em>Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiet der Naturwissenschaften, herausgegeben von dem naturwissenschaftlichen Verein in Hamburg.</em> 6: 1-59, plates 1-8., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43699#101
page(s): 52, 54, pl. 8 fig. 26 [details]
original description (of Antennularia hartlaubi Ritchie, 1907) Ritchie, J. (1907). The hydroids of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.</em> 45 (2)(18) : 519-545., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32076727
page(s): 542, pl. 3 fig. 4. [details]
basis of record Vervoort, W.; Schuchert, P. & van der Land, J. (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 119 [details]
original description (of Nemertesia (Antennularia) decussata Kirchenpauer, 1876) Kirchenpauer, G.H. (1876). Ueber die Hydroidenfamilie Plumulariidae, einzelne Gruppen derselben und ihre Fruchtbehälter. II. Plumularia und Nemertesia. <em>Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiet der Naturwissenschaften, herausgegeben von dem naturwissenschaftlichen Verein in Hamburg.</em> 6: 1-59, plates 1-8., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43699#101
page(s): 52, 54, pl. 2 fig. 24, pl. 3 fig. 24, pl. 7 fig. 24. [details]
original description (of Nemertesia (Antennularia) johnstoni Kirchenpauer, 1876) Kirchenpauer, G.H. (1876). Ueber die Hydroidenfamilie Plumulariidae, einzelne Gruppen derselben und ihre Fruchtbehälter. II. Plumularia und Nemertesia. <em>Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiet der Naturwissenschaften, herausgegeben von dem naturwissenschaftlichen Verein in Hamburg.</em> 6: 1-59, plates 1-8., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43699#101
page(s): 52, 54, pl. 8 fig. 26 [details]
original description (of Antennularia hartlaubi Ritchie, 1907) Ritchie, J. (1907). The hydroids of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.</em> 45 (2)(18) : 519-545., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32076727
page(s): 542, pl. 3 fig. 4. [details]
basis of record Vervoort, W.; Schuchert, P. & van der Land, J. (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Millard, N.A.H. (1975). Monograph on the Hydroida of southern Africa. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 68: 1-513., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40921697
page(s): 384 [details]
page(s): 384 [details]
Other
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
Biology colonial, no medusae [details]
