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Turritopsis pleurostoma (Péron & Lesueur, 1810)

Melicerta pleurostoma from Goy (1995)
Melicerta pleurostoma from Goy (1995)

284467  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:284467)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Medusozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hydrozoa (Class)
  6. Hydroidolina (Subclass)
  7. Anthoathecata (Order)
  8. Filifera (Suborder)
  9. Oceaniidae (Family)
  10. Turritopsis (Genus)
  11. Turritopsis pleurostoma (Species)
uncertain > taxon inquirendum
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Melicerta pleurostoma Péron & Lesueur, 1810) Péron F. & Lesueur C.A. (1810). Tableau des caractères génériques et spécifiques de toutes les espèces de méduses connues jusqu'à ce jour. <em>Annales du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle de Paris.</em> 14: 325-366., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3498981
page(s): 353 [pl. 61 figs 159-160, unpublished] [details] OpenAccess publication
Taxonomic remark This is an unrecognisable species, but almost certainly it does not belong to the genus Turritopsis as thought by Haeckel...  
Taxonomic remark This is an unrecognisable species, but almost certainly it does not belong to the genus Turritopsis as thought by Haeckel (1879).
Goy (1995) thinks it could have been a Octorathkea species. [details]
Schuchert, P. (2024). World Hydrozoa Database. Turritopsis pleurostoma (Péron & Lesueur, 1810). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=284467 on 2024-11-21
Date
action
by
2008-01-16 10:35:54Z
created
van der Land, Jacob
2009-12-29 08:28:59Z
changed
Schuchert, Peter
2012-10-19 06:41:41Z
changed
Schuchert, Peter
2016-08-17 13:56:52Z
changed
Schuchert, Peter

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original description (of Melicerta pleurostoma Péron & Lesueur, 1810) Péron F. & Lesueur C.A. (1810). Tableau des caractères génériques et spécifiques de toutes les espèces de méduses connues jusqu'à ce jour. <em>Annales du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle de Paris.</em> 14: 325-366., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3498981
page(s): 353 [pl. 61 figs 159-160, unpublished] [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record 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] 

new combination reference 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): 67 [details] 
From editor or global species database
Biology Only medusa known [details]

Dimensions 20-30 mm medusa [details]

Taxonomic remark This is an unrecognisable species, but almost certainly it does not belong to the genus Turritopsis as thought by Haeckel (1879).
Goy (1995) thinks it could have been a Octorathkea species. [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) 
From editor or global species database
Melicerta pleurostoma from Goy (1995)
Melicerta pleurostoma from Goy (1995)
Image from synonym

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