UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO) - Lafoea benthophila Ritchie, 1909

WoRMS taxon details

Lafoea benthophila Ritchie, 1909

AphiaID

231622 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:231622)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Lafoea Lamouroux, 1821

Original name

Lafoea gracillima var. benthophila Ritchie, 1909

Synonymised names

Lafoea gracillima var. benthophila Ritchie, 1909 · unaccepted (accepted as full species)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Lafoea gracillima var. benthophila Ritchie, 1909) Ritchie, J., 1909. Supplementary reports on the hydroids of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition. Trans. R. Soc. Edinb. 47 1: 65-101., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32076781
page(s): 76, fig. 2 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Scotia Sea

type locality contained in Scotia Sea [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P.; Cartwright, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Lafoea benthophila Ritchie, 1909. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=231622 on 2025-03-02

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-05-29 14:23:10Z

created

Charbonneau, Danny

2008-01-16 10:35:54Z

changed

van der Land, Jacob

2011-04-01 05:55:24Z

checked

Schuchert, Peter

2024-08-25 08:01:24Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Lafoea gracillima var. benthophila Ritchie, 1909) Ritchie, J., 1909. Supplementary reports on the hydroids of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition. Trans. R. Soc. Edinb. 47 1: 65-101., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32076781
page(s): 76, fig. 2 [details]

basis of record RAMS Hydrozoa checklist from Dr. Álvaro L. Peña Cantero (look up in IMIS) [details]

Taxonomy

redescription Millard, N.A.H. (1975). Monograph on the Hydroida of southern Africa. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 68: 1-513., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40921697
page(s): 185, fig. 61G; note: record South Africa [details]

Other

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

additional source Vervoort, W.; Schuchert, P. & van der Land, J. (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Unreviewed

Biology colonial [details]

Definitions

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)