MSBIAS taxon details
Bougainvillia muscus (Allman, 1863)
117328 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117328)
accepted
Species
Bougainvillia ramosa (Van Beneden, 1844) · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of ) Allman, G. J. (1863). Notes on the Hydroida. I. On the structure of Corymorpha nutans. II. Diagnoses of new species of Tubularidae obtained, during the autumn of 1862, on the coasts of Shetland and Devonshire. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (3)11: 1-12., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22221455
page(s): 12 [details]
page(s): 12 [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2026). World Hydrozoa Database. Bougainvillia muscus (Allman, 1863). 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=117328 on 2026-03-28
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. Bougainvillia muscus (Allman, 1863). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117328 on 2026-03-28
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(of ) Allman, G. J. (1863). Notes on the Hydroida. I. On the structure of Corymorpha nutans. II. Diagnoses of new species of Tubularidae obtained, during the autumn of 1862, on the coasts of Shetland and Devonshire. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (3)11: 1-12., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22221455
page(s): 12 [details]
original description (of Bougainvillia ramosa (Van Beneden, 1844)) Beneden, P.J. van. (1844). Recherches sur l'embryogénie des Tubulaires, et l'histoire naturelle des différents genres de cette famille qui habitent la côte d'Ostende. <em>Nouveaux Mémoires de l'Académie Royale des Sciences et des Belles-Lettres de Bruxelles.</em> XVII: 1-72, plates I-VI. (look up in IMIS) [details]
context source (Introduced species) Katsanevakis, S.; Bogucarskis, K.; Gatto, F.; Vandekerkhove, J.; Deriu, I.; Cardoso A.S. (2012). Building the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN): a novel approach for the exploration of distributed alien species data. <em>BioInvasions Records.</em> 1: 235-245., available online at http://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu [details] Available for editors
context source (HKRMS) Chan, L. C. (1995). The ecology of marine plankton in Tai Tam Bay, Hong Kong, with special reference to barnacle (Arthropoda: Cirripedia) larvae. <em>PhD thesis. The University of Hong Kong.</em> [details]
context source (Bermuda) Calder, D. R. (1988). Shallow-water hydroids of Bermuda. The Athecatae. <em>Royal Ontario Museum Life Sciences Contributions.</em> 148: 1-107., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.52225 [details] Available for editors
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [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]
additional source Segura-Puertas, L., L. Celis, and L. Chiaverano. 2009. Medusozoans (Cnidaria: Cubozoa, Scyphozoa, and Hydrozoa) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 369–379 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Pre [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
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
additional source Watson, J. E. (2024). The marine hydroids of south-eastern Australia (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa). <em>Museum Victoria Science Reports.</em> 22: 1-121., available online at https://doi.org/10.24199/j.mvsr.2024.22
page(s): 32, figs 46-47; note:
Habitat -- on jetty piles and in sheltered water; older colonies often partly overgrown by soft sponge. Seasonality -- colonies grow and become fertile in autumn and winter. Distribution -- wo...
Habitat -- on jetty piles and in sheltered water; older colonies often partly overgrown by soft sponge. Seasonality -- colonies grow and become fertile in autumn and winter. Distribution -- world-wide including southern Australia. May have been introduced to Australia as a fouling organism on colonial era ships.
[details] Available for editors
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]
source of synonymy Calder, D. R. (1988). Shallow-water hydroids of Bermuda. The Athecatae. <em>Royal Ontario Museum Life Sciences Contributions.</em> 148: 1-107., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.52225 [details] Available for editors
redescription Schuchert, P. (2007). The European athecate hydroids and their medusae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria): Filifera part 2. <em>Revue suisse de Zoologie.</em> 114: 195-396., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.80395
page(s): 199, figs 1-3 [details]
redescription Schuchert, P. 2012. North-West European Athecate Hydroids and their Medusae. Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series) 59. The Linnean Society of London, London, pp. i-viii, 1-364.
page(s): 197, fig. 196 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 12 [details]
original description (of Bougainvillia ramosa (Van Beneden, 1844)) Beneden, P.J. van. (1844). Recherches sur l'embryogénie des Tubulaires, et l'histoire naturelle des différents genres de cette famille qui habitent la côte d'Ostende. <em>Nouveaux Mémoires de l'Académie Royale des Sciences et des Belles-Lettres de Bruxelles.</em> XVII: 1-72, plates I-VI. (look up in IMIS) [details]
context source (Introduced species) Katsanevakis, S.; Bogucarskis, K.; Gatto, F.; Vandekerkhove, J.; Deriu, I.; Cardoso A.S. (2012). Building the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN): a novel approach for the exploration of distributed alien species data. <em>BioInvasions Records.</em> 1: 235-245., available online at http://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu [details] Available for editors
context source (HKRMS) Chan, L. C. (1995). The ecology of marine plankton in Tai Tam Bay, Hong Kong, with special reference to barnacle (Arthropoda: Cirripedia) larvae. <em>PhD thesis. The University of Hong Kong.</em> [details]
context source (Bermuda) Calder, D. R. (1988). Shallow-water hydroids of Bermuda. The Athecatae. <em>Royal Ontario Museum Life Sciences Contributions.</em> 148: 1-107., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.52225 [details] Available for editors
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [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]
additional source Segura-Puertas, L., L. Celis, and L. Chiaverano. 2009. Medusozoans (Cnidaria: Cubozoa, Scyphozoa, and Hydrozoa) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 369–379 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Pre [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
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
additional source Watson, J. E. (2024). The marine hydroids of south-eastern Australia (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa). <em>Museum Victoria Science Reports.</em> 22: 1-121., available online at https://doi.org/10.24199/j.mvsr.2024.22
page(s): 32, figs 46-47; note:
Habitat -- on jetty piles and in sheltered water; older colonies often partly overgrown by soft sponge. Seasonality -- colonies grow and become fertile in autumn and winter. Distribution -- wo...
Habitat -- on jetty piles and in sheltered water; older colonies often partly overgrown by soft sponge. Seasonality -- colonies grow and become fertile in autumn and winter. Distribution -- world-wide including southern Australia. May have been introduced to Australia as a fouling organism on colonial era ships.
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]
source of synonymy Calder, D. R. (1988). Shallow-water hydroids of Bermuda. The Athecatae. <em>Royal Ontario Museum Life Sciences Contributions.</em> 148: 1-107., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.52225 [details] Available for editors
redescription Schuchert, P. (2007). The European athecate hydroids and their medusae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria): Filifera part 2. <em>Revue suisse de Zoologie.</em> 114: 195-396., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.80395
page(s): 199, figs 1-3 [details]
redescription Schuchert, P. 2012. North-West European Athecate Hydroids and their Medusae. Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series) 59. The Linnean Society of London, London, pp. i-viii, 1-364.
page(s): 197, fig. 196 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland (from synonym Bougainvillia ramosa (Van Beneden, 1844))
To Barcode of Life (31 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (36 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (72 publications) (from synonym Bougainvillia ramosa (Van Beneden, 1844))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Bougainvillia ramosa (Van Beneden, 1844))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bougainvillia muscus)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To PESI (from synonym Bougainvillia ramosa (Van Beneden, 1844))
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (14 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (5 records) (from synonym Bougainvillia ramosa (Van Beneden, 1844))
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (31 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (36 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (72 publications) (from synonym Bougainvillia ramosa (Van Beneden, 1844))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Bougainvillia ramosa (Van Beneden, 1844))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bougainvillia muscus)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To PESI (from synonym Bougainvillia ramosa (Van Beneden, 1844))
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (14 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (5 records) (from synonym Bougainvillia ramosa (Van Beneden, 1844))
To ITIS
