WoRMS taxon details

Polyorchis haplus Skogsberg, 1948

290840  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:290840)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Medusozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hydrozoa (Class)
  6. Hydroidolina (Subclass)
  7. Anthoathecata (Order)
  8. Capitata (Suborder)
  9. Corynidae (Family)
  10. Polyorchis (Genus)
  11. Polyorchis haplus (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Skogsberg, T., 1948. A systematic study of the family Polyorchidae (Hydromedusae). Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 26 5: 101-124., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15655907/#page/109/mode/thumb
page(s): 121 [details] 
Taxonomic remark Considered valid, differs from P. penicillatus by the absence of lateral diverticula of the radial canals  
Taxonomic remark Considered valid, differs from P. penicillatus by the absence of lateral diverticula of the radial canals [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Polyorchis haplus Skogsberg, 1948. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=290840 on 2025-04-16
Date
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2008-01-16 10:35:54Z
created
van der Land, Jacob
2011-06-10 08:40:24Z
changed
Schuchert, Peter
2024-12-29 15:34:22Z
changed
Schuchert, Peter

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Nomenclature

original description Skogsberg, T., 1948. A systematic study of the family Polyorchidae (Hydromedusae). Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 26 5: 101-124., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15655907/#page/109/mode/thumb
page(s): 121 [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

status source Rees, J.T. & R.J. Larson, 1980. Morphological variation in the hydromedusa genus Polyorchis on the west coast of North America. Can. J. Zool. 58 11: 2089-2095., available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/z80-287
page(s): 2089; note: species retained as valid, radial canals without diverticula [details] 

Other

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

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

From editor or global species database
Taxonomic remark Considered valid, differs from P. penicillatus by the absence of lateral diverticula of the radial canals [details]

Unreviewed
Biology colonial, large medusae [details]
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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Polyorchis haplus) 
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 0 proteins) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (10 records) 
To ITIS

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