MSBIAS taxon details
Rosacea plicata Bigelow, 1911
135471 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135471)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Bigelow H.B. (1911c). The Siphonophorae. Reports of the scientific research expedition to the tropical Pacific. Albatross XXIII. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 38: 173-401, 32 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/32451
page(s): 201 (in part), pl. 2 figs 7-9 [details]
page(s): 201 (in part), pl. 2 figs 7-9 [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2026). World Hydrozoa Database. Rosacea plicata Bigelow, 1911. 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=135471 on 2026-08-09
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. Rosacea plicata Bigelow, 1911. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/MSBIAS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135471 on 2026-08-09
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original description
Bigelow H.B. (1911c). The Siphonophorae. Reports of the scientific research expedition to the tropical Pacific. Albatross XXIII. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 38: 173-401, 32 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/32451
page(s): 201 (in part), pl. 2 figs 7-9 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Pugh, P. R. (2013). Confirmed records of Siphonophorae found below 500 m depth. (personal database). [details]
context source (Bermuda) Morris, B. F. (1975). The neuston of the Northwest Atlantic . Ph.D. thesis - Dalhousie University. [details]
context source (PeRMS) Ayón, P., M.I. Criales-Hernández, R. Schwamborn & H.J. Hirche. (2008). Zooplankton research off Peru: A review. <em>Progress in Oceanography.</em> 79(2-4):238-255., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2008.10.020 [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 Leloup, E. (1935). Les siphonophores de la rade de Villefranche-sur-Mer (Alpes Maritimes, France) [Siphonophores of the Rade of Villefranche-sur-Mer (Maritime Alps, France)]. <i>Bull. Mus. royal d'Hist. Nat. Belg./Med. Kon. Natuurhist. Mus. Belg. 11(31)</i>: 1-12 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Kirkpatrick, P.A.; Pugh, P.R. (1984). Siphonophores and velellids: keys and notes for the identification of the species. <i>Synopses of the British fauna (new series)</i>, 29. E.J. Brill/W. Backhuys: London, UK. ISBN 90-04-07470-8. vi, 154 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Totton, A. K. 1965. A Synopsis of the Siphonophora. London, British Museum (Natural History). Pp. 230.
page(s): 116 (in part), txt figs 65-67 [details]
additional source Mapstone, G.M., Pugh P.R, 2004. Case 3309. Rosacea Quoy & Gaimard, 1827: proposed conservation of usage (Cnidaria, Siphonophora); Desmophyes annectens Haeckel, 1888 and Rosacea plicata Bigelow, 1911: proposed conservation. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 61 3: 149-153., available online at https://archive.org/stream/bulletinofzoolo612004inte#page/149/mode/1up [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
redescription Pugh, P. R. (1999). Siphonophorae. In South Atlantic Zooplankton I. Edited by D. Boltovskoy. <em>Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands.</em> 1-868.
page(s): 486, figs 3.39, 3.50 [details]
redescription Mapstone, G. M. 2009. Siphonophora (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) of Canadian Pacific waters. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. 302 p
page(s): 146-150, figs 33-34 [details]
status source Opinion, I. 2006. (Case 3309). Rosacea Quoy & Gaimard, 1827: usage conserved; Desmophyes annectens Haeckel, 1888 and Rosacea plicata Bigelow, 1911: conserved (Cnidaria, Siphonophora). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 63: 207-208., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34353099#page/221/mode/1up
page(s): 207 [details]
status source Mapstone, G.M., Pugh P.R, 2004. Case 3309. Rosacea Quoy & Gaimard, 1827: proposed conservation of usage (Cnidaria, Siphonophora); Desmophyes annectens Haeckel, 1888 and Rosacea plicata Bigelow, 1911: proposed conservation. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 61 3: 149-153., available online at https://archive.org/stream/bulletinofzoolo612004inte#page/149/mode/1up
page(s): 149 [details]
ecology source Pugh, P. R. (1999). Siphonophorae. In South Atlantic Zooplankton I. Edited by D. Boltovskoy. <em>Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands.</em> 1-868. [details]
subsequent type designation ICZN Opinion 2157, 2006. Desmophyes annectens and Rosacea plicata. Bull. Zool. Nomen. 63 (3): 207-208.
