WoRMS taxon details
Symplectoscyphus pygmaeus (Bale, 1882)
285697 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:285697)
accepted
Species
Sertularella pygmaea Bale, 1882 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Sertularella pygmaea Bale, 1882) Bale, W.M. (1882). On the Hydroida of South-Eastern Australia, with descriptions of supposed new species, and notes on the genus Aglaophenia. <em>Journal of the Microscopical Society of Victoria.</em> 15-48, pls 12-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59424921
page(s): 25, pl. 9 fig. 9 [details]
page(s): 25, pl. 9 fig. 9 [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Symplectoscyphus pygmaeus (Bale, 1882). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=285697 on 2025-10-08
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Sertularella pygmaea Bale, 1882) Bale, W.M. (1882). On the Hydroida of South-Eastern Australia, with descriptions of supposed new species, and notes on the genus Aglaophenia. <em>Journal of the Microscopical Society of Victoria.</em> 15-48, pls 12-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59424921
page(s): 25, pl. 9 fig. 9 [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): 25, pl. 9 fig. 9 [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
Ralph P.M. (1961). New Zealand thecate hydroids. Part III.- Family Sertulariidae. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 88: 749-838.</em> 88: 749-838.
page(s): 805, fig. 16d-f [details] Available for editors
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redescription Bale W.M. (1884). Catalogue of the Australian hydroid zoophytes. <em>Sydney, Australian Museum Catalogue.</em> 8: 1-198, plates 1-19., available online at https://archive.org/details/catalogueaustra02musegoog/page/n6/mode/2up
page(s): 108, pl. 3fig. 8, pl. 19 fig. 19 [details]
page(s): 805, fig. 16d-f [details] Available for editors

redescription Bale W.M. (1884). Catalogue of the Australian hydroid zoophytes. <em>Sydney, Australian Museum Catalogue.</em> 8: 1-198, plates 1-19., available online at https://archive.org/details/catalogueaustra02musegoog/page/n6/mode/2up
page(s): 108, pl. 3fig. 8, pl. 19 fig. 19 [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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additional source Vervoort, W., & Watson, J. E. 2003. The marine fauna of New Zealand: Leptothecata (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) (thecate hydroids). NIWA Biodiversity Memoir 119: 1-538.
page(s): 226 [details]

additional source Vervoort, W., & Watson, J. E. 2003. The marine fauna of New Zealand: Leptothecata (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) (thecate hydroids). NIWA Biodiversity Memoir 119: 1-538.
page(s): 226 [details]





Unreviewed
Biology colonial; fixed gonophores [details]