Hydrozoa name details
Gossea L. Agassiz, 1862
117172 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117172)
unaccepted (invalid junior homonym of Gossea Spence Bate, 1862)
Genus
Thaumantias corynetes Gosse, 1853 accepted as Gossea corynetes (Gosse, 1853) accepted as Octobulbacea corynetes (Gosse, 1853) (type by monotypy)
- Species Gossea brachymera Bigelow, 1909 accepted as Octobulbacea brachymera (Bigelow, 1909) (genus transfer)
- Species Gossea circinata Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Octobulbacea corynetes (Gosse, 1853) (synonym)
- Species Gossea corynetes (Gosse, 1853) accepted as Octobulbacea corynetes (Gosse, 1853) (genus transfer)
- Species Gossea faureae Picard, 1952 accepted as Octobulbacea faureae (Picard, 1952) (genus tansfer)
- Species Gossea indica Bouillon, 1978 accepted as Octobulbacea indica (Bouillon, 1978) (genus transfer)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Agassiz, L. (1862). Contributions to the natural history of the United States of America. <em>Little Brown, Boston.</em> 4: 1-380, pls 1-19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16068829
page(s): 366 [details]
page(s): 366 [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Gossea L. Agassiz, 1862. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/hydrozoa/aphia.php/api-docs/css/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117172 on 2025-04-05
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original description
Agassiz, L. (1862). Contributions to the natural history of the United States of America. <em>Little Brown, Boston.</em> 4: 1-380, pls 1-19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16068829
page(s): 366 [details]
taxonomy source Boyko, C. B.; De Grave, S. (2023). <i>Gossea</i> Spence Bate & Westwood, 1862 (Amphipoda) and <i>Gossea</i> Agassiz, 1862 (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa): reversal of presumed precedence and review of the complicated nomenclatural history. <em>Crustaceana.</em> 96(8): 791-796.
page(s): 791; note: junior homonym of Gossea Spence Bate, 1862 [details] Available for editors
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]
additional source Bouillon, J.; Boero, F. (2000). Synopsis of the families and genera of the Hydromedusae of the world, with a list of the worldwide species. <i>Thalassia Salent. 24</i>: 47-296 (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 366 [details]
taxonomy source Boyko, C. B.; De Grave, S. (2023). <i>Gossea</i> Spence Bate & Westwood, 1862 (Amphipoda) and <i>Gossea</i> Agassiz, 1862 (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa): reversal of presumed precedence and review of the complicated nomenclatural history. <em>Crustaceana.</em> 96(8): 791-796.
page(s): 791; note: junior homonym of Gossea Spence Bate, 1862 [details] Available for editors
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]
additional source Bouillon, J.; Boero, F. (2000). Synopsis of the families and genera of the Hydromedusae of the world, with a list of the worldwide species. <i>Thalassia Salent. 24</i>: 47-296 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
