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Staurostoma mertensii (Brandt, 1834) 
AphiaID: 594013

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hydrozoa (Class) > Hydroidolina (Subclass) > Leptothecata (Order) > Conica (Suborder) > Laodiceidae (Family) > Staurostoma (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Staurostoma Haeckel, 1879
Synonymised
taxa
  Staurophora mertensii Brandt, 1838
Staurostoma mertensi (Brandt, 1838) (spelling variation)
Sources  from synonym: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: van der Land, J.; Vervoort, W.; Cairns, S.D.; Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydrozoa, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 112-120 (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p. (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Calder, D. 2003 MS. Checklist of Hydroids, hydromedusae and siphonophores reported from the Bay of Fundy. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: 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] [view taxon]

from synonym: Meinkoth, N.A. 1981. Field guide to North American seashore creatures. The Audubon Society. Alfred A. Knopf. New York. 799 p. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C  [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Trott, T.J. 2004. Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist (Special Issue 2): 261 - 324. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: 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] [view taxon]

from synonym: Brandt, J.F., 1838. Ausführliche Beschreibung der von C.H. Mertens auf seiner Weltumsegelung beobachteten Schwimmquallen. Mém. Acad. imp. Sci. St-Pétersbourg -64 2: 237-412. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Bouillon, J.; Gravili, C.; Pagès, F.; Gili, J.-M.; Boero, F. (2006). An introduction to Hydrozoa. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, 194. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle: Paris, France. ISBN 2-85653-580-1. 591 + 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Boero, Ferdinando (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English whitecross jellyfish (from synonym)  [details]
Environment marine, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Cobscook Bay (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
European waters (ERMS scope) (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Gulf of Maine (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Gulf of St. Lawrence [details]
Mediterranean Sea (not certain) (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
North West Atlantic (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Saint Andrews (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:594013
Taxonomic
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2012-01-13 07:12:54Z  created  Schuchert, Peter
  
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  Citation: Schuchert, P. (2013). Staurostoma mertensii (Brandt, 1834). In: Schuchert, P. (2013) World Hydrozoa database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=594013 on 2013-05-19
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