Melicertum octocostatum M. Sars, 1835 
AphiaID: 117743

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Cnidaria > Hydrozoa > Hydroidolina > Leptothecata > Conica > Melicertidae > Melicertum

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Melicertum L. Agassiz, 1862
Sources		original description: Sars, M. (1835). Beskrivelser og Iagttagelser over nogle moerkelige eller nye i Havet ved den Bergenske Kyst levende Dyr af Polypernes, Acalephernes, Radiaternes, Annelidernes og Molluskernes classer, med en kort Oversigt over de hidtil af Forfatter. Bergen. Trykt paa Thorstein Hallagers Forlag hos Chr. Dahl, R. S. xii + 81 pp., 15 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/46907 [details] basis of record: van der Land, J.; Vervoort, W.; Cairns, S.D.; Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydrozoa, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 112-120 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Calder, D. 2003 MS. Checklist of Hydroids, hydromedusae and siphonophores reported from the Bay of Fundy. [details] additional source: Linkletter, L.E. 1977. A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68 p. [details] additional source: Meinkoth, N.A. 1981. Field guide to North American seashore creatures. The Audubon Society. Alfred A. Knopf. New York. 799 p. [details] additional source: Trott, T.J. 2004. Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist (Special Issue 2): 261 - 324. [details] additional source: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Shih, C.T., 1977. A guide to the Jellyfish of Canadian Atlantic waters. National Museum of Natural Sciences, Natural History Series 5 : 1-190. [details] additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] context source: Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Environment		marine
Distribution		Arctic Ocean [details] Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [Pacific part] [details] Cobscook Bay [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] FAO fishing area 67 [details] Gulf of Maine [details] North East Atlantic [details] North East Pacific [details] North Pacific [details] North West Atlantic [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Wimereux (not certain) [details]
Links		To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 1 proteins) To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection To ITIS
Images		Melicertum octocostatum added on 2006-12-21 - author: Schuchert, Peter qualitystatus: not checked Melicertum octocostatum added on 2010-01-18 - author: De Blauwe, Hans qualitystatus: checked by De Blauwe, Hans on 2010-01-20 12:43:52
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117743
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   van der Land, Jacob
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		Citation: BeRMS (2013). Melicertum octocostatum M. Sars, 1835. In: Schuchert, P. (2013) World Hydrozoa database. Accessed through: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010) The Belgian Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117743 on 2013-05-18
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