Staurophora mertensii Brandt, 1838 
AphiaID: 117730

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Cnidaria > Hydrozoa > Hydroidolina > Leptothecata > Laodiceidae > Staurophora

Status		unaccepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name		Staurostoma mertensii (Brandt, 1834)
Rank		Species
Parent		Staurophora Brandt, 1838 accepted as Staurostoma Haeckel, 1879
Synonymised taxa		Cuspidella mertensi (Brandt, 1838) (synonym)
Sources		original description: Brandt, J.F., 1838. Ausführliche Beschreibung der von C.H. Mertens auf seiner Weltumsegelung beobachteten Schwimmquallen. Mém. Acad. imp. Sci. St-Pétersbourg -64 2: 237-412. [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: Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p. (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: Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C  [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: 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: Bouillon, J.; Gravili, C.; Pagès, F.; Gili, J.-M.; Boero, F. (2006). An introduction to Hydrozoa. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, 194. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle: Paris, France. ISBN 2-85653-580-1. 591 + 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] from synonym: Boero, Ferdinando (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon]
Vernacular Names		Language    Name   English whitecross jellyfish  [details]
Environment		marine, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Distribution		European waters (ERMS scope) (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Mediterranean Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] North West Atlantic [details]
Links		To Encyclopedia of Life To Marine Species Identification Portal To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117730
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   van der Land, Jacob 2005-07-14 09:00:06Z   changed   Claus, Simon 2006-06-12 07:16:42Z   checked   Boero, Ferdinando 2011-03-14 06:34:33Z   changed   Schuchert, Peter 2012-01-13 07:12:54Z   changed   Schuchert, Peter
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		Citation: Schuchert, P. (2013). Staurophora mertensii Brandt, 1838. In: Schuchert, P. (2013) World Hydrozoa database. Accessed through: Schuchert, P. (2013) World Hydrozoa database at http://www.marinespecies.org/hydrozoa.../aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117730 on 2013-05-21