WoRMS name details
Plumularia mutabilis Fraser, 1948
285274 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:285274)
unaccepted (basionym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Fraser, C. M. 1948. Hydroids of the Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions since March, 1938. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions 4: 179-343.
, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4678834
page(s): 285, pl. 41 fig. 50 [details]
page(s): 285, pl. 41 fig. 50 [details]
Type locality contained in Gulf of California
type locality contained in Gulf of California [details]
Taxonomy If Plumularia mutabilis is used in the new combination Nemertesia mutabilis, it becomes a secondary homonym of Nemertesia...
Taxonomy If Plumularia mutabilis is used in the new combination Nemertesia mutabilis, it becomes a secondary homonym of Nemertesia mutabilis (Fraser, 1948). Ramil & Vervoort (2006) therefore proposed the new name Nemertesia californica for this species.
The taxonoic position of this species is by no means clear. Ramil & Vervoort (2006) placed it in the genus Nemertesia despite the plumes having only two rows of hydrocladia. It could as well be regarded as a Plumularia species. If so, Frasers original name Plumularia mutabilis Fraser, 1948 would remain valid.
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The taxonoic position of this species is by no means clear. Ramil & Vervoort (2006) placed it in the genus Nemertesia despite the plumes having only two rows of hydrocladia. It could as well be regarded as a Plumularia species. If so, Frasers original name Plumularia mutabilis Fraser, 1948 would remain valid.
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Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Plumularia mutabilis Fraser, 1948. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=285274 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Fraser, C. M. 1948. Hydroids of the Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions since March, 1938. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions 4: 179-343.
, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4678834
page(s): 285, pl. 41 fig. 50 [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]
page(s): 285, pl. 41 fig. 50 [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]
Other
subsequent type designation
Calder, D. R., Vervoort, W., & Hochberg, F. G. 2009. Lectotype designations of new species of hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa), described by C.M. Fraser, from Allan Hancock Pacific and Caribbean Sea Expeditions. Zoologische Mededelingen 83: 919-1054.
page(s): 1039 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 1039 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy If Plumularia mutabilis is used in the new combination Nemertesia mutabilis, it becomes a secondary homonym of Nemertesia mutabilis (Fraser, 1948). Ramil & Vervoort (2006) therefore proposed the new name Nemertesia californica for this species.The taxonoic position of this species is by no means clear. Ramil & Vervoort (2006) placed it in the genus Nemertesia despite the plumes having only two rows of hydrocladia. It could as well be regarded as a Plumularia species. If so, Frasers original name Plumularia mutabilis Fraser, 1948 would remain valid.
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Biology colonial, no medusae [details]
