WoRMS taxon details
Synthecium tottoni Ralph, 1958
285939 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:285939)
accepted
Species
Synthecium robustum Totton, 1930 · unaccepted > junior homonym (invalid junior homonym of...)
invalid junior homonym of Syntecium robustum Nutting, 1904
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Ralph, P.M. (1958). New Zealand thecate hydroids. Part II.- Families Lafoeidae, Lineolariidae, Haleciidae and Syntheciidae. <em>Trans. R. Soc. N.Z.</em> 85(2): 301-356 figs. 1-18.
page(s): Ralph, 1958: 352, fig. 18b; note: new name for Syntecium robustum Totton, 1930, preoccupied by Syntecium robustum Nutting, 1904 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): Ralph, 1958: 352, fig. 18b; note: new name for Syntecium robustum Totton, 1930, preoccupied by Syntecium robustum Nutting, 1904 [details] Available for editors

Type locality contained in Spirits Bay
type locality contained in Spirits Bay [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Synthecium tottoni Ralph, 1958. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=285939 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Ralph, P.M. (1958). New Zealand thecate hydroids. Part II.- Families Lafoeidae, Lineolariidae, Haleciidae and Syntheciidae. <em>Trans. R. Soc. N.Z.</em> 85(2): 301-356 figs. 1-18.
page(s): Ralph, 1958: 352, fig. 18b; note: new name for Syntecium robustum Totton, 1930, preoccupied by Syntecium robustum Nutting, 1904 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Synthecium robustum Totton, 1930) Totton, A. K. 1930. Coelenterata. Part V.- Hydroida. - British Antarctic ("Terra Nova") Expedition, 1910, Natural History Report, Zoology 5: 131-252, pls 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49469919
page(s): 173, fig. 25 [details] Available for editors
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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): Ralph, 1958: 352, fig. 18b; note: new name for Syntecium robustum Totton, 1930, preoccupied by Syntecium robustum Nutting, 1904 [details] Available for editors

original description (of Synthecium robustum Totton, 1930) Totton, A. K. 1930. Coelenterata. Part V.- Hydroida. - British Antarctic ("Terra Nova") Expedition, 1910, Natural History Report, Zoology 5: 131-252, pls 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49469919
page(s): 173, fig. 25 [details] Available for editors

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): 259, fig. 61 [details]
page(s): 259, fig. 61 [details]
Other
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
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Unreviewed
Biology colonial; fixed sporosacs [details]