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Niobia dendrotentaculata Mayer, 1900 
AphiaID: 117766

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hydrozoa (Class) > Hydroidolina (Subclass) > Anthoathecata (Order) > Filifera (Suborder) > Niobiidae (Family) > Niobia (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Typetaxon of  Niobia Mayer, 1900
Parent Niobia Mayer, 1900
Sources  original description: Mayer, A. G. 1900b. Some medusae from the Tortugas, Florida. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology of Harvard 37: 13-82, pls 1-44., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/25309#page/53/mode/1up [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]

additional source: Kramp, P.L., 1959. The Hydromedusae of the Atlantic Ocean and adjacent waters. Dana-Rep. 46 : 1-283. [details] [full text]

additional source: Kramp, P.L., 1961. Synopsis of the medusae of the world. J. mar. biol. Ass. U.K. 40 : 1-469. [details] [full text]

additional source: Kramp, P.L., 1968. The Hydromedusae of the Pacific and Indian Oceans. Sections II and III. Dana-Rep. 72 : 1-200. [details] [full text]

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]

redescription: Schuchert, P. 2009b. The European athecate hydroids and their medusae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria): Filifera Part 5. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 116: 231-302
page(s): 484 [details]

Environment marine
Distribution type locality: Tortugas [details]
Argentina [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Gulf of Mexico [details]
Laing Island [details]
Mediterranean Sea [details]
Naples [details]
New England (USA) [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Trivandrum [details]
Vietnam [details]
Feedingtype  medusa: carnivore [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection
To ITIS
Notes  Biology: polyps unknown, medusa occurs shallow depths [details]

Diagnosis: Medusa 4 mm wide, flatter than hemisphere; 12 marginal tentacles; each tentacle bulb is successively developed into a small medusa. [details]

Distribution: circum-(sub)tropical [details]
Image 
Niobia dendrotentaculata Mayer, 1900
Niobia dendrotentaculata Mayer, 1900
added on 2009-04-27 - author: Schuchert, Peter ()
qualitystatus: checked by Schuchert, Peter on 2009-04-27 15:45:37
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117766
Taxonomic
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2013). Niobia dendrotentaculata Mayer, 1900. In: Schuchert, P. (2013) World Hydrozoa database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117766 on 2013-05-20
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