Canadian Register of Marine Species - Porpita Lamarck, 1801

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Porpita Lamarck, 1801

Porpita porpita, mouth of Brunswick River, New South Wales, Australia

AphiaID

117199 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117199)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Medusa porpita Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Porpita porpita (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by absolute tautonymy)

Type taxon of

Porpitidae Goldfuss, 1818

Parent

Porpitidae Goldfuss, 1818

Original name

Porpita Lamarck, 1801

Synonymised names

Acies Lesson, 1830 · unaccepted (synonym)

Chrysomitra Gegenbaur, 1857 · unaccepted (synonym)

Discalia Haeckel, 1888 · unaccepted (synonym)

Discomitra Haeckel, 1888 · unaccepted (synonym)

Disconalia Haeckel, 1888 · unaccepted (synonym)

Polybrachionia Guilding, 1828 · unaccepted (synonym)

Porpalia Haeckel, 1888 · unaccepted (synonym)

Porpema Haeckel, 1888 · unaccepted (invalid name based on a nomen...)

invalid name based on a nomen nudum species name

Porpitella Haeckel, 1888 · unaccepted (invalid junior homonym of...)

invalid junior homonym of Porpitella Pomel, 1883 [Echinodermata]

Ratis Lesson, 1830 · unaccepted (synonym)

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Species Porpita porpita (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Porpita prunella (Haeckel, 1888)
Species Porpita appendiculata Bosc, 1802 accepted as Porpita porpita (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
Species Porpita atlantica Lesson, 1826 accepted as Porpita porpita (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
Species Porpita chrysocoma Lesson, 1826 accepted as Porpita porpita (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
Species Porpita coerulea Eschscholtz, 1825 accepted as Porpita porpita (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
Species Porpita forskahli de Haan, 1827 accepted as Porpita porpita (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
Species Porpita forskalea Oken, 1815 accepted as Porpita porpita (Linnaeus, 1758) (name published in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes by the ICZN (Opinion 417))
Species Porpita fungia Haeckel, 1888 accepted as Porpita porpita (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
Species Porpita gigantea Péron & Lesueur, 1807 accepted as Porpita porpita (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
Species Porpita glandifera Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Porpita porpita (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
Species Porpita globosa Eschscholtz, 1825 accepted as Porpita porpita (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
Species Porpita granulata Cranch, 1818 accepted as Porpita porpita (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
Species Porpita indica Lamarck, 1801 accepted as Porpita porpita (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
Species Porpita kuhlii de Haan, 1827 accepted as Porpita porpita (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
Species Porpita lutkeana Brandt, 1835 accepted as Porpita porpita (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
Species Porpita mediterranea Eschscholtz, 1829 accepted as Porpita porpita (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
Species Porpita moneta Risso, 1827 accepted as Porpita porpita (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
Species Porpita pacifica Lesson, 1826 accepted as Porpita porpita (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
Species Porpita radiata Brandt, 1835 accepted as Porpita porpita (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior homonym, invalid junior homonym of Porpita radiata Bory de St Vincent, 1804)
Species Porpita radiata Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1804 accepted as Porpita porpita (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
Species Porpita ramifera Eschscholtz, 1825 accepted as Porpita porpita (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
Species Porpita reinwardtii de Haan, 1827 accepted as Porpita porpita (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
Species Porpita umbella (Müller, 1776) accepted as Porpita porpita (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
Species Porpita linneana Lesson, 1843 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Lamarck, J. B. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux. Published by the author and Deterville, Paris. : viii + 432 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14117719
page(s): 355 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Porpita Lamarck, 1801. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117199 on 2025-06-08

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2013-07-29 07:46:03Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

2017-07-14 13:20:04Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

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Nomenclature

original description Lamarck, J. B. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux. Published by the author and Deterville, Paris. : viii + 432 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14117719
page(s): 355 [details]

original description (of Porpema Haeckel, 1888) Haeckel, E. (1888). System der Siphonophoren auf phylogenetischer Grundlage entworfen. Jenaische Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaft. 22: 1-46., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12007523
page(s): 30; note: nomen nudum [details]

original description (of Polybrachionia Guilding, 1828) Guilding, L. 1828. Observations on the zoology of the Carribaean Sea. Zoological Journal 3: 403-408., available online at http://archive.org/stream/zoologicaljourna03lond#page/403/mode/1up
page(s): 403 [details]

original description (of Ratis Lesson, 1830) Lesson, R.P. (1830). Voyage autour du monde : exécuté par ordre du roi, sur la corvette de Sa Majesté, la Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824, et 1825, par M. L.I. Duperrey. Zoologie 2,. Paris, 1826-1830. (vol. 2, pt 2, 2e division, 1830)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38663489 [details]

original description (of Acies Lesson, 1830) Lesson, R.P. (1830). Voyage autour du monde : exécuté par ordre du roi, sur la corvette de Sa Majesté, la Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824, et 1825, par M. L.I. Duperrey. Zoologie 2,. Paris, 1826-1830. (vol. 2, pt 2, 2e division, 1830)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38663489 [details]

original description (of Chrysomitra Gegenbaur, 1857) Gegenbaur, C. (1857). Versuch eines Systems der Medusen, mit Beschreibung neuer oder wenig gekannter Formen; zugleich ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Fauna des Mittelmeeres. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie. Leipzig 8: 202-273, pls 7-9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13864647 [details]

original description (of Discalia Haeckel, 1888) Haeckel, E. (1888). Report on the Siphonophorae. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology. 28 (part 77): i-viii, 1-380, pl. 1-50., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3155485 [details]

original description (of Disconalia Haeckel, 1888) Haeckel, E. (1888). Report on the Siphonophorae. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology. 28 (part 77): i-viii, 1-380, pl. 1-50., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3155485 [details]

original description (of Porpitella Haeckel, 1888) Haeckel, E. (1888). Report on the Siphonophorae. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology. 28 (part 77): i-viii, 1-380, pl. 1-50., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3155485 [details]

original description (of Porpalia Haeckel, 1888) Haeckel, E. (1888). System der Siphonophoren auf phylogenetischer Grundlage entworfen. Jenaische Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaft. 22: 1-46., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12007523
page(s): 30 [details]

original description (of Discomitra Haeckel, 1888) Haeckel, E. (1888). Report on the Siphonophorae. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology. 28 (part 77): i-viii, 1-380, pl. 1-50., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3155485
page(s): 36 [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]