WoRMS taxon details
Heterotentacula mirabilis (Kramp, 1957)
AphiaID: 231615
AphiaID: 231615
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hydrozoa (Class) > Hydroidolina (Subclass) > Anthoathecata (Order) > Filifera (Suborder) > Heterotentaculidae (Family) > Heterotentacula (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||
| Typetaxon of |
Russellia Kramp, 1957 | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Heterotentacula Schuchert, 2010 | |||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Russellia mirabilis Kramp, 1957 (basionym) | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: RAMS Hydrozoa checklist from Dr. Álvaro L. Peña Cantero (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: W. Vervoort, P. Schuchert & J. van der Land, 2000-2007, as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Schuchert, P. 2009b. The European athecate hydroids and their medusae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria): Filifera Part 5. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 116: 231-302 page(s): 481 [details] new combination reference: Schuchert, P. 2010. The European athecate hydroids and their medusae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria): Capitata Part 2. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 117: 337-555. page(s): 338 [details] from synonym: Kramp, P.L., 1957. Hydromedusae from the Discovery collections. Discovery Rep. 29 : 1-128. page(s): 24 [details] [view taxon] | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent only | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | Mediterranean Sea [details] Southern Ocean [details] | |||||||||||||
| Links | To Encyclopedia of Life To Marine Species Identification Portal To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Notes |
Biology: The medusa Russelia mirabilis lives mainly in the 0–300 m depth range (Pages et al., 1999). Outside its main distribution (Antarctica) it occurs usually in deeper waters (200-1000 m: Kramp, 1959; Pages et al., 1999) [details] Distribution: Antarctica; West Indies; Mediterranean (Kramp, 1959; Navas-Pereira & Vannucci 1990; Pages et al., 1999). Type locality: 66°28.5’S 71°16.25’W, Antarctica, West of Graham Land, 0-165 m. [details] Nomenclature: The original genus name Russellia is invalid and was replaced by Heterotentaculata Schuchert, 2010 [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:231615 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Schuchert, P. (2013). Heterotentacula mirabilis (Kramp, 1957). In: Schuchert, P. (2013) World Hydrozoa database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=231615 on 2013-05-24 | ||||||||||||||
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