WoRMS taxon details

Bougainvillia superciliaris (L. Agassiz, 1849)

117333  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117333)

accepted
Species
marine, terrestrial
(of Hippocrene superciliaris L. Agassiz, 1849) Agassiz, L. (1849). On the Naked-eyed Medusae of the Shores of Massachusetts in their perfect state of development (Contributions to the Natural History of the Acalephae of North America Part 1. <em>Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (n. s.).</em> 4: 221-312, pls 1-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14226050
page(s): 273, pls 1-3 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
Note Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA.  
Type locality Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA. [details]
Distribution Bay of Fundy; Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia; Newfoundland and Labrador (Western slope of Newfoundland, including southern...  
Distribution Bay of Fundy; Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia; Newfoundland and Labrador (Western slope of Newfoundland, including southern part of the Strait of Belle Isle but excluding the upper 50 m in the area southwest of Newfoundland); Cobscook Bay [details]
Schuchert, P. (2024). World Hydrozoa Database. Bougainvillia superciliaris (L. Agassiz, 1849). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117333 on 2024-04-29
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original description  (of Bougainvillia paradoxa Mereschowsky, 1879) Mereschkowsky C. (1879). On an anomaly among the hydromedusae, and on their mode of nutrition by means of the ectoderm. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (5).</em> 3: 177-181, pl. 20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25159208
page(s): 177, pl. 20 figs 1-5 [details]   

original description  (of Hippocrene superciliaris L. Agassiz, 1849) Agassiz, L. (1849). On the Naked-eyed Medusae of the Shores of Massachusetts in their perfect state of development (Contributions to the Natural History of the Acalephae of North America Part 1. <em>Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (n. s.).</em> 4: 221-312, pls 1-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14226050
page(s): 273, pls 1-3 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

basis of record van der Land, J.; Vervoort, W.; Cairns, S.D.; Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydrozoa, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 112-120 (look up in IMIS[details]   

additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Calder, D. (2003). Checklist of Hydroids, hydromedusae and siphonophores reported from the Bay of Fundy.  [details]   

additional source Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [details]   

additional source 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]   

additional source Calder, D. R. and S. D. Cairns. 2009. Hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 381–394 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]   

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

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> pp. 59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]   

redescription Schuchert, P. (2007). The European athecate hydroids and their medusae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria): Filifera part 2. <em>Revue suisse de Zoologie.</em> 114: 195-396., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41281106
page(s): 220 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Type locality Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA. [details]

From other sources
Biology colonial [details]

Dimensions umbrella height and width 7-9 mm [details]

Distribution Bay of Fundy; Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia; Newfoundland and Labrador (Western slope of Newfoundland, including southern part of the Strait of Belle Isle but excluding the upper 50 m in the area southwest of Newfoundland); Cobscook Bay [details]

Habitat upper epipelagic [details]
LanguageName 
Japanese キタエダクラゲ  [details]