WoRMS name details

Nemopsis gibbesi McCrady, 1859

285064  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:285064)

 unaccepted (synonym (medusa))
Species
marine, terrestrial
McCrady, J. 1859. Gymnopthalmata of Charleston Harbor. Proceedings of the Elliott Society of Natural History 1: 103-221, pls 8-12. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42536587
page(s): 160, pl. 10, figs 1-3; note: [medusa only, not hydroid !] [details]  OpenAccess publication 
Taxonomy This is an invalid name. McCrady used Nemopsis gibbesi for a medusa and a pelagic polyp (which proved to be unrelated). The...  
Taxonomy This is an invalid name. McCrady used Nemopsis gibbesi for a medusa and a pelagic polyp (which proved to be unrelated). The medusa was the recognized by Agassiz (1862) as Nemopsis bachei, acting thus as first revisor and restricting the name to the medusa. Unfortunately, Hartlaub (1899, 1903) applied the name to the polyp stage as Margelopsis gibbesi. Formally, this is thus an invalid name and a new name must be provided for the polyp stage described by McCrady. The medusae described and figured under this name by Mayer (1910: 82, pl. 9 figs 4-7) also belong to the same species. [details]
Schuchert, P. (2024). World Hydrozoa Database. Nemopsis gibbesi McCrady, 1859. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=285064 on 2024-05-02
Date
action
by
2008-01-16 10:35:54Z
created
2011-04-15 06:55:16Z
changed
2012-05-04 07:33:25Z
changed

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original description McCrady, J. 1859. Gymnopthalmata of Charleston Harbor. Proceedings of the Elliott Society of Natural History 1: 103-221, pls 8-12. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42536587
page(s): 160, pl. 10, figs 1-3; note: [medusa only, not hydroid !] [details]  OpenAccess publication 

basis of record 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]   

status source Schuchert, P. (2006). The European athecate hydroids and their medusae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria): Capitata Part 1. <em>Revue suisse de Zoologie.</em> 113: 325-410., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41227513
page(s): 361 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Taxonomy This is an invalid name. McCrady used Nemopsis gibbesi for a medusa and a pelagic polyp (which proved to be unrelated). The medusa was the recognized by Agassiz (1862) as Nemopsis bachei, acting thus as first revisor and restricting the name to the medusa. Unfortunately, Hartlaub (1899, 1903) applied the name to the polyp stage as Margelopsis gibbesi. Formally, this is thus an invalid name and a new name must be provided for the polyp stage described by McCrady. The medusae described and figured under this name by Mayer (1910: 82, pl. 9 figs 4-7) also belong to the same species. [details]

From other sources
Biology solitary, pelagic [details]