WoRMS taxon details
Rhacostoma atlanticum L. Agassiz, 1851
156967 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:156967)
accepted
Species
Aequorea Groenlandica Péron & Lesueur, 1810 (possible synonym)
Polycanna groenlandica (Péron & Lesueur, 1810) (possible synonym)
Rhacostoma atlantica Agassiz, 1851 (spelling variant)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Agassiz, L. 1851. [A new naked-eyed medusa... Rhacostoma atlanticum]. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 3: 342-343., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/35741#page/350/mode/1up
page(s): 342 [details]
page(s): 342 [details]
Distribution Bay of Fundy
Distribution Bay of Fundy [details]
Schuchert, P. (2018). World Hydrozoa Database. Rhacostoma atlanticum L. Agassiz, 1851. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156967 on 2018-04-27
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original description
Agassiz, L. 1851. [A new naked-eyed medusa... Rhacostoma atlanticum]. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 3: 342-343., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/35741#page/350/mode/1up
page(s): 342 [details]
original description (ofAequorea Groenlandica Péron & Lesueur, 1810) Péron F., Lesueur C. A. (1810). Tableau des caractères génériques et spécifiques de toutes les espèces de méduses connues jusqu'à ce jour. Annales du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle de Paris. 14: 325-366., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/23269#page/371/mode/1up
page(s): 339 [details]
basis of record 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 Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist. 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors
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additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
basis of record (ofRhacostoma atlantica Agassiz, 1851) Vervoort, W.; Schuchert, P. & van der Land, J. (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record (ofPolycanna groenlandica (Péron & Lesueur, 1810)) Haeckel E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena. 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/101461#page/9/mode/1up
page(s): 232 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
page(s): 342 [details]
original description (ofAequorea Groenlandica Péron & Lesueur, 1810) Péron F., Lesueur C. A. (1810). Tableau des caractères génériques et spécifiques de toutes les espèces de méduses connues jusqu'à ce jour. Annales du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle de Paris. 14: 325-366., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/23269#page/371/mode/1up
page(s): 339 [details]
basis of record 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 Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist. 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
basis of record (ofRhacostoma atlantica Agassiz, 1851) Vervoort, W.; Schuchert, P. & van der Land, J. (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record (ofPolycanna groenlandica (Péron & Lesueur, 1810)) Haeckel E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena. 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/101461#page/9/mode/1up
page(s): 232 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien
From other sources
Dimensions umbrella up to 400 mm wide, 3-4 times as wide as high [details]Distribution Bay of Fundy [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Aequorea Groenlandica Péron & Lesueur, 1810)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Rhacostoma atlantica Agassiz, 1851)
To Marine Species Identification Portal (from synonym Rhacostoma atlantica Agassiz, 1851)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (17 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Rhacostoma atlantica Agassiz, 1851)
To Marine Species Identification Portal (from synonym Rhacostoma atlantica Agassiz, 1851)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (17 records)
To ITIS