UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO) - Hippopodius Quoy & Gaimard, 1827

WoRMS taxon details

Hippopodius Quoy & Gaimard, 1827

AphiaID

135368 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135368)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Hippopodius luteus Quoy & Gaimard, 1827 accepted as Hippopodius hippopus (Forsskål, 1776) (type by monotypy)

Parent

Hippopodiidae Kölliker, 1853

Original name

Hippopodius Quoy & Gaimard, 1827

Synonymised names

Elephantopes Lesson, 1843 · unaccepted (synonym)

Hippopus delle Chiaje, 1841 · unaccepted (presumed misspelling)

Polyphyes Haeckel, 1888 · unaccepted (synonym)

Protomedea de Blainville, 1830 · unaccepted

Direct children (11)

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Species Hippopodius hippopus (Forsskål, 1776)
Species Hippopodius cuspitatus Moser, 1925 accepted as Nectopyramis natans (Bigelow, 1911)
Species Hippopodius glabrus (Bigelow, 1918) accepted as Vogtia glabra Bigelow, 1918 (superseded combination)
Species Hippopodius gleba Leuckart, 1854 accepted as Hippopodius hippopus (Forsskål, 1776)
Species Hippopodius luteus Quoy & Gaimard, 1827 accepted as Hippopodius hippopus (Forsskål, 1776) (synonym)
Species Hippopodius mediterraneus Costa, 1836 accepted as Hippopodius hippopus (Forsskål, 1776)
Species Hippopodius neapolitanus Kölliker, 1853 accepted as Hippopodius hippopus (Forsskål, 1776) (invalid new combination of Elephantopes neapolitanus Lesson, 1843 )
Species Hippopodius pentacanthus (Kölliker, 1853) accepted as Vogtia pentacantha Kölliker, 1853 (superseded combination)
Species Hippopodius serratus Moser, 1925 accepted as Vogtia serrata (Moser, 1925) (basionym)
Species Hippopodius spinosus (Keferstein & Ehlers, 1861) accepted as Vogtia spinosa Keferstein & Ehlers, 1861
Species Hippopodius ungulatus (Haeckel, 1888) accepted as Hippopodius hippopus (Forsskål, 1776) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

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

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P.; Cartwright, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Hippopodius Quoy & Gaimard, 1827. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135368 on 2025-02-28

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Mapstone, Gill

2006-01-27 08:54:21Z

checked

Mapstone, Gill

2014-01-02 14:55:57Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

2015-04-17 05:47:15Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

Licensing

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Nomenclature

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

original description (of Polyphyes Haeckel, 1888) Haeckel, E. (1888). System der Siphonophoren auf phylogenetischer Grundlage entworfen. Jenaische Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaft. 22: 1-46., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12007523
page(s): 36 [details]

original description (of Elephantopes Lesson, 1843) Lesson, R. P. 1843. Histoire naturelle des zoophytes. Acalèphes. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. pp. i-vii, 1-596, plus atlas of 12 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3803187
page(s): 473 [details]

original description (of Hippopus delle Chiaje, 1841) Della Chiaje S. (1841-1844). Descrizione e notomia degli animali invertebrati della Sicilia citeriore : osservati vivi negli anni 1822-1830 / da S. delle Chiale. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10031#/summary [details]

original description (of Protomedea de Blainville, 1830) de Blainville, H. M. (1830). Zoophytes. In: Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles, dans lequel on traitre méthodiquement des differéns êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-mêmes, d'après l'état actuel de nos connoissances, soit relativement à l'utlité qu'en peuvent retirer la médicine, l'agriculture, le commerce et les arts. Edited by F. G. Levrault. Tome 60. Paris, Le Normat. Pp. 548, pls. 68. Paris, 1830. 60 : 1-546., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25318344 [details]

Other

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Costello, M.J., C. Emblow & R. White (EdS.). (2001). 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, 50. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France. 463 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

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Japanese	バテイクラゲ属	[details]

To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hippopodius)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hippopus) (from synonym Hippopus delle Chiaje, 1841)
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