WoRMS taxon details
Mitrocomium medusiferum (Torrey, 1902)
292561 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:292561)
accepted
Species
Mitrocomium Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Lovenella Hincks, 1868
Campalecium medusiferum Torrey, 1902 · unaccepted
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Campalecium medusiferum Torrey, 1902) Torrey H.B. (1902). The Hydroida of the Pacific Coast of North America. <em>University of California Publications Zoology.</em> 1: 1-104, pls 1-11., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29942277
page(s): 48 [details]
page(s): 48 [details]
Note USA, California, Long Beach, depth 11 m,...
From editor or global species database
Type locality USA, California, Long Beach, depth 11 m, bottom covered with Nitophyllum [details]
Taxonomy Campalecium medusiferum has been synonymized with the medusa based Mitrocomium cirratum Haeckel, 1879, but which is...
Taxonomy Campalecium medusiferum has been synonymized with the medusa based Mitrocomium cirratum Haeckel, 1879, but which is unfounded as not based on rearing experiments. Mitrocomium cirratum Haeckel, 1879 is a Mediterranean medusa, M. medusiferum a Californian hydroid. [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Mitrocomium medusiferum (Torrey, 1902). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=292561 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Campalecium medusiferum Torrey, 1902) Torrey H.B. (1902). The Hydroida of the Pacific Coast of North America. <em>University of California Publications Zoology.</em> 1: 1-104, pls 1-11., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29942277
page(s): 48 [details]
page(s): 48 [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]
Other
context source (Introduced species)
Katsanevakis, S.; Bogucarskis, K.; Gatto, F.; Vandekerkhove, J.; Deriu, I.; Cardoso A.S. (2012). Building the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN): a novel approach for the exploration of distributed alien species data. <em>BioInvasions Records.</em> 1: 235-245., available online at http://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu [details] Available for editors 
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Taxonomy Campalecium medusiferum has been synonymized with the medusa based Mitrocomium cirratum Haeckel, 1879, but which is unfounded as not based on rearing experiments. Mitrocomium cirratum Haeckel, 1879 is a Mediterranean medusa, M. medusiferum a Californian hydroid. [details]Type locality USA, California, Long Beach, depth 11 m, bottom covered with Nitophyllum [details]
