WoRMS taxon details

Proboscidactyla occidentalis (Fewkes, 1889)

285327  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:285327)

accepted
Species
Willia occidentalis Fewkes, 1889 · unaccepted (basionym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Willia occidentalis Fewkes, 1889) Fewkes, J. W. (1889). New invertebrata from the coast of California. <em>Bulletin of the Essex Institute, Salem.</em> 21(7,8,9): 99-146, plates 1-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11711150
page(s): 109, pl. 5 fig. 3 [details] OpenAccess publication
Type locality contained in Santa Cruz Island, California  
type locality contained in Santa Cruz Island, California [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Taxonomy Kramp 1961: 234, probably juvenile P. flavicirrata  
Taxonomy Kramp 1961: 234, probably juvenile P. flavicirrata [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Proboscidactyla occidentalis (Fewkes, 1889). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=285327 on 2025-04-05
Date
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2008-01-16 10:35:54Z
created
2011-07-29 08:29:36Z
changed
2024-07-03 12:17:27Z
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Nomenclature

original description (of Willia occidentalis Fewkes, 1889) Fewkes, J. W. (1889). New invertebrata from the coast of California. <em>Bulletin of the Essex Institute, Salem.</em> 21(7,8,9): 99-146, plates 1-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11711150
page(s): 109, pl. 5 fig. 3 [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] 

Other

additional source Hand, C., 1954. Three Pacific species of "Lar" (including a new species). Their hosts, medusae, and relationships (Coelenterata, Hydrozoa). Pacif. Sci. 8 1: 51-67.
page(s): 60, figs 3g-j, 7; note: description of hydroid and medusa [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

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

From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Kramp 1961: 234, probably juvenile P. flavicirrata [details]

Unreviewed
Biology colonial, commensal on sabellid polychaetes, free medusae [details]
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