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Melophysa melo (Quoy & Gaimard, 1827)

135499  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135499)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of ) Quoy, J.R.C. & J.P. Gaimard. (1824 - 1826). Zoologie. [Zoology.]. <em>In: L. de Freycinet (ed.), Voyage au tour du monde fait par ordre du roi, sur les corvettes de S. M: l'Uranie et la Physicienne pendant les années 1817 à 1820.</em> iv + 712 pp. [pp. 1-328, 1824; 329-616, 1825; 617-664, 1826]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40871044
page(s): 180 pl.5c figs 1-9 [details] 
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Mańko, M.; Pica, D. (2026). World Hydrozoa Database. Melophysa melo (Quoy & Gaimard, 1827). Accessed through: De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds.) (2026) Register of Antarctic Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/rams./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135499 on 2026-04-08
De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds.) (2026). Register of Antarctic Marine Species. Melophysa melo (Quoy & Gaimard, 1827). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/rams./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135499 on 2026-04-08
Date
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by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
2006-01-20 13:52:22Z
checked
2006-01-25 10:21:29Z
checked
2012-11-16 16:08:04Z
changed
2023-08-12 14:35:25Z
changed

original description (of ) Quoy, J.R.C. & J.P. Gaimard. (1824 - 1826). Zoologie. [Zoology.]. <em>In: L. de Freycinet (ed.), Voyage au tour du monde fait par ordre du roi, sur les corvettes de S. M: l'Uranie et la Physicienne pendant les années 1817 à 1820.</em> iv + 712 pp. [pp. 1-328, 1824; 329-616, 1825; 617-664, 1826]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40871044
page(s): 180 pl.5c figs 1-9 [details] 

context source (PeRMS) Oliveira, O. M. P.; Miranda, T. P.; Araujo, E. M.; Ayón, P.; Cedeño-Posso, C. M.; Cepeda-Mercado, A. A.; Córdova, P.; Cunha, A. F.; Genzano, G. N.; Haddad, M. A.; Mianzan, H. W.; Migotto, A. E.; Miranda, L. S.; Morandini, A. C.; Nagata, R. M.; Nascimento, K. B.; Júnior, M. N.; Palma, S.; Quiñones, J.; Rodriguez, C. S.; Scarabino, F.; Schiariti, A.; Stampar, S. N.; Tronolone, V. B.; Marques, A. C. (2016). Census of Cnidaria (Medusozoa) and Ctenophora from South American marine waters. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4194(1)., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4194.1.1 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Pugh, P. R. 2006. The taxonomic status of the genus Moseria (Siphonophora, Physonectae). Zootaxa 26: 1-42., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1343.1.1
page(s): 41 [details] 

additional source Bigelow, H. B. 1931. Siphonophorae from the Arcturus Oceanographic Expedition. Zoologica (N. Y.) 8 (11): 525-592, available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51020936#page/571/mode/1up [details] 

additional source Chun, C. (1897). Die Siphonophoren der Plankton-Expedition. Band II. <em>Ergebnisse der Plankton-Expedition der Humboldt-Stiftung.</em> 1-126., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2108844
page(s): 49, pl.4 [details] 

additional source 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): 484 fig. 3.18 [details] 

additional source Totton, A. K. (1954). Siphonophora of the Indian Ocean together with systematic and biological notes on related specimens from other oceans. <em>Discovery Rep.</em> 27: 1-162., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5611213
page(s): 41 figs 7-9 [details] 

ecology source Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1827). Observations zoologiques faites à bord de l'Astrolabe, en mai 1826, dans le Détroit de Gibraltar. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles.</em> 10: 5-21, 172-193, 225-239; pls 1-2, 4-9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6008318 [details] 
 
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