WoRMS taxon details
Rhopalonema velatum Gegenbaur, 1857
117865 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117865)
accepted
Species
Calyptra umbilicata Leuckart, 1856 · unaccepted (possible synonym)
Marmanema (Cordylonema) clavigerum Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted (synonym)
Marmanema (Cordylonema) umbilicata (Leuckart, 1856) · unaccepted (synonym)
Marmanema clavigerum (Haeckel, 1879) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Marmanema velatoides Maas, 1893 · unaccepted (synonym)
Rhopalonema coerulum Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted (synonym)
Rhopalonema polydactylum Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted (synonym)
Rhopalonema striatum Maas, 1893 · unaccepted (synonym)
Trachynema ciliatum Gegenbaur, 1854 · unaccepted (synonym, not in use)
Trachynema octonarium Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Gegenbaur, C. (1857). Versuch eines Systems der Medusen, mit Beschreibung neuer oder wenig gekannter Formen; zugleich ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Fauna des Mittelmeeres. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> Leipzig 8: 202-273, pls 7-9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13864647
page(s): 251, pl. 9 figs 1-5 [details]
page(s): 251, pl. 9 figs 1-5 [details]
Type locality contained in Mediterranean Sea
type locality contained in Mediterranean Sea [details]
Distribution circum-(sub)tropical
Distribution circum-(sub)tropical [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Rhopalonema velatum Gegenbaur, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117865 on 2025-04-07
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Nomenclature
original description
Gegenbaur, C. (1857). Versuch eines Systems der Medusen, mit Beschreibung neuer oder wenig gekannter Formen; zugleich ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Fauna des Mittelmeeres. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> Leipzig 8: 202-273, pls 7-9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13864647
page(s): 251, pl. 9 figs 1-5 [details]
original description (of Trachynema ciliatum Gegenbaur, 1854) Gegenbaur, C. 1854a. Zur Lehre vom Generationswechsel und der Fortpflanzung bei Medusen und Polypen. - Verhandlungen der Physikalisch-Medizinischen Gesellschaft zu Würzburg 4: 154-221, pls 1-2. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25125518
page(s): 53 (or reprint) [details]
original description (of Rhopalonema polydactylum Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 265, pl. 17 figs 7-11 [details]
original description (of Trachynema octonarium Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 260 [details]
original description (of Rhopalonema coerulum Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 264, pl. 17 figs 3-6 [details]
original description (of Rhopalonema striatum Maas, 1893) Maas, O. (1893). Die Craspedoten Medusen der Plankton Expedition. Ergebnisse d. in dem Atlantischen Ocean von Mitte Juli bis Anfang November 1889 ausgeführten. <em>Plankton-Expedition der Humboldt Stiftung.</em> 2 (Kc): 1-107., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2122174
page(s): 15, pl. 1 figs 3-4, [details]
original description (of Marmanema velatoides Maas, 1893) Maas, O. (1893). Die Craspedoten Medusen der Plankton Expedition. Ergebnisse d. in dem Atlantischen Ocean von Mitte Juli bis Anfang November 1889 ausgeführten. <em>Plankton-Expedition der Humboldt Stiftung.</em> 2 (Kc): 1-107., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2122174
page(s): 13, pl. 1 fig. 6 [details]
original description (of Calyptra umbilicata Leuckart, 1856) Leuckart, R. 1856. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Medusenfauna von Nizza. - Archiv für Naturgeschichte 22: 1-40, pls 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7083410
page(s): 14, pl. 1 figs 9-10 [details]
original description (of Marmanema (Cordylonema) clavigerum Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 263, pl. 17 figs 1-2 [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): 251, pl. 9 figs 1-5 [details]
original description (of Trachynema ciliatum Gegenbaur, 1854) Gegenbaur, C. 1854a. Zur Lehre vom Generationswechsel und der Fortpflanzung bei Medusen und Polypen. - Verhandlungen der Physikalisch-Medizinischen Gesellschaft zu Würzburg 4: 154-221, pls 1-2. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25125518
page(s): 53 (or reprint) [details]
original description (of Rhopalonema polydactylum Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 265, pl. 17 figs 7-11 [details]
original description (of Trachynema octonarium Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 260 [details]
original description (of Rhopalonema coerulum Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 264, pl. 17 figs 3-6 [details]
original description (of Rhopalonema striatum Maas, 1893) Maas, O. (1893). Die Craspedoten Medusen der Plankton Expedition. Ergebnisse d. in dem Atlantischen Ocean von Mitte Juli bis Anfang November 1889 ausgeführten. <em>Plankton-Expedition der Humboldt Stiftung.</em> 2 (Kc): 1-107., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2122174
page(s): 15, pl. 1 figs 3-4, [details]
original description (of Marmanema velatoides Maas, 1893) Maas, O. (1893). Die Craspedoten Medusen der Plankton Expedition. Ergebnisse d. in dem Atlantischen Ocean von Mitte Juli bis Anfang November 1889 ausgeführten. <em>Plankton-Expedition der Humboldt Stiftung.</em> 2 (Kc): 1-107., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2122174
page(s): 13, pl. 1 fig. 6 [details]
original description (of Calyptra umbilicata Leuckart, 1856) Leuckart, R. 1856. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Medusenfauna von Nizza. - Archiv für Naturgeschichte 22: 1-40, pls 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7083410
page(s): 14, pl. 1 figs 9-10 [details]
original description (of Marmanema (Cordylonema) clavigerum Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 263, pl. 17 figs 1-2 [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]
Taxonomy
redescription
Pagès F., Gili J.M., Bouillon J. (1992). Medusae (Hydrozoa, Scyphozoa, Cubozoa) of the Benguela Current (southeastern Atlantic). <em>Scientia Marina.</em> 56(Suppl. 1): 1-64.
page(s): 45, fig. 55 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 45, fig. 55 [details] Available for editors

Identification resource
identification resource
Schuchert P.; Collins R. (2021). Hydromedusae observed during night dives in the Gulf Stream. <em>Revue suisse de Zoologie.</em> 128(2): 237-356., available online at https://doi.org/10.35929/RSZ.0049
page(s): 334, Fig. 60A-E; note: 16S DNA barcodes [details]
page(s): 334, Fig. 60A-E; note: 16S DNA barcodes [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]
context source (RAS) Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details]
context source (Bermuda) Moore, H.B. (1949). The zooplankton of the upper waters of the Bermuda area of the North Atlantic. Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection 12(2):1-97, figs. 1-208. (i-1949) [details] Available for editors
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context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Navas-Pereira, D. & Vannucci, M. (1991). The Hydromedusae and water masses of the Indian Ocean. <em>Bolm Inst. Oceanogr.</em> 39(1): 25-60. [details]
additional source Segura-Puertas, L., L. Celis, and L. Chiaverano. 2009. Medusozoans (Cnidaria: Cubozoa, Scyphozoa, and Hydrozoa) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 369–379 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Pre [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors
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context source (RAS) Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details]
context source (Bermuda) Moore, H.B. (1949). The zooplankton of the upper waters of the Bermuda area of the North Atlantic. Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection 12(2):1-97, figs. 1-208. (i-1949) [details] Available for editors

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Navas-Pereira, D. & Vannucci, M. (1991). The Hydromedusae and water masses of the Indian Ocean. <em>Bolm Inst. Oceanogr.</em> 39(1): 25-60. [details]
additional source Segura-Puertas, L., L. Celis, and L. Chiaverano. 2009. Medusozoans (Cnidaria: Cubozoa, Scyphozoa, and Hydrozoa) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 369–379 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Pre [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors






Nontype MHNG, geounit French Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Biology only medusae, direct development [details]Distribution circum-(sub)tropical [details]
Habitat Epipelagic [details]
Language | Name | |
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English | veiled medusa | [details] |
German | Schleiermeduse | [details] |
Japanese | イチメガサクラゲ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (80 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Rhopalonema velatum)
To GenBank (19 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (553 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (80 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Rhopalonema velatum)
To GenBank (19 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (553 records)
To ITIS