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Aegina citrea Eschscholtz, 1829 
AphiaID: 117263

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hydrozoa (Class) > Trachylinae (Subclass) > Narcomedusae (Order) > Aeginidae (Family) > Aegina (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Aegina Eschscholtz, 1829
Synonymised
taxa		  Aegina rosea Eschscholtz, 1829 (Synonym)
Sources  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 http://books.google.nl/books?id=ISRXpAmcqq4C&dq=inauthor%3A%22Johann%20Friedrich%20Eschscholtz%22&pg=PP9#v=onepage&q&f=false
page(s): 113 [details]

basis of record: van der Land, J.; Vervoort, W.; Cairns, S.D.; Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydrozoa, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 112-120 (look up in IMIS) [details]

basis of record: Navas-Pereira, D. & M. Vannucci (1991). The Hydromedusae and water masses of the Indian Ocean. Bolm Inst. Oceanogr., S. Paulo. 39(1): 25-60. [details]

additional source: Schuchert, P. 2009a. Anthoanthecata (Cnidaria). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details]

additional source: Segura-Puertas, L., L. Celis, and L. Chiaverano. 2009. Medusozoans (Cnidaria: Cubozoa, Scyphozoa, and Hydrozoa) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 369–379 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Pre [details]

context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Environment marine
Distribution Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [Pacific part] [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
FAO fishing area 67 [details]
Gulf of Mexico [details]
Mediterranean Sea [details]
New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
North East Pacific [details]
North Pacific [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection
To ITIS
Notes  Biology: direct development [details]

Distribution: cosmopolitan [details]
Images 
Aegina citrea
Aegina citrea
added on 2011-02-01 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Moira Galbraith ()
qualitystatus: checked by Schuchert, Peter on 2011-08-12 15:38:10

Aegina citrea, Puget Sound, USA
Aegina citrea, Puget Sound, USA
added on 2011-08-12 - author: Schuchert, Peter
qualitystatus: checked by Schuchert, Peter on 2011-08-12 15:37:29
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117263
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2013). Aegina citrea Eschscholtz, 1829. In: Schuchert, P. (2013) World Hydrozoa database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117263 on 2013-06-20
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