WoRMS taxon details
Halimocyathus lagena (O.F. Müller, 1776)
AphiaID: 135314
AphiaID: 135314
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Staurozoa (Class) > Stauromedusae (Order) > Cleistocarpida (Suborder) > Depastridae (Family) > Halimocyathus (Genus) |
| Status |  unaccepted (Synonym) | |||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||
| Accepted name | Manania auricula (Fabricius, 1780) | |||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||
| Parent | Halimocyathus James-Clark, 1863 | |||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Cornelius, P.F.S. (2001). Cubozoa, 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. 111 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Kramp, P.L. (1961). Synopsis of the Medusae of the world. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 40: 7-469 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Larson, R.J. 1976. Marine flora and fauna of the northeastern United States. Cnidaria: Scyphozoa. NOAA Techical Report NMFS Circular 397. 18 p. [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: Trott, T.J. 2004. Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist (Special Issue 2): 261 - 324. [details] additional source: Costello, M.J.; Emblow, C.; White, R. (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. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France. ISBN 2-85653-538-0. 463 pp. [details] additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] | |||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||
| Distribution | Cobscook Bay [details] Gulf of Maine [details] North West Atlantic [details] | |||||||
| Links | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) To PESI To ITIS | |||||||
| Notes |
Diet: benthic animals with crustaceans being the major food choice [details] Dimensions: small benthic scyphozoans [details] Distribution: geographic region not obtained; yet has been recorded in the Gulf of Maine [details] Habitat: attach to algae, sea grass (Zostera), and other substrates in shallow areas which have adequate water circulation [details] Importance: Stauromedusae are very sensitive to changes in environmental conditions (become rare in areas that have become polluted). [details] Reproduction: have both sexual and asexual reproduction. Asexual reproduction takes place by budding and fragmentation. sexual stage is seen in the summer months, asexual stage is a small benthic polyp which is perennial. The polyp generally buds larval scyphomedusae during the spring. There is no medusa stage [details] Taxonomy: Stauromedusae are usually permanently attached to a substrate but can move in a somersaulting motion by adhering to the subsrate with the oral end and releasing the pedal disc, then reattaching the disc at a new location. None have been observed to swim. [details] | |||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135314 | |||||||
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Halimocyathus lagena (O.F. Müller, 1776). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135314 on 2013-05-19 | ||||||||
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