WoRMS taxon details
Polyorchis penicillatus (Eschscholtz, 1829)
290843 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:290843)
accepted
Species
Medusa campanulata Chamisso, 1821 · unaccepted (not in use)
Melicertum campanulatum (Chamisso, 1821) · unaccepted
Melicertum penicillatum Eschscholtz, 1829 · unaccepted (basionym)
Polyorchis campanulatus (Chamisso, 1820) · unaccepted (not in use)
Polyorchis minuta Murbach & Shaerer, 1902 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Polyorchis montereyensis Skogsberg, 1948 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Polyorchis pinnatus Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, terrestrial
(of Melicertum penicillatum Eschscholtz, 1829) Eschscholtz, F. (1829). System der Acalephen. Eine ausführliche Beschreibung aller medusenartigen Strahltiere. Ferdinand Dümmler, Berlin, pp. 1-190, 116 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10665047
page(s): 106, pl. 8 fig. 4 [details]
page(s): 106, pl. 8 fig. 4 [details]
Type locality contained in Northern California
type locality contained in Northern California [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Polyorchis penicillatus (Eschscholtz, 1829). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=290843 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Polyorchis montereyensis Skogsberg, 1948) 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): 114, fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Polyorchis minuta Murbach & Shaerer, 1902) Murbach, L., & Shaerer, C. 1902. Preliminary report on a collection of medusae from the coast of British Columbia and Alaska. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)9: 71-73., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19331348
page(s): 72 [details]
original description (of Polyorchis pinnatus Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 149, pl. 8 fig. 13 [details]
original description (of Melicertum penicillatum Eschscholtz, 1829) Eschscholtz, F. (1829). System der Acalephen. Eine ausführliche Beschreibung aller medusenartigen Strahltiere. Ferdinand Dümmler, Berlin, pp. 1-190, 116 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10665047
page(s): 106, pl. 8 fig. 4 [details]
original description (of Medusa campanulata Chamisso, 1821) Chamisso, Adelbertus De & Eysenhardt, Carolus Guilelmus. (1821). De animalibus quibusdam e classe vermium Linneana, in circumnavigatione Terrae, auspicante Comite N. Romanoff, duce Ottone di Kotzebue, annis 1815-1818 peracta, observatis. Fasciculus secundus, reliquos vermes continens. <em>Nova Acta physico-medica Academiae Cesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae.</em> 10: 33., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37020829
page(s): 359, pl. 30 Fig. 1a-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): 114, fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Polyorchis minuta Murbach & Shaerer, 1902) Murbach, L., & Shaerer, C. 1902. Preliminary report on a collection of medusae from the coast of British Columbia and Alaska. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)9: 71-73., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19331348
page(s): 72 [details]
original description (of Polyorchis pinnatus Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 149, pl. 8 fig. 13 [details]
original description (of Melicertum penicillatum Eschscholtz, 1829) Eschscholtz, F. (1829). System der Acalephen. Eine ausführliche Beschreibung aller medusenartigen Strahltiere. Ferdinand Dümmler, Berlin, pp. 1-190, 116 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10665047
page(s): 106, pl. 8 fig. 4 [details]
original description (of Medusa campanulata Chamisso, 1821) Chamisso, Adelbertus De & Eysenhardt, Carolus Guilelmus. (1821). De animalibus quibusdam e classe vermium Linneana, in circumnavigatione Terrae, auspicante Comite N. Romanoff, duce Ottone di Kotzebue, annis 1815-1818 peracta, observatis. Fasciculus secundus, reliquos vermes continens. <em>Nova Acta physico-medica Academiae Cesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae.</em> 10: 33., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37020829
page(s): 359, pl. 30 Fig. 1a-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
Arai, M.N. & A. Brinckmann-Voss, 1980. Hydromedusae of British Columbia and Puget Sound. Can. Bull. Fish. aquat. Sci. 204 : 1-192.
page(s): 71 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 71 [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
Biology polyp unknown, large medusae [details]
To Barcode of Life (20 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Polyorchis montereyensis Skogsberg, 1948)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Polyorchis minuta Murbach & Shaerer, 1902)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Polyorchis penicillatus)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 16 proteins) (from synonym Melicertum penicillatum Eschscholtz, 1829)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 16 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (335 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Polyorchis montereyensis Skogsberg, 1948)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Polyorchis minuta Murbach & Shaerer, 1902)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Polyorchis penicillatus)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 16 proteins) (from synonym Melicertum penicillatum Eschscholtz, 1829)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 16 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (335 records)
To ITIS
