WoRMS name details
Sertularella robusta Coughtrey, 1876
285553 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:285553)
unaccepted > junior homonym (invalid homonym of Sertularella robusta Allman, 1873)
Species
Sertularella angulosa Bale, 1894 · unaccepted (synonym)
Sertularella microgona von Lendenfeld, 1885 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Coughtrey, M. (1876). Critical notes on the New Zealand Hydroida, suborder Thecaphora. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4)17: 22-32., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19266924
page(s): 27, pl. 3 figs 6a-c [details]
page(s): 27, pl. 3 figs 6a-c [details]
Type locality contained in Foveaux Strait
type locality contained in Foveaux Strait [details]
Taxonomic remark S. robusta Coughtrey, 1876, its binomen is a permanently invalid junior primary homonym of S. gayi var. robusta Allman,...
Taxonomic remark S. robusta Coughtrey, 1876, its binomen is a permanently invalid junior primary homonym of S. gayi var. robusta Allman, 1874a (ICZN 1999, Art. 57.2), originally described from the Faroe-Shetland Trough in the
North Atlantic Ocean. It is nomenclaturally inconsequential that Allman’s name was introduced as a variety (ICZN
1999, Art. 45.6.4). Moreover, Reversal of Precedence provisions cannot be applied (ICZN 1999, Art. 23.9.1.1) to
validate the junior homonym as a nomen protectum because its senior homonym has been used as a valid name
after 1899, including in certain recent works (e.g., Nutting 1904: 79; Billard 1906a: 331; 1906b: 185; Bedot 1925:
370; Vervoort 1972: 118; Ramil & Vervoort 1992: 223; Calder & Vervoort 1998: 39, with a synonymy list; Henry
et al. 2008: 794; Gil & Ramil 2017: 428). The junior homonym S. robusta Coughtrey, 1876 is replaced by the
binomen S. quasiplana Trebilcock, 1928, originally described as S. robusta var. quasiplana Trebilcock, 1928. The
name of that variety qualifies as a replacement (ICZN 1999, Art. 60.2) in being considered a synonym of S. robusta
by Vervoort & Watson (2003). [details]
North Atlantic Ocean. It is nomenclaturally inconsequential that Allman’s name was introduced as a variety (ICZN
1999, Art. 45.6.4). Moreover, Reversal of Precedence provisions cannot be applied (ICZN 1999, Art. 23.9.1.1) to
validate the junior homonym as a nomen protectum because its senior homonym has been used as a valid name
after 1899, including in certain recent works (e.g., Nutting 1904: 79; Billard 1906a: 331; 1906b: 185; Bedot 1925:
370; Vervoort 1972: 118; Ramil & Vervoort 1992: 223; Calder & Vervoort 1998: 39, with a synonymy list; Henry
et al. 2008: 794; Gil & Ramil 2017: 428). The junior homonym S. robusta Coughtrey, 1876 is replaced by the
binomen S. quasiplana Trebilcock, 1928, originally described as S. robusta var. quasiplana Trebilcock, 1928. The
name of that variety qualifies as a replacement (ICZN 1999, Art. 60.2) in being considered a synonym of S. robusta
by Vervoort & Watson (2003). [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Sertularella robusta Coughtrey, 1876. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=285553 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Coughtrey, M. (1876). Critical notes on the New Zealand Hydroida, suborder Thecaphora. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4)17: 22-32., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19266924
page(s): 27, pl. 3 figs 6a-c [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): 27, pl. 3 figs 6a-c [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
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): 172 [details]
page(s): 172 [details]
Other
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 Galea H.G. Schories D., Häussermann V., Försterra G. (2017). Taxonomic revision of the genus Sertularella (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from southern South America and the subantarctic, with descriptions of five new species. <em>Revue suisse de Zoologie.</em> 124 (2): 255-321., available online at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.893519
page(s): 299, Figs 12D; 15N-R [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Coughtrey, M. (1876). Critical notes on the New Zealand Hydroida. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 8: 298-302., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33525722
page(s): 300 [details]
[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 Galea H.G. Schories D., Häussermann V., Försterra G. (2017). Taxonomic revision of the genus Sertularella (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from southern South America and the subantarctic, with descriptions of five new species. <em>Revue suisse de Zoologie.</em> 124 (2): 255-321., available online at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.893519
page(s): 299, Figs 12D; 15N-R [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Coughtrey, M. (1876). Critical notes on the New Zealand Hydroida. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 8: 298-302., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33525722
page(s): 300 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Biology colonial; fixed gonophores [details]Taxonomic remark S. robusta Coughtrey, 1876, its binomen is a permanently invalid junior primary homonym of S. gayi var. robusta Allman, 1874a (ICZN 1999, Art. 57.2), originally described from the Faroe-Shetland Trough in the
North Atlantic Ocean. It is nomenclaturally inconsequential that Allman’s name was introduced as a variety (ICZN
1999, Art. 45.6.4). Moreover, Reversal of Precedence provisions cannot be applied (ICZN 1999, Art. 23.9.1.1) to
validate the junior homonym as a nomen protectum because its senior homonym has been used as a valid name
after 1899, including in certain recent works (e.g., Nutting 1904: 79; Billard 1906a: 331; 1906b: 185; Bedot 1925:
370; Vervoort 1972: 118; Ramil & Vervoort 1992: 223; Calder & Vervoort 1998: 39, with a synonymy list; Henry
et al. 2008: 794; Gil & Ramil 2017: 428). The junior homonym S. robusta Coughtrey, 1876 is replaced by the
binomen S. quasiplana Trebilcock, 1928, originally described as S. robusta var. quasiplana Trebilcock, 1928. The
name of that variety qualifies as a replacement (ICZN 1999, Art. 60.2) in being considered a synonym of S. robusta
by Vervoort & Watson (2003). [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Sertularella angulosa Bale, 1894)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sertularella robusta)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (5 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Sertularella angulosa Bale, 1894)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sertularella robusta)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (5 records)
To ITIS
