WoRMS name details

Foersteria purpurea (Foerster, 1924)

285071  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:285071)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Medusozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hydrozoa (Class)
  6. Hydroidolina (Subclass)
  7. Leptothecata (Order)
  8. Mitrocomidae (Family)
  9. Foersteria (Genus)
  10. Foersteria purpurea (Species)
 unaccepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Staurophora purpurea Foerster, 1924) Foerster, R. E. (1923). The Hydromedusae of the west coast of North America, with special reference to those of the Vancouver Island Region. <em>Contributions to Canadian Biology and Fisheries.</em> 1a(2): 219-277, pls. 1-5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42936701
page(s): 250, pl. 4 figs 2-5 [details] 
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Foersteria purpurea (Foerster, 1924). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=285071 on 2025-04-05
Date
action
by
2008-01-16 10:35:54Z
created
van der Land, Jacob
2009-05-25 06:13:45Z
changed
Schuchert, Peter
2016-03-18 06:35:11Z
changed
Schuchert, Peter

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Nomenclature

original description (of Staurophora purpurea Foerster, 1924) Foerster, R. E. (1923). The Hydromedusae of the west coast of North America, with special reference to those of the Vancouver Island Region. <em>Contributions to Canadian Biology and Fisheries.</em> 1a(2): 219-277, pls. 1-5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42936701
page(s): 250, pl. 4 figs 2-5 [details] 

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] 

Taxonomy

redescription Arai, M.N. & A. Brinckmann-Voss, 1980. Hydromedusae of British Columbia and Puget Sound. Can. Bull. Fish. aquat. Sci. 204 : 1-192.
page(s): 88, fig. 48 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Biology free medusae [details]
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