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WoRMS name details

Aglaisma Eschscholtz, 1829

Abylopsis tetragona, mouth of Brunswick River, New South Wales, Australia

AphiaID

709089 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:709089)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted Name

Abylopsis Chun, 1888

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Aglaja baerii Eschscholtz, 1825 accepted as Abylopsis tetragona (Otto, 1823) (type by monotypy)

Parent

Abylopsinae Totton, 1954

Original name

Aglaisma Eschscholtz, 1829

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Species Aglaisma baerii (Eschscholtz, 1825) accepted as Abylopsis tetragona (Otto, 1823) (synonym)
Species Aglaisma cuboides (Leuckart, 1853) accepted as Abylopsis tetragona (Otto, 1823)
Species Aglaisma gegenbauri Haeckel, 1888 accepted as Abylopsis tetragona (Otto, 1823)
Species Aglaisma pentagonum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1827) accepted as Abylopsis tetragona (Otto, 1823)
Species Aglaisma quincunx (Chun, 1888) accepted as Abylopsis eschscholtzii (Huxley, 1859)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

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): 129 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Aglaisma Eschscholtz, 1829. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=709089 on 2025-04-06

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2012-10-23 08:48:03Z

created

Mapstone, Gill

2014-01-02 11:02:58Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

2024-08-31 15:06:41Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description 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): 129 [details]

basis of record 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): 129 [details]

From editor or global species database

Abylopsis tetragona, mouth of Brunswick River, New South Wales, Australia

Image from typetaxon