WoRMS taxon details
Gymnangium speciosum (Allman, 1877)
284139 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:284139)
accepted
Species
Gymnangium variabile (Nutting, 1900) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Halicornaria speciosa Allman, 1877 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Halicornaria variablis Nutting, 1900 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
marine, terrestrial
(of Halicornaria speciosa Allman, 1877) Allman, G.J. (1877). Report on the Hydroida collected during the Exploration of the Gulf Stream by L. F. de Pourtalès, Assistant United States Coast Survey. <i>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology</i>. 5: 1-66, plates 1-34., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4311825
page(s): 54, pl. 34 figs 1-5 [details]
page(s): 54, pl. 34 figs 1-5 [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Gymnangium speciosum (Allman, 1877). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=284139 on 2025-10-08
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Halicornaria speciosa Allman, 1877) Allman, G.J. (1877). Report on the Hydroida collected during the Exploration of the Gulf Stream by L. F. de Pourtalès, Assistant United States Coast Survey. <i>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology</i>. 5: 1-66, plates 1-34., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4311825
page(s): 54, pl. 34 figs 1-5 [details]
original description (of Halicornaria variablis Nutting, 1900) Nutting, C. C. 1900. American Hydroids. Part I The Plumularidae. Smithsonian Institution, United States National Museum Special Bulletin 4: 1-285., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1051509
page(s): 127, pl. 33 figs 6-11 [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): 54, pl. 34 figs 1-5 [details]
original description (of Halicornaria variablis Nutting, 1900) Nutting, C. C. 1900. American Hydroids. Part I The Plumularidae. Smithsonian Institution, United States National Museum Special Bulletin 4: 1-285., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1051509
page(s): 127, pl. 33 figs 6-11 [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]
Taxonomy
redescription
Calder D.R. (1997). Shallow-water hydroids of Bermuda: superfamily Plumularioidea. <em>Royal Ontario Museum Life Sciences Contributions.</em> 161: 1-86.
page(s): 44 [details]
page(s): 44 [details]
Other
context source (Bermuda)
Calder D.R. (1997). Shallow-water hydroids of Bermuda: superfamily Plumularioidea. <em>Royal Ontario Museum Life Sciences Contributions.</em> 161: 1-86. [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [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
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context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [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
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Biology colonial [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Halicornaria speciosa Allman, 1877)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gymnangium speciosum)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Halicornaria speciosa Allman, 1877)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (10 records) (from synonym Halicornaria variablis Nutting, 1900)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (12 records) (from synonym Halicornaria speciosa Allman, 1877)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gymnangium speciosum)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Halicornaria speciosa Allman, 1877)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (10 records) (from synonym Halicornaria variablis Nutting, 1900)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (12 records) (from synonym Halicornaria speciosa Allman, 1877)
To ITIS
