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Turritopsis pacifica Maas, 1909

284466  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:284466)

accepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Maas, O. 1909. Japanische Medusen. - Abhandlungen der bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, mathematisch physikalische Classe, Supplement Band 1: 1-53, plates 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5542853
page(s): 14, pl. 1 figs 6-8, pl. 2 fig. 9 [details]   

(of Turritopsis nutricula var. pacifica Maas, 1909) Maas, O. 1909. Japanische Medusen. - Abhandlungen der bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, mathematisch physikalische Classe, Supplement Band 1: 1-53, plates 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5542853
page(s): 14, pl. 1 figs 6-8, pl. 2 fig. 9 [details]   
Type locality contained in Sagami Bay  
type locality contained in Sagami Bay [from synonym] [details]
Taxonomy Originally described as Turritopsis nutricula var. pacifica Maas, 1909.
It is hardly distinguishable from T. rubra...  
Taxonomy Originally described as Turritopsis nutricula var. pacifica Maas, 1909.
It is hardly distinguishable from T. rubra (Farquhar, 1895) and has been regarded as conspecific with it. Ishikawa et al. (2020) considered it distinct from T. rubra based on DNA data. [details]
Schuchert, P. (2024). World Hydrozoa Database. Turritopsis pacifica Maas, 1909. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=284466 on 2024-06-24
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2008-01-16 10:35:54Z
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2009-12-29 08:28:59Z
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original description Maas, O. 1909. Japanische Medusen. - Abhandlungen der bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, mathematisch physikalische Classe, Supplement Band 1: 1-53, plates 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5542853
page(s): 14, pl. 1 figs 6-8, pl. 2 fig. 9 [details]   

original description  (of Turritopsis nutricula var. pacifica Maas, 1909) Maas, O. 1909. Japanische Medusen. - Abhandlungen der bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, mathematisch physikalische Classe, Supplement Band 1: 1-53, plates 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5542853
page(s): 14, pl. 1 figs 6-8, pl. 2 fig. 9 [details]   

basis of record 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]   

additional source Kubota. S., Kitada H., Mizutani S., 2005. Biological observations on medusae of Turritopsis nutricula (Hydrozoa, Anthomedusae) from Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan 60 : 39-42.
page(s): 39, figs 1-3; note: Misapplication: identified as Turritopsis nutricula but is T. pacifica = Turritopsis rubra [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

status source Ishikawa S., Kuriyama M., Miyake H., Kubota S. (2020). Taxonomic review of Japanese immortal jellyfish Turritopsis rubra (Hydrozoa, Anthomedusae). <em>Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan.</em> 75: 62-70.
page(s): 62, Fig 2a-h; note: conclude that it is distinct from T. rubra [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Originally described as Turritopsis nutricula var. pacifica Maas, 1909.
It is hardly distinguishable from T. rubra (Farquhar, 1895) and has been regarded as conspecific with it. Ishikawa et al. (2020) considered it distinct from T. rubra based on DNA data. [details]

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Biology colonial [details]
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