WoRMS taxon details
Tetraplatia volitans Busch, 1851
135278 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135278)
accepted
Species
marine, terrestrial
Busch, W. (1851). Beobachtungen über Anatomie und Entwicklung einiger wirbellosen Seethiere. August Hirschwald, Berlin, pp. 143, pls 1-17., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9996133
page(s): 120, pl. 10, figs 3-4 [details]
page(s): 120, pl. 10, figs 3-4 [details]
Type locality contained in Alboran Sea
type locality contained in Alboran Sea [details]
Distribution widely scattered in all oceans
Distribution widely scattered in all oceans [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Tetraplatia volitans Busch, 1851. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135278 on 2025-06-24
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Nomenclature
original description
Busch, W. (1851). Beobachtungen über Anatomie und Entwicklung einiger wirbellosen Seethiere. August Hirschwald, Berlin, pp. 143, pls 1-17., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9996133
page(s): 120, pl. 10, figs 3-4 [details]
basis of record Cornelius, P.F.S. (2001). Cubozoa, <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. 111 (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 120, pl. 10, figs 3-4 [details]
basis of record Cornelius, P.F.S. (2001). Cubozoa, <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. 111 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Ralph, P. M. (1960). Tetraplatia, a Coronate Scyphomedusan. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.</em> 152(947): 263-281.
page(s): 364, figs 1-6a, 8 [details]
page(s): 364, figs 1-6a, 8 [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [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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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 [request]
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
[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> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution widely scattered in all oceans [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | プラヌラクラゲ | [details] |
