WoRMS taxon details
Halimocyathus platypus James-Clark, 1863
AphiaID: 158201
AphiaID: 158201
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Staurozoa (Class) > Stauromedusae (Order) > Cleistocarpida (Suborder) > Depastridae (Family) > Halimocyathus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||
| Typetaxon of |
Halimocyathus James-Clark, 1863 | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Halimocyathus James-Clark, 1863 | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] basis of record: Gosner, K.L. 1971. Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 693 p. (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record: 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: Y. Hirano and J. van der Land (eds), updates 2000-2007, as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS) [details] | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | Gulf of Maine [details] North West Atlantic [details] West North Atlantic [details] | |||||||||||||
| Links | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life 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:158201 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Collins, Allen G. (2013). Halimocyathus platypus James-Clark, 1863. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158201 on 2013-05-25 | ||||||||||||||
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