WoRMS taxon details
Bougainvillia britannica (Forbes, 1841)
AphiaID: 117321
AphiaID: 117321
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hydrozoa (Class) > Hydroidolina (Subclass) > Anthoathecata (Order) > Filifera (Suborder) > Bougainvilliidae (Family) > Bougainvillia (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||
| Parent | Bougainvillia Lesson, 1830 | |||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Atractylis linearis Alder, 1862 (synonym) Bougainvillia bella Hartlaub, 1897 (synonym) Bougainvillia britannica var. coeca Hartlaub, 1911 Bougainvillia dinema Greene, 1857 (synonym) Bougainvillia flavida Hartlaub, 1887 (synonym (in part also with B. pyramidata)) Bougainvillia xantha Hartlaub, 1897 (synonym) Hippocrene britannica Forbes, 1841 (basionym) Margelis zygonema Haeckel, 1880 (synonym) | |||||||
| Sources |
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] additional source: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Russell, F.S., 1953. The medusae of the British Isles. Anthomedusae, Leptomedusae, Limnomedusae, Trachymedusae and Narcomedusae. : 1-530, pls. 1-35. [details] additional source: Bouillon, J.; Boero, F. (2000). Synopsis of the families and genera of the Hydromedusae of the world, with a list of the worldwide species. Thalassia Salent. 24: 47-296 (look up in IMIS) [details] redescription: Schuchert, P. 2007. The European athecate hydroids and their medusae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria): Filifera part 2. Revue suisse de Zoologie 114: 195-396 [details] from synonym: Leloup, E. (1934). Note sur les hydropolypes de la rade de Villefranche-sur-Mer (France) [Note on the hydropolyps of the sea basin of Villifranche-sur-Mer (France)]. Bull. Mus. royal d'Hist. Nat. Belg./Med. Kon. Natuurhist. Mus. Belg. 10(31): 1-18 (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Edwards, C., 1966. The hydroid and the medusa Bougainvillia principis, and a review of the British species of Bougainvillia. J. mar. biol. Ass. U.K. 46 1: 129-152. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Hartlaub, C., 1911. XII. Craspedote Medusen. I. Teil. 2 Lief.: Familie III Margelidae. Nord. Plankton 6 : 137-235. [details] [view taxon] | |||||||
| All child taxa [hide all] | Variety Bougainvillia britannica var. coeca Hartlaub, 1911 accepted as Bougainvillia britannica (Forbes, 1841) | |||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||
| Distribution | Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] British Isles [details] Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] European waters (ERMS scope) (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details] Mediterranean Sea [details] North East Atlantic [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Villefranche-Sur-Mer (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Wimereux (not certain) [details] | |||||||
| Feedingtype | suspension feeder [details] | |||||||
| Links | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To ITIS | |||||||
| Notes |
Biology: polyp colonial; medusa in planktonic [details] Diagnosis: Medusa jelly thick; no peduncle, basal trunk of oral tentacles long, ocelli crescentic or oval, often appearing almost linear in oral view, situated adaxially on bases of tentacles, not on bulbs, 12-17 tentacles per bulb, oral tentacles branch 4-5 times; polyp stolonal or sparingly branched, long pedicels, medusae buds in clusters on branched stalks, young medusa with very narrow subumbrella. [details] Distribution: The Mediterranean records are improbable to erroneous [details] Spelling: In Müller (2004) is mentioned as B. brittanica [details] | |||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117321 | |||||||
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Bougainvillia britannica (Forbes, 1841). In: Schuchert, P. (2013) World Hydrozoa database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117321 on 2013-05-23 | ||||||||
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