MSBIAS taxon details
Nanomia cara Agassiz, 1865
135496 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135496)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Agassiz, A. 1865a. Nanomia cara. - Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 9: 181., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32011192
page(s): 181 [details]
page(s): 181 [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2026). World Hydrozoa Database. Nanomia cara Agassiz, 1865. 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=135496 on 2026-09-03
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. Nanomia cara Agassiz, 1865. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135496 on 2026-09-03
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Agassiz, A. 1865a. Nanomia cara. - Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 9: 181., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32011192
page(s): 181 [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
context source (Deepsea) Pugh, P. R. (2013). Confirmed records of Siphonophorae found below 500 m depth. (personal database). [details]
additional source Baxter, E.J., R. McAllen, A.L. Allcock & T.K. Doyle. (2012). Abundance, distribution and community composition of small gelatinous zooplankton in southern irish coastal waters. Biology & Environment 112B(1):91-103., available online at http://www.doi.org/10.3318/b1oe.2012.01 [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
additional source Fewkes, J.W., 1888. On certain medusae from New England. In: Studies from the Newport marine zool. Lab. Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 13 7: 209-240., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3897617
page(s): 213, pls 1-3 [details]
additional source Hosia, A., & Bamstedt, U. 2008. Seasonal abundance and vertical distribution of siphonophores in western Norwegian fjords. Journal of Plankton Research 30: 951-962., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbn045
page(s): 951 [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Kramp, P. L. (1942). Siphonophora. The Godthaab Expedition 1928. <em>Medd. Grønl.</em> 80 (8): 3-24.
page(s): 13 [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 Rossi, S., M.J. Youngbluth, C.A. Jacoby, F. Pagès & X. Garrofé. (2008). Fatty acid trophic markers and trophic links among seston, crustacean zooplankton and the siphonophore Nanomia cara in Georges Basin and Oceanographer Canyon (NW Atlantic). Scientia Marina 72(2):403-416., available online at https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2008.72n2403
page(s): 403-416, fig.2 [details] Available for editors
additional source Totton, A. K. 1965. A Synopsis of the Siphonophora. London, British Museum (Natural History). Pp. 230.
page(s): 72, fig.37 [details]
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
redescription Agassiz, A. (1865). North American Acalephae. <em>Illustrated Catalogue of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 2: 1-234., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/1837
page(s): 200, figs 331-350 [details]
status source Hosia A., Martell L., Manko M.K., Haddock S.H.D., Haberlin D., Mapstone G.M. (2024). Unexpected diversity and novel lineages in the cosmopolitan genus Nanomia (Cnidaria: Siphonophorae: Physonectae). <em>Frontiers in Marine Science.</em> 11:1421514., available online at https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2024.1421514
page(s): 10, figs 7-9; note: molecular analysis [details] Available for editors
ecology source Fewkes, J.W., 1888. On certain medusae from New England. In: Studies from the Newport marine zool. Lab. Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 13 7: 209-240., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3897617 [details]
page(s): 181 [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
context source (Deepsea) Pugh, P. R. (2013). Confirmed records of Siphonophorae found below 500 m depth. (personal database). [details]
additional source Baxter, E.J., R. McAllen, A.L. Allcock & T.K. Doyle. (2012). Abundance, distribution and community composition of small gelatinous zooplankton in southern irish coastal waters. Biology & Environment 112B(1):91-103., available online at http://www.doi.org/10.3318/b1oe.2012.01 [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
additional source Fewkes, J.W., 1888. On certain medusae from New England. In: Studies from the Newport marine zool. Lab. Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 13 7: 209-240., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3897617
page(s): 213, pls 1-3 [details]
additional source Hosia, A., & Bamstedt, U. 2008. Seasonal abundance and vertical distribution of siphonophores in western Norwegian fjords. Journal of Plankton Research 30: 951-962., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbn045
page(s): 951 [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Kramp, P. L. (1942). Siphonophora. The Godthaab Expedition 1928. <em>Medd. Grønl.</em> 80 (8): 3-24.
page(s): 13 [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 Rossi, S., M.J. Youngbluth, C.A. Jacoby, F. Pagès & X. Garrofé. (2008). Fatty acid trophic markers and trophic links among seston, crustacean zooplankton and the siphonophore Nanomia cara in Georges Basin and Oceanographer Canyon (NW Atlantic). Scientia Marina 72(2):403-416., available online at https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2008.72n2403
page(s): 403-416, fig.2 [details] Available for editors
additional source Totton, A. K. 1965. A Synopsis of the Siphonophora. London, British Museum (Natural History). Pp. 230.
page(s): 72, fig.37 [details]
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
redescription Agassiz, A. (1865). North American Acalephae. <em>Illustrated Catalogue of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 2: 1-234., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/1837
page(s): 200, figs 331-350 [details]
status source Hosia A., Martell L., Manko M.K., Haddock S.H.D., Haberlin D., Mapstone G.M. (2024). Unexpected diversity and novel lineages in the cosmopolitan genus Nanomia (Cnidaria: Siphonophorae: Physonectae). <em>Frontiers in Marine Science.</em> 11:1421514., available online at https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2024.1421514
page(s): 10, figs 7-9; note: molecular analysis [details] Available for editors
ecology source Fewkes, J.W., 1888. On certain medusae from New England. In: Studies from the Newport marine zool. Lab. Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 13 7: 209-240., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3897617 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (20 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (65 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Nanomia cara)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (8 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 106584)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (65 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Nanomia cara)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (8 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 106584)
To ITIS
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