page(s): 207 [details]
page(s): 201 (in part), pl. 2 figs 7-9 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Pugh, P. R. (2013). Confirmed records of Siphonophorae found below 500 m depth. (personal database). [details]
context source (Bermuda) Morris, B. F. (1975). The neuston of the Northwest Atlantic . Ph.D. thesis - Dalhousie University. [details]
context source (PeRMS) Ayón, P., M.I. Criales-Hernández, R. Schwamborn & H.J. Hirche. (2008). Zooplankton research off Peru: A review. <em>Progress in Oceanography.</em> 79(2-4):238-255., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2008.10.020 [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 Leloup, E. (1935). Les siphonophores de la rade de Villefranche-sur-Mer (Alpes Maritimes, France) [Siphonophores of the Rade of Villefranche-sur-Mer (Maritime Alps, France)]. <i>Bull. Mus. royal d'Hist. Nat. Belg./Med. Kon. Natuurhist. Mus. Belg. 11(31)</i>: 1-12 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Kirkpatrick, P.A.; Pugh, P.R. (1984). Siphonophores and velellids: keys and notes for the identification of the species. <i>Synopses of the British fauna (new series)</i>, 29. E.J. Brill/W. Backhuys: London, UK. ISBN 90-04-07470-8. vi, 154 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Totton, A. K. 1965. A Synopsis of the Siphonophora. London, British Museum (Natural History). Pp. 230.
page(s): 116 (in part), txt figs 65-67 [details]
additional source Mapstone, G.M., Pugh P.R, 2004. Case 3309. Rosacea Quoy & Gaimard, 1827: proposed conservation of usage (Cnidaria, Siphonophora); Desmophyes annectens Haeckel, 1888 and Rosacea plicata Bigelow, 1911: proposed conservation. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 61 3: 149-153., available online at https://archive.org/stream/bulletinofzoolo612004inte#page/149/mode/1up [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
redescription Pugh, P. R. (1999). Siphonophorae. In South Atlantic Zooplankton I. Edited by D. Boltovskoy. <em>Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands.</em> 1-868.
page(s): 486, figs 3.39, 3.50 [details]
redescription Mapstone, G. M. 2009. Siphonophora (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) of Canadian Pacific waters. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. 302 p
page(s): 146-150, figs 33-34 [details]
status source Opinion, I. 2006. (Case 3309). Rosacea Quoy & Gaimard, 1827: usage conserved; Desmophyes annectens Haeckel, 1888 and Rosacea plicata Bigelow, 1911: conserved (Cnidaria, Siphonophora). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 63: 207-208., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34353099#page/221/mode/1up
page(s): 207 [details]
status source Mapstone, G.M., Pugh P.R, 2004. Case 3309. Rosacea Quoy & Gaimard, 1827: proposed conservation of usage (Cnidaria, Siphonophora); Desmophyes annectens Haeckel, 1888 and Rosacea plicata Bigelow, 1911: proposed conservation. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 61 3: 149-153., available online at https://archive.org/stream/bulletinofzoolo612004inte#page/149/mode/1up
page(s): 149 [details]
ecology source Pugh, P. R. (1999). Siphonophorae. In South Atlantic Zooplankton I. Edited by D. Boltovskoy. <em>Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands.</em> 1-868. [details]
subsequent type designation ICZN Opinion 2157, 2006. Desmophyes annectens and Rosacea plicata. Bull. Zool. Nomen. 63 (3): 207-208.
page(s): 207 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (37 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Rosacea plicata)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (46 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 106758)
To ITIS
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Rosacea plicata)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (46 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 106758)
To ITIS
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