Deep-Sea taxon details
Solmundaegina nematophora Lindsay, 2017
1035143 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1035143)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Lindsay, D. J.; Grossmann, M. M.; Bentlage, B.; Collins, A. G.; Minemizu, R.; Hopcroft, R. R.; Miyake, H.; Hidaka-Umetsu, M.; Nishikawa, J. (2017). The perils of online biogeographic databases: a case study with the ‘monospecific' genus Aegina (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Narcomedusae). <em>Marine Biology Research.</em> 13(5): 494-512., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/17451000.2016.1268261
page(s): 504, figs 9-10 [details]
page(s): 504, figs 9-10 [details]
Note Japan, Sagami Bay, 35.05067 139.34800, 997-1100 m
From editor or global species database
Type locality Japan, Sagami Bay, 35.05067 139.34800, 997-1100 m [details]
Depth range Deep-sea context derived from a specimen depth data search
Depth range Deep-sea context derived from a specimen depth data search [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Solmundaegina nematophora Lindsay, 2017. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1035143 on 2025-06-21
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Solmundaegina nematophora Lindsay, 2017. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1035143 on 2025-06-21
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Lindsay, D. J.; Grossmann, M. M.; Bentlage, B.; Collins, A. G.; Minemizu, R.; Hopcroft, R. R.; Miyake, H.; Hidaka-Umetsu, M.; Nishikawa, J. (2017). The perils of online biogeographic databases: a case study with the ‘monospecific' genus Aegina (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Narcomedusae). <em>Marine Biology Research.</em> 13(5): 494-512., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/17451000.2016.1268261
page(s): 504, figs 9-10 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Lindsay, D. J.; Grossmann, M. M.; Bentlage, B.; Collins, A. G.; Minemizu, R.; Hopcroft, R. R.; Miyake, H.; Hidaka-Umetsu, M.; Nishikawa, J. (2017). The perils of online biogeographic databases: a case study with the ‘monospecific' genus Aegina (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Narcomedusae). <em>Marine Biology Research.</em> 13(5): 494-512., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/17451000.2016.1268261 [details]
page(s): 504, figs 9-10 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Lindsay, D. J.; Grossmann, M. M.; Bentlage, B.; Collins, A. G.; Minemizu, R.; Hopcroft, R. R.; Miyake, H.; Hidaka-Umetsu, M.; Nishikawa, J. (2017). The perils of online biogeographic databases: a case study with the ‘monospecific' genus Aegina (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Narcomedusae). <em>Marine Biology Research.</em> 13(5): 494-512., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/17451000.2016.1268261 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Authority The authority of this species was specified in Lindsay et al. (2017) on page 504, last paragraph in left column. [details]Depth range Deep-sea context derived from a specimen depth data search [details]
Diagnosis Solmundaegina with conical umbrella, jelly thick at apex, bulging slightly orally; stomach large, circular; eight rectangular stomach pouches, without a small median notch; four tentacles, issuing two-thirds of umbrellar height from margin, with moderately large roots curving acutely orally; wide excavations in exumbrella centred around tentacles; a peronial strand from each tentacle base to margin of umbrella, dividing margin into four lappets; peripheral canal system absent; four marginal statocysts and one vestigial marginal tentacle bulb in each quadrant; with nematocyst patches on exumbrella.
Colour: Tentacles, stomach and stomach pouches white. [details]
Type locality Japan, Sagami Bay, 35.05067 139.34800, 997-1100 m [details]
