WoRMS taxon details
Zanclea alba (Meyen, 1834)
285987 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:285987)
accepted
Species
Acrochordium album Meyen, 1834 · unaccepted (basionym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Acrochordium album Meyen, 1834) Meyen, F.J.F. (1834). Beiträge zur Zoologie gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erde, von Dr F.J.F. Meyen. V. Über das Leuchten des Meeres und Beschreibung einiger Polypen und anderer niederer Tiere. <em>Verhandlungen den Kaiserlichen Leopoldinisch-Carolinischen Akademie der Naturforscher.</em> 16 (suppl. 1): 125-216., available online at https://books.google.ch/books?id=mHNPAAAAYAAJ&hl=de&pg=PA125#v=onepage&q&f=false, https://archive.org/details/darwin-online_1832-35_Meyen_A923/page/n315/mode/2up
page(s): 165, pl. 28 fig. 8 [details]
page(s): 165, pl. 28 fig. 8 [details]
Type locality contained in Azores part of the North Atlantic Ocean
type locality contained in Azores part of the North Atlantic Ocean [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Zanclea alba (Meyen, 1834). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=285987 on 2025-10-11
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Nomenclature
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(of Acrochordium album Meyen, 1834) Meyen, F.J.F. (1834). Beiträge zur Zoologie gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erde, von Dr F.J.F. Meyen. V. Über das Leuchten des Meeres und Beschreibung einiger Polypen und anderer niederer Tiere. <em>Verhandlungen den Kaiserlichen Leopoldinisch-Carolinischen Akademie der Naturforscher.</em> 16 (suppl. 1): 125-216., available online at https://books.google.ch/books?id=mHNPAAAAYAAJ&hl=de&pg=PA125#v=onepage&q&f=false, https://archive.org/details/darwin-online_1832-35_Meyen_A923/page/n315/mode/2up
page(s): 165, pl. 28 fig. 8 [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): 165, pl. 28 fig. 8 [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]
Other
context source (Bermuda)
Calder, D. R. (1988). Shallow-water hydroids of Bermuda. The Athecatae. <em>Royal Ontario Museum Life Sciences Contributions.</em> 148: 1-107. [details] Available for editors 
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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]
[request]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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Biology colonial; free medusae [details]
