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WoRMS taxon detailsObelia longissima (Pallas, 1766)
117389 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117389)
accepted
Species
Campanularia flabellata Hincks, 1866 · unaccepted (synonym)
Gonothyraea longissima (Pallas, 1766) · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
Laomedea flabellata (Hincks, 1866) · unaccepted (synonym)
Laomedea longissima (Pallas, 1766) · unaccepted (synonym)
Obelia flabellata (Hincks, 1866) · unaccepted (synonym)
Sertularia longissima Pallas, 1766 · unaccepted (basionym)
marine,
(of Sertularia longissima Pallas, 1766) Pallas, P. S. (1766). Elenchus zoophytorum sistens generum adumbrationes generaliores et specierum cognitarum succintas descriptiones, cum selectis auctorum synonymis. [List of zoophytes containing general outlines of genera and brief descriptions of known species, with selected synonyms of the authors.]. <em>Fransiscum Varrentrapp, Hagae.</em> 451 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6019361
page(s): 119 [details] 
Distribution cosmopolitan
Distribution cosmopolitan [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Obelia longissima (Pallas, 1766). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117389 on 2025-07-14
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Nomenclatureoriginal description
(of Campanularia flabellata Hincks, 1866) Hincks, T. 1866a. On new British Hydroida. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (3) 18: 296-299., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15603451 page(s): 297 [details] original description (of Sertularia longissima Pallas, 1766) Pallas, P. S. (1766). Elenchus zoophytorum sistens generum adumbrationes generaliores et specierum cognitarum succintas descriptiones, cum selectis auctorum synonymis. [List of zoophytes containing general outlines of genera and brief descriptions of known species, with selected synonyms of the authors.]. <em>Fransiscum Varrentrapp, Hagae.</em> 451 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6019361 page(s): 119 [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] Othercontext 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 Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  [request]additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [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 [request]additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors [request]additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] additional source Bouillon, J.; Boero, F. (2000). Synopsis of the families and genera of the Hydromedusae of the world, with a list of the worldwide species. <i>Thalassia Salent. 24</i>: 47-296 (look up in IMIS) [details]  Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species vector dispersal United States part of the North Pacific Ocean (Marine Region) Debris: transport of species on human generated debris. Japanese tsunami though to be responsible for spread of this species to this location [details]Unreviewed
Biology colonial [details]Distribution cosmopolitan [details]
BIOTIC
Marine Life Information Network - UK To Barcode of Life (53 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (112 publications) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Campanularia flabellata Hincks, 1866) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (34 publications) (from synonym Laomedea longissima (Pallas, 1766)) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (63 publications) (from synonym Obelia flabellata (Hincks, 1866)) To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Obelia longissima) To GenBank (57 nucleotides; 54 proteins) (from synonym Sertularia longissima Pallas, 1766) To GenBank (57 nucleotides; 54 proteins) To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) To PESI To The Arctic Traits Database (22 traits) To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (17 records) (from synonym Obelia flabellata (Hincks, 1866)) To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (87 records) To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 095660) To ITIS Unreviewed
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