URMO taxon details
Bougainvillia principis (Steenstrup, 1850)
117329 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117329)
accepted
Species
Nemopsis heteronema Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of ) Steenstrup, J. (1850). Sur Margelis principis. <em>[In L�tken: Nogle Bemaerkninger...]. Vidensk. Medd. dansk. naturh. Foren. Kbh.</em> 15- 35., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7704526
page(s): 35 [details]
page(s): 35 [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Bougainvillia principis (Steenstrup, 1850). Accessed through: Land J. van der (ed). (2008) UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117329 on 2025-06-24
Land J. van der (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). Bougainvillia principis (Steenstrup, 1850). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/urmo/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117329 on 2025-06-24
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original description
(of Nemopsis heteronema Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 93, pl. 5 figs 6-9 [details]
original description (of ) Steenstrup, J. (1850). Sur Margelis principis. <em>[In L�tken: Nogle Bemaerkninger...]. Vidensk. Medd. dansk. naturh. Foren. Kbh.</em> 15- 35., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7704526
page(s): 35 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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 Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission R�gionale de Biologie R�gion Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [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 Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Bouillon, J.; Boero, F. (2000). Synopsis of the families and genera of the Hydromedusae of the world, with a list of the worldwide species. <i>Thalassia Salent. 24</i>: 47-296 (look up in IMIS) [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
redescription Schuchert, P. 2012. North-West European Athecate Hydroids and their Medusae. Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series) 59. The Linnean Society of London, London, pp. i-viii, 1-364.
page(s): 204, fig. 199 [details] Available for editors
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.
page(s): 210, figs 6-7 [details]
page(s): 93, pl. 5 figs 6-9 [details]
original description (of ) Steenstrup, J. (1850). Sur Margelis principis. <em>[In L�tken: Nogle Bemaerkninger...]. Vidensk. Medd. dansk. naturh. Foren. Kbh.</em> 15- 35., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7704526
page(s): 35 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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 Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission R�gionale de Biologie R�gion Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [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 Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Bouillon, J.; Boero, F. (2000). Synopsis of the families and genera of the Hydromedusae of the world, with a list of the worldwide species. <i>Thalassia Salent. 24</i>: 47-296 (look up in IMIS) [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
redescription Schuchert, P. 2012. North-West European Athecate Hydroids and their Medusae. Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series) 59. The Linnean Society of London, London, pp. i-viii, 1-364.
page(s): 204, fig. 199 [details] Available for editors
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.
page(s): 210, figs 6-7 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Biology colonial polyp releasing medusae [details]
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Nemopsis heteronema Haeckel, 1879)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bougainvillia principis)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (11 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Nemopsis heteronema Haeckel, 1879)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bougainvillia principis)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (11 records)
To ITIS
