WoRMS

WoRMS name details

Proboscidactyla furcata (Haeckel, 1879)

AphiaID

292268 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:292268)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Accepted Name

Proboscidactyla stellata (Forbes, 1846)

Rank

Species

Parent

Proboscidactyla Brandt, 1835

Original name

Willia furcata Haeckel, 1879

Synonymised names

Willia furcata Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Willia furcata 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): 158 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Bay of Biscay

type locality contained in Bay of Biscay [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Proboscidactyla furcata (Haeckel, 1879). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=292268 on 2025-04-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-21 13:45:25Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2011-07-29 08:29:36Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

2023-11-09 12:42:41Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Willia furcata 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): 158 [details]

Taxonomy

source of synonymy van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]

source of synonymy Russell, F.S., 1953. The medusae of the British Isles. Anthomedusae, Leptomedusae, Limnomedusae, Trachymedusae and Narcomedusae. : 1-530, pls. 1-35.
page(s): 393 [details] Available for editors