WoRMS taxon details
Cosmetira Forbes, 1848
117156 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117156)
accepted
Genus
Cosmetira pilosella Forbes, 1848 (type by monotypy)
Cosmetira Hartlaub, 1909 · unaccepted (preoccupied by Cosmetira Forbes, 1848)
Thaumantias (Cosmetira) Forbes, 1848 · unaccepted (elevated to full genus level)
- Species Cosmetira pilosella Forbes, 1848
- Species Cosmetira brownei (Kramp, 1930) accepted as Mitrocomella brownei (Kramp, 1930) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Cosmetira frigida Browne, 1910 accepted as Mitrocomella frigida (Browne, 1910) (basionym)
- Species Cosmetira polydiademata (Romanes, 1876) accepted as Mitrocomella polydiademata (Romanes, 1876) (unaccepted > superseded combination, synonym)
- Species Cosmetira punctata Haeckel, 1864 accepted as Laodicea undulata (Forbes & Goodsir, 1853) (synonym)
- Species Cosmetira salinarum Du Plessis, 1879 accepted as Gonionemus vertens A. Agassiz, 1862 (synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Forbes, E. (1848). A monograph of the British naked-eyed Medusæ : with figures of all the species. London, Ray Society, pp. 104, 13 plates. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10599599
page(s): 42 [details]
page(s): 42 [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Cosmetira Forbes, 1848. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117156 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Forbes, E. (1848). A monograph of the British naked-eyed Medusæ : with figures of all the species. London, Ray Society, pp. 104, 13 plates. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10599599
page(s): 42 [details]
original description (of Thaumantias (Cosmetira) Forbes, 1848) Forbes, E. (1848). A monograph of the British naked-eyed Medusæ : with figures of all the species. London, Ray Society, pp. 104, 13 plates. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10599599
page(s): 42 [details]
original description (of Cosmetira Hartlaub, 1909) Hartlaub C. (1909). Ueber Thaumantias pilosella Forbes und die neue Lafoeidengattung Cosmetira. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 34: 82-89., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30144085
page(s): 83 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Vervoort, W.; Cairns, S.D.; Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydrozoa, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 112-120 (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 42 [details]
original description (of Thaumantias (Cosmetira) Forbes, 1848) Forbes, E. (1848). A monograph of the British naked-eyed Medusæ : with figures of all the species. London, Ray Society, pp. 104, 13 plates. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10599599
page(s): 42 [details]
original description (of Cosmetira Hartlaub, 1909) Hartlaub C. (1909). Ueber Thaumantias pilosella Forbes und die neue Lafoeidengattung Cosmetira. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 34: 82-89., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30144085
page(s): 83 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Vervoort, W.; Cairns, S.D.; Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydrozoa, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 112-120 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Mitrocomidae medusae with 4 radial canals; 8 open statocysts; no ocelli; flexile cirri with numerous nematocysts throughout their length, usually straight, exceptionally, in young specimens, spirally coiled.
Hydroid with the characterstics of the family. [details]
