WoRMS taxon details
Amphisbetia episcopus (Allman, 1876)
285388 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:285388)
accepted
Species
Sertularella episcopus Allman, 1876 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Sertularia fusiformis Hutton, 1873 · unaccepted (synonym)
Sertularia longicosta Coughtrey, 1876 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Sertularia longicosta Coughtrey, 1876) Coughtrey, M. (1876). Critical notes on the New Zealand Hydroida. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 8: 298-302., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33525722
page(s): 300 [details]
page(s): 300 [details]
Type locality contained in New Zealand
type locality contained in New Zealand [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Amphisbetia episcopus (Allman, 1876). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=285388 on 2025-09-23
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Sertularia longicosta Coughtrey, 1876) Coughtrey, M. (1876). Critical notes on the New Zealand Hydroida. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 8: 298-302., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33525722
page(s): 300 [details]
original description (of Sertularella episcopus Allman, 1876) Allman, G. J. (1876). Diagnoses of new genera and species of Hydroida. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 12: 251-284, plates 9-23., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31981814
page(s): 263, pl. 13 figs 5-7 [details]
original description (of Sertularia fusiformis Hutton, 1873) Hutton, F. W. (1873). On the New Zealand Sertularians. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 5: 256-269., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33598041
page(s): 257 [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): 300 [details]
original description (of Sertularella episcopus Allman, 1876) Allman, G. J. (1876). Diagnoses of new genera and species of Hydroida. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 12: 251-284, plates 9-23., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31981814
page(s): 263, pl. 13 figs 5-7 [details]
original description (of Sertularia fusiformis Hutton, 1873) Hutton, F. W. (1873). On the New Zealand Sertularians. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 5: 256-269., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33598041
page(s): 257 [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]
Other
additional source
Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors 
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Biology colonial; fixed gonophores [details]
