WoRMS taxon details
Pegantha clara R.P. Bigelow, 1909
117942 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117942)
accepted
Species
Pegantha lunulata (Haeckel, 1879) · unaccepted (possible synonym)
Pegantha smaragdina H.B. Bigelow, 1909 · unaccepted (synonym)
Solmoneta lunulata Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Bigelow R.P. (1909). A new Narcomedusa for the North Atlantic. <em>Biological bulletin of the Marine Biological Laboratory / Woