WoRMS taxon details
Benthocodon hyalinus Larson & Harbison, 1990
174740 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:174740)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Larson, R.; Harbison, G. (1990). Medusae from Mcmurdo Sound, Ross Sea including the descriptions of two new species, Leuckartiara brownei and Benthocodon hyalinus. <em>Polar Biology.</em> 11(1)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00236517
page(s): 22, figs 2-4 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 22, figs 2-4 [details] Available for editors
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Type locality contained in McMurdo Sound
type locality contained in McMurdo Sound [details]
Description Peduncle¼ or more the length of the manubrium; eight linear to sinuous gonads attached along most of the radial canals...
Description Peduncle¼ or more the length of the manubrium; eight linear to sinuous gonads attached along most of the radial canals becoming pendant distally; lacks pigmentation on the subumbrella, and the gonads extend along most of the length of the radial canals, only at their distal ends are the 8 linear gonads pendant; more than 800 tentacles of different sizes but one type. Reaches up to 4 cm in diameter and has been observed in moderately dense aggregations
just above the bottom. [details]
just above the bottom. [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Benthocodon hyalinus Larson & Harbison, 1990. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=174740 on 2025-04-06
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Nomenclature
original description
Larson, R.; Harbison, G. (1990). Medusae from Mcmurdo Sound, Ross Sea including the descriptions of two new species, Leuckartiara brownei and Benthocodon hyalinus. <em>Polar Biology.</em> 11(1)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00236517
page(s): 22, figs 2-4 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Cnidaria Antarctic checklist (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 22, figs 2-4 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Cnidaria Antarctic checklist (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
additional source
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 Matsumoto G.I.; Bentlage B.; Sherlock R.; Walz K.; Robison B.H. (2020). “Little Red Jellies” in Monterey Bay, California (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Trachymedusae: Rhopalonematidae). <em>Frontiers in Marine Science.</em> 6, 6 pages., available online at https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00798
page(s): 12, Fig. 3C. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Matsumoto G.I.; Bentlage B.; Sherlock R.; Walz K.; Robison B.H. (2020). “Little Red Jellies” in Monterey Bay, California (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Trachymedusae: Rhopalonematidae). <em>Frontiers in Marine Science.</em> 6, 6 pages., available online at https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00798
page(s): 12, Fig. 3C. [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Biology only medusae, direct development [details]Description Peduncle¼ or more the length of the manubrium; eight linear to sinuous gonads attached along most of the radial canals becoming pendant distally; lacks pigmentation on the subumbrella, and the gonads extend along most of the length of the radial canals, only at their distal ends are the 8 linear gonads pendant; more than 800 tentacles of different sizes but one type. Reaches up to 4 cm in diameter and has been observed in moderately dense aggregations
just above the bottom. [details]
