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Staurostoma mertensi (Brandt, 1838) 
AphiaID: 117731

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hydrozoa (Class) > Hydroidolina (Subclass) > Leptothecata (Order) > Laodiceidae (Family) > Staurostoma (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (spelling variation)
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Staurostoma mertensii (Brandt, 1834)
Rank Species
Parent Staurostoma Haeckel, 1879
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]

source of synonymy: Boero, Ferdinando (look up in IMIS[details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English whitecross jellyfish  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Mediterranean Sea (not certain[details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To PESI
Notes  Biology: colonial; free medusae [details]

Distribution: cosmopolitan [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117731
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2006-06-08 08:45:37Z  checked  Boero, Ferdinando
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2013). Staurostoma mertensi (Brandt, 1838). In: Schuchert, P. (2013) World Hydrozoa database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117731 on 2013-05-24
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