Hydrozoa name details
Proboscidactyla brooksi (Mayer, 1910)
285323 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:285323)
unaccepted (synonym)
Species
Willia brooksi Mayer, 1910 · unaccepted (basionym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Willia brooksi Mayer, 1910) Mayer, A. G. 1910. Medusae of the world. Hydromedusae, Vols. I & II. Scyphomedusae, Vol III. Carnegie Institution, Washington. pp. 735, plates 1-76., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1327020
page(s): 194, fig. 101C-F [details]
page(s): 194, fig. 101C-F [details]
Type locality contained in Beaufort
type locality contained in Beaufort [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Status Kramp 1959: 178, probably P. stellata. Already Mayer (1910) thought it could be conspecific.
Status Kramp 1959: 178, probably P. stellata. Already Mayer (1910) thought it could be conspecific. [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Proboscidactyla brooksi (Mayer, 1910). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/hydrozoa/aphia.php/api-docs/css/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=285323 on 2026-10-14
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(of Willia brooksi Mayer, 1910) Mayer, A. G. 1910. Medusae of the world. Hydromedusae, Vols. I & II. Scyphomedusae, Vol III. Carnegie Institution, Washington. pp. 735, plates 1-76., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1327020
page(s): 194, fig. 101C-F [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]
source of synonymy Kramp, P. L. 1959a. The Hydromedusae of the Atlantic Ocean and adjacent waters. Dana Report 46: 1-283.
page(s): 178 [details]
page(s): 194, fig. 101C-F [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]
source of synonymy Kramp, P. L. 1959a. The Hydromedusae of the Atlantic Ocean and adjacent waters. Dana Report 46: 1-283.
page(s): 178 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Status Kramp 1959: 178, probably P. stellata. Already Mayer (1910) thought it could be conspecific. [details]