MSBIAS name details
Gossea L. Agassiz, 1862
117172 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117172)
unaccepted (invalid junior homonym of Gossea Spence Bate, 1862)
Genus
- Species Gossea corynetes (Gosse, 1853) accepted as Octobulbacea corynetes (Gosse, 1853) (genus transfer)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Agassiz, L. (1862). Contributions to the natural history of the United States of America. <em>Little Brown, Boston.</em> 4: 1-380, pls 1-19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16068829
page(s): 366 [details]
page(s): 366 [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2026). World Hydrozoa Database. Gossea L. Agassiz, 1862. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026) Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117172 on 2026-06-04
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Gossea L. Agassiz, 1862. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/MSBIAS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117172 on 2026-06-04
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Agassiz, L. (1862). Contributions to the natural history of the United States of America. <em>Little Brown, Boston.</em> 4: 1-380, pls 1-19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16068829
page(s): 366 [details]
taxonomy source Boyko, C. B.; De Grave, S. (2023). <i>Gossea</i> Spence Bate & Westwood, 1862 (Amphipoda) and <i>Gossea</i> Agassiz, 1862 (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa): reversal of presumed precedence and review of the complicated nomenclatural history. <em>Crustaceana.</em> 96(8): 791-796., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/15685403-bja10308
page(s): 791; note: junior homonym of Gossea Spence Bate, 1862 [details] Available for editors
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]
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]
page(s): 366 [details]
taxonomy source Boyko, C. B.; De Grave, S. (2023). <i>Gossea</i> Spence Bate & Westwood, 1862 (Amphipoda) and <i>Gossea</i> Agassiz, 1862 (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa): reversal of presumed precedence and review of the complicated nomenclatural history. <em>Crustaceana.</em> 96(8): 791-796., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/15685403-bja10308
page(s): 791; note: junior homonym of Gossea Spence Bate, 1862 [details] Available for editors
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]
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 Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality