WoRMS taxon details
Obelia bidentata Clark, 1875
AphiaID: 117385
AphiaID: 117385
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hydrozoa (Class) > Hydroidolina (Subclass) > Leptothecata (Order) > Campanulariidae (Family) > Obelia (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Obelia Péron & Lesueur, 1810 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Campanularia spinulosa Bale, 1888 (synonym) Clytia longitheca Hargitt, 1924 (synonym) Laomedea bicuspidata (Clark, 1875) (synonym) Laomedea spinulosa (Bale, 1888) (synonym) Obelia bicuspidata Clark, 1875 (synonym) Obelia biscuspidata Clark, 1875 (syonym) Obelia corona Torrey, 1904 (synonym) Obelia longa Stechow, 1921 (synonym) Obelia multidentata Fraser, 1914 (synonym) Obelia spinulosa (Bale, 1888) (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: Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [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: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] additional source: North East Atlantic Taxa (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Vervoort, W. (2009). Leptothecata (Cnidaria). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details] additional source: Calder, D. R. and S. D. Cairns. 2009. Hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 381–394 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] redescription: Cornelius, P.F.S., 1995. North-West European Thecate Hydroids and their Medusae. Part 2. Sertulariidae to Campanulariidae. In: R.S.K. Barnes & J.H. Crothers, eds, Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series). The Linn. Soc. London and Est. Coas. Sci. Ass. - Field Studies Council. 50 : i-vii, 1-386. page(s): 292 [details] from synonym: UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Leloup, E. (1952). Coelentérés [Coelenterata]. ---. Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique: Brussels, Belgium. 283 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Leloup, E. (1933). Contribution à la connaissance des hydropolypes de la côte des Pays-Bas [Contribution to the knowladge of the hydropolyps of the Dutch coast]. Bull. Mus. royal d'Hist. Nat. Belg./Med. Kon. Natuurhist. Mus. Belg. 9(45): 1-30 (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Leloup, E. (1932). Contributions à l'étude de la faune belge: 2. Vie pélagique temporaire chez certains hydropolypes du genre Obelia [Contribution to the study of the Belgian Fauna: 2. Temporary pelagic life of certain hydropolyps of the Obelia species]. Bull. Mus. royal d'Hist. Nat. Belg./Med. Kon. Natuurhist. Mus. Belg. 8(18): 1-7 (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Cnidaria Antarctic checklist (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Day, J.H. & J.F.C. Morgans (1956). The ecology of South African estuaries. Part 7. The Biology of Durban Bay. Ann. Natal Mus. 13: 259-312. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: W. Vervoort, P. Schuchert & J. van der Land, 2000-2007, as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] | ||||||||||
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| Environment | marine | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Beaufort [details] Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Blankenberge (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone [details] East Coast of England [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Mediterranean Sea [details] New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details] North Sea [details] North West Atlantic [details] Oostende (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Oosterschelde [details] Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Red Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] South Africa (country) (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Wadden Sea [details] Wenduine (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Westerschelde [details] Wimereux (not certain) [details] Zeeland [details] | ||||||||||
| Feedingtype | suspension feeder [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | Marine Life Information Network - UK To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 7 proteins) To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Biology: colonial [details] Distribution: Range covers both subprovinces of Acadian and Virginian. [details] Distribution: circum-global [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117385 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Obelia bidentata Clark, 1875. In: Schuchert, P. (2013) World Hydrozoa database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117385 on 2013-05-21 | |||||||||||
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