WoRMS taxon details
Ceratocymba leuckartii (Huxley, 1859)
287240 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:287240)
accepted
Species
Abyla leuckartii Huxley, 1859 · unaccepted (basionym)
Ceratocymba asymmetrica Lens & van Riemsdijk, 1908 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Enneagonum leuckartii (Huxley, 1859) · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
Pseudocymba anomala Sears, 1953 · unaccepted (This is an aberrant pathological...)
This is an aberrant pathological anterior nectophore, perhaps from a mutilated specimen of Ceratocymba leuckartii, but it has never been found again
Pseudocymba asymmetrica Sears, 1953 · unaccepted (This is an aberrant pathological...)
This is an aberrant pathological anterior nectophore, perhaps from a specimen of Ceratocymba leuckartii, but it has too many ridges and malformed facets; it has never been found again
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Abyla leuckartii Huxley, 1859) Huxley, Th.H., 1859. The oceanic Hydrozoa; a description of the Calycophoridae and Physophoridae observed during the voyage of H.M.S. "Rattlesnake", in the years 1846-50., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10599749
page(s): 49 [details]
page(s): 49 [details]
Distribution Pagès et al’06
Distribution Pagès et al’06 [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Ceratocymba leuckartii (Huxley, 1859). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=287240 on 2025-04-07
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Abyla leuckartii Huxley, 1859) Huxley, Th.H., 1859. The oceanic Hydrozoa; a description of the Calycophoridae and Physophoridae observed during the voyage of H.M.S. "Rattlesnake", in the years 1846-50., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10599749
page(s): 49 [details]
original description (of Pseudocymba asymmetrica Sears, 1953) Sears, M. (1953). Notes on siphonophores. 2. A revision of the Abylinae. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of comparative Zoölogy of Harvard College.</em> 109: 1-119., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3886008
page(s): 72 [details]
original description (of Pseudocymba anomala Sears, 1953) Sears, M. (1953). Notes on siphonophores. 2. A revision of the Abylinae. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of comparative Zoölogy of Harvard College.</em> 109: 1-119., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3886008
page(s): 75 [details]
original description (of Ceratocymba asymmetrica Lens & van Riemsdijk, 1908) Lens, A. D. and van Riemsdijk, T. 1908. The Siphonophora of the “Siboga” Expedition. Siboga Exped. 9: 1-130, 24 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16022020
page(s): 9, figs 7-11, pl. 1 figs 2-5. [details]
page(s): 49 [details]
original description (of Pseudocymba asymmetrica Sears, 1953) Sears, M. (1953). Notes on siphonophores. 2. A revision of the Abylinae. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of comparative Zoölogy of Harvard College.</em> 109: 1-119., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3886008
page(s): 72 [details]
original description (of Pseudocymba anomala Sears, 1953) Sears, M. (1953). Notes on siphonophores. 2. A revision of the Abylinae. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of comparative Zoölogy of Harvard College.</em> 109: 1-119., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3886008
page(s): 75 [details]
original description (of Ceratocymba asymmetrica Lens & van Riemsdijk, 1908) Lens, A. D. and van Riemsdijk, T. 1908. The Siphonophora of the “Siboga” Expedition. Siboga Exped. 9: 1-130, 24 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16022020
page(s): 9, figs 7-11, pl. 1 figs 2-5. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Bigelow H.B. (1911c). The Siphonophorae. Reports of the scientific research expedition to the tropical Pacific. Albatross XXIII. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 38: 173-401, 32 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/32451 [details]
ecology source Pagès, F. & Gili, J.M. (1992). Siphonophores (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) of the Benguela Current (southeastern Atlantic). In: F. Pagès; J.-M. Gili & J. Bouillon, eds, Planktonic Cnidarians of the Benguela Current. <em>Scientia Marina.</em> 56 suppl. 1: 65-112. [details]
ecology source Pagès, F. & Gili, J.M. (1992). Siphonophores (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) of the Benguela Current (southeastern Atlantic). In: F. Pagès; J.-M. Gili & J. Bouillon, eds, Planktonic Cnidarians of the Benguela Current. <em>Scientia Marina.</em> 56 suppl. 1: 65-112. [details]
Other
additional source
Pugh, P. R. & Gasca, R. (2009). Siphonophorae (Cnidaria) of the Gulf of Mexico. Pp. 395–402. In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. <em>Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
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
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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
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Distribution Pagès et al’06 [details]Unreviewed
Habitat mainly epipelagic [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | シカクハコクラゲ | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Abyla leuckartii Huxley, 1859)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ceratocymba leuckartii)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Abyla leuckartii Huxley, 1859)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Pseudocymba asymmetrica Sears, 1953)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Pseudocymba anomala Sears, 1953)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Ceratocymba asymmetrica Lens & van Riemsdijk, 1908)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Enneagonum leuckartii (Huxley, 1859))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (26 records) (from synonym Abyla leuckartii Huxley, 1859)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (4 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Abyla leuckartii Huxley, 1859)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ceratocymba leuckartii)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Abyla leuckartii Huxley, 1859)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Pseudocymba asymmetrica Sears, 1953)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Pseudocymba anomala Sears, 1953)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Ceratocymba asymmetrica Lens & van Riemsdijk, 1908)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Enneagonum leuckartii (Huxley, 1859))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (26 records) (from synonym Abyla leuckartii Huxley, 1859)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (4 records)
To ITIS
