WoRMS name details
Abietinaria pacifica Stechow, 1923
285375 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:285375)
unaccepted > junior objective synonym
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Stechow, E. (1923). Zur Kenntnis der Hydroidenfauna des Mittelmeeres, Amerikas und anderer Gebiete. II. Teil. <em>Zoologische Jahrbucher, Abteilung fur Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere.</em> 47: 29-270.
page(s): 197 [details]
page(s): 197 [details]
Type locality contained in Monterey Bay
type locality contained in Monterey Bay [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Abietinaria pacifica Stechow, 1923. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=285375 on 2025-08-21
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Nomenclature
original description
Stechow, E. (1923). Zur Kenntnis der Hydroidenfauna des Mittelmeeres, Amerikas und anderer Gebiete. II. Teil. <em>Zoologische Jahrbucher, Abteilung fur Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere.</em> 47: 29-270.
page(s): 197 [details]
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]
page(s): 197 [details]
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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Synonymy Stechow (1923b: 197), based on material from the same type locality and providing the exact same description as for his A. elsaeoswaldae (see Stechow 1923a: 115), unjustifiably introduced the new name A. pacifica for apparently the same hydroid. No type material assignable to A. pacifica could be located in the Munich State Zoological Collection (Germany), where the holotype of A. elsaeoswaldae (microslide ZSM 20041602) is housed. In addition, the figure provided in the original description of A. pacifica corresponds, in every respect, to the mounted type material of A. elsaeoswaldae. Moreover, the account on the latter (April 1923) precedes that on A. pacifica (November 1923). Consequently, there is little doubt that A. pacifica is nothing more than a junior objective synonym of A. elsaeoswaldae. [details]Unreviewed
Biology colonial; fixed gonophores [details]
