WoRMS taxon details
Cubaia Mayer, 1894
267354 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267354)
accepted
Genus
Cubaia aphrodite Mayer, 1894 (type by monotypy)
- Species Cubaia aphrodite Mayer, 1894
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Mayer A.G. (1894). An account of some medusae obtained in the Bahamas. In: Cruise of the Steam Yacht "Wild-Duck" in the Bahamas, January to April 1893, in charge of Alexander Agassiz. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of comparative Zoölogy of Harvard College.</em> 25(11): 235-242., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/24909
page(s): 237 [details]
page(s): 237 [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Cubaia Mayer, 1894. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267354 on 2025-05-02
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Nomenclature
original description
Mayer A.G. (1894). An account of some medusae obtained in the Bahamas. In: Cruise of the Steam Yacht "Wild-Duck" in the Bahamas, January to April 1893, in charge of Alexander Agassiz. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of comparative Zoölogy of Harvard College.</em> 25(11): 235-242., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/24909
page(s): 237 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
page(s): 237 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Olindiidae medusa with 4 simple radial canals; no centripetal canals; 2 series of tentacles: one (20) issuing from exumbrella above bell margin, with terminal adhesive disks and about 8 cnidocyst rings, other series (50-60) without adhesive disks, with 25-30 nematocyst rings arising from bell margin; gonads on radial canals; numerous statocysts. Hydroid unknown. [details]
