ERMS taxon details
Plotocnide borealis Wagner, 1885
117458 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117458)
accepted
Species
Boreohydra simplex Westblad, 1937 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Wagner, Nicolas. (1885). Die Wirbellosen des Weissen Meeres. Erster Band : zoologische Forschungen an der Küste des Solowetzkischen Meerbusens in den Sommermonaten der Jahre 1877, 1878, 1879 und 1882. <em>Leipzig, W. Engelmann.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.65513
page(s): 74, pl. 4 figs 1-2 [details]
page(s): 74, pl. 4 figs 1-2 [details]
Distribution Distribution of this species in the Mediterranean is unrealistic and quite unlikely for this arctic species
Distribution Distribution of this species in the Mediterranean is unrealistic and quite unlikely for this arctic species [details]
Schuchert, P. (2024). World Hydrozoa Database. Plotocnide borealis Wagner, 1885. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2024) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117458 on 2025-04-03
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Plotocnide borealis Wagner, 1885. Accessed at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117458 on 2025-04-03
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original description
Wagner, Nicolas. (1885). Die Wirbellosen des Weissen Meeres. Erster Band : zoologische Forschungen an der Küste des Solowetzkischen Meerbusens in den Sommermonaten der Jahre 1877, 1878, 1879 und 1882. <em>Leipzig, W. Engelmann.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.65513
page(s): 74, pl. 4 figs 1-2 [details]
original description (of Boreohydra simplex Westblad, 1937) Westblad, E. 1937. Boreohydra simplex n. gen., n. sp., ein Solitärpolyp von der norwegischen Küste. - Arkiv for Zoologi 29: 1-6..
page(s): 1, figs 1-4 [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 RoR) [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in RoR) [details] Available for editors
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
redescription Schuchert, P. (2010). The European athecate hydroids and their medusae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria): Capitata Part 2. <em>Revue Suisse de Zoologie.</em> 117: 337-555., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.117793
page(s): 516, fig. 83 [details]
redescription Schuchert, P. 2012. North-West European Athecate Hydroids and their Medusae. Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series) 59. The Linnean Society of London, London, pp. i-viii, 1-364.
page(s): 108, fig. 103 [details] Available for editors
redescription Pyataeva, S. V.; Hopcroft, R. R.; Lindsay, D. J.; Collins, A. G. (2016). DNA barcodes unite two problematic taxa: the meiobenthic Boreohydra simplex is a life-cycle stage of Plotocnide borealis (Hydrozoa: Aplanulata). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4150(1): 85-92., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4150.1.5
page(s): 85 [details]
page(s): 74, pl. 4 figs 1-2 [details]
original description (of Boreohydra simplex Westblad, 1937) Westblad, E. 1937. Boreohydra simplex n. gen., n. sp., ein Solitärpolyp von der norwegischen Küste. - Arkiv for Zoologi 29: 1-6..
page(s): 1, figs 1-4 [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 RoR) [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in RoR) [details] Available for editors

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
redescription Schuchert, P. (2010). The European athecate hydroids and their medusae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria): Capitata Part 2. <em>Revue Suisse de Zoologie.</em> 117: 337-555., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.117793
page(s): 516, fig. 83 [details]
redescription Schuchert, P. 2012. North-West European Athecate Hydroids and their Medusae. Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series) 59. The Linnean Society of London, London, pp. i-viii, 1-364.
page(s): 108, fig. 103 [details] Available for editors

redescription Pyataeva, S. V.; Hopcroft, R. R.; Lindsay, D. J.; Collins, A. G. (2016). DNA barcodes unite two problematic taxa: the meiobenthic Boreohydra simplex is a life-cycle stage of Plotocnide borealis (Hydrozoa: Aplanulata). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4150(1): 85-92., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4150.1.5
page(s): 85 [details]




From regional or thematic species database
Distribution Distribution of this species in the Mediterranean is unrealistic and quite unlikely for this arctic species [details]
To Barcode of Life (from synonym Boreohydra simplex Westblad, 1937)
To Barcode of Life (15 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Boreohydra simplex Westblad, 1937)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Plotocnide borealis)
To GenBank (27 nucleotides; 22 proteins) (from synonym Boreohydra simplex Westblad, 1937)
To GenBank (27 nucleotides; 22 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Boreohydra simplex Westblad, 1937)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record) (from synonym Boreohydra simplex Westblad, 1937)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (15 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Boreohydra simplex Westblad, 1937)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Plotocnide borealis)
To GenBank (27 nucleotides; 22 proteins) (from synonym Boreohydra simplex Westblad, 1937)
To GenBank (27 nucleotides; 22 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Boreohydra simplex Westblad, 1937)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record) (from synonym Boreohydra simplex Westblad, 1937)
To ITIS