WoRMS taxon details
Ptychogena lactea Agassiz, 1865
AphiaID: 117728
AphiaID: 117728
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hydrozoa (Class) > Hydroidolina (Subclass) > Leptothecata (Order) > Conica (Suborder) > Laodiceidae (Family) > Ptychogena (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||
| Parent | Ptychogena A. Agassiz, 1865 | |||||||
| 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: Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Calder, D. 2003 MS. Checklist of Hydroids, hydromedusae and siphonophores reported from the Bay of Fundy. [details] additional source: Linkletter, L.E. 1977. A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68 p. [details] additional source: Shih, C.T., 1977. A guide to the Jellyfish of Canadian Atlantic waters. National Museum of Natural Sciences, Natural History Series 5 : 1-190. [details] additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [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 | Arctic Ocean [details] Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [Pacific part] [details] Canadian part of the Arctic Ocean [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] FAO fishing area 67 [details] Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of St. Lawrence [details] North East Pacific [details] North Pacific [details] North West Atlantic [details] Northern North Atlantic [details] St. Lawrence Estuary [details] | |||||||
| Links | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (45 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection To ITIS | |||||||
| Notes |
Biology: colonial; free medusae [details] Dimensions: umbrella up to 90 mm wide, 30 mm high [details] Distribution: Passamaquoddy Bay; lower St. Lawrence Estuary, and the downstream part of middle St. Lawrence Estuary [details] Habitat: upper epipelagic [details] | |||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117728 | |||||||
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Ptychogena lactea Agassiz, 1865. In: Schuchert, P. (2013) World Hydrozoa database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117728 on 2013-05-21 | ||||||||
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