WoRMS taxon details
Pycnotheca mirabilis (Allman, 1883)
220596 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:220596)
accepted
Species
Diplocheilus allmani Torrey, 1904 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Diplocheilus mirabilis Allman, 1883 · unaccepted (basionym)
Pycnotheca allmani (Torrey, 1902) · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Diplocheilus mirabilis Allman, 1883) Allman, G. J. (1883). Report on the Hydroida dredged by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. Part I Plumulariidae. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 7 (part 20): 1-55, pl.1-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11712040
page(s): 49, pl. 8 figs 4-7 [details]
page(s): 49, pl. 8 figs 4-7 [details]
Distribution South Africa. – Australia. – New Zealand. – California. – Japan
Distribution South Africa. – Australia. – New Zealand. – California. – Japan [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Pycnotheca mirabilis (Allman, 1883). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=220596 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Diplocheilus allmani Torrey, 1904) Torrey, H.B. , 1904. The hydroids of the San Diego region. Univ. Calif. Publs Zool. 2 1: 1-43., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/93377#41
page(s): 36 [details]
original description (of Diplocheilus mirabilis Allman, 1883) Allman, G. J. (1883). Report on the Hydroida dredged by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. Part I Plumulariidae. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 7 (part 20): 1-55, pl.1-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11712040
page(s): 49, pl. 8 figs 4-7 [details]
basis of record Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 36 [details]
original description (of Diplocheilus mirabilis Allman, 1883) Allman, G. J. (1883). Report on the Hydroida dredged by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. Part I Plumulariidae. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 7 (part 20): 1-55, pl.1-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11712040
page(s): 49, pl. 8 figs 4-7 [details]
basis of record Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Vervoort, W., & Watson, J. E. 2003. The marine fauna of New Zealand: Leptothecata (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) (thecate hydroids). NIWA Biodiversity Memoir 119: 1-538.
page(s): 366, fig. 89D-J [details]
page(s): 366, fig. 89D-J [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 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 [request]
additional source Watson, J. E. (2024). The marine hydroids of south-eastern Australia (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa). <em>Museum Victoria Science Reports.</em> 22: 1-121., available online at https://doi.org/10.24199/j.mvsr.2024.22
page(s): 79, fig. 146 [details] Available for editors [request]
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
[request]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
[request]additional source Watson, J. E. (2024). The marine hydroids of south-eastern Australia (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa). <em>Museum Victoria Science Reports.</em> 22: 1-121., available online at https://doi.org/10.24199/j.mvsr.2024.22
page(s): 79, fig. 146 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Distribution South Africa. – Australia. – New Zealand. – California. – Japan [details]Unreviewed
Biology colonial, fixed sporosacs [details]Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Diplocheilus allmani Torrey, 1904)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pycnotheca mirabilis)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Diplocheilus mirabilis Allman, 1883)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Diplocheilus allmani Torrey, 1904)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pycnotheca mirabilis)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Diplocheilus mirabilis Allman, 1883)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To ITIS
