WoRMS taxon details

Polyrhiza vesiculosa (Ehrenberg, 1837)

290845  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:290845)

accepted
Species
Cephea vesiculosa Ehrenberg, 1837 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Cephea vesiculosa Ehrenberg, 1837) Ehrenberg, C. G. (1837). Über die Akalephen des Rothen Meeres und den Organismus der Medusen der Ostsee. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1835: 181-260., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.141930
page(s): 260 [details]   
Holotype  (of Cephea vesiculosa Ehrenberg, 1837) MNB...  
Holotype (of Cephea vesiculosa Ehrenberg, 1837) MNB ZMB 90, geounit Red Sea [details]
Nomenclature Polyrhiza is considered a doubtful genus because only Ehrenberg and Haeckel observed specimens; description by Ehrenberg...  
Nomenclature Polyrhiza is considered a doubtful genus because only Ehrenberg and Haeckel observed specimens; description by Ehrenberg insufficient, but in more detail by Agassiz (1862). Stiasny (1922) and Kramp (1955) considered it a synonym of Netrostoma coerulescens[details]
Collins, A.G.; Morandini, A.C. (2024). World List of Scyphozoa. Polyrhiza vesiculosa (Ehrenberg, 1837). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=290845 on 2024-03-28
Date
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2008-01-16 10:35:54Z
created
2019-12-22 20:34:56Z
changed
2019-12-30 12:55:00Z
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original description  (of Cephea vesiculosa Ehrenberg, 1837) Ehrenberg, C. G. (1837). Über die Akalephen des Rothen Meeres und den Organismus der Medusen der Ostsee. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1835: 181-260., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.141930
page(s): 260 [details]   

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS[details]   

basis of record F.S. Cornelius and J. van der Land (eds), updates 2000-2007, as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS[details]   

additional source Jarms, G. & Morandini, A.C. (2019). World Atlas of Jellyfish. Dölling und Galitz Verlag, 816p.
page(s): 478-479 [details]   

additional source Haeckel, E. (1880). Das System der Acraspeden. 2te Hälfte des Systems der Medusen. Acht Nachträge zur Vervollständigung des Systems. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 2: 361-672, plates 21-40., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605982
page(s): 577 [details]   

new combination reference Agassiz, L. (1862). Contributions to the natural history of the United States of America. <em>Little Brown, Boston.</em> 4: 1-380, pls 1-19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16068829
page(s): 156; note: Moved to genus Polyrhiza [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype (of Cephea vesiculosa Ehrenberg, 1837) MNB ZMB 90, geounit Red Sea [details]
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature Polyrhiza is considered a doubtful genus because only Ehrenberg and Haeckel observed specimens; description by Ehrenberg insufficient, but in more detail by Agassiz (1862). Stiasny (1922) and Kramp (1955) considered it a synonym of Netrostoma coerulescens[details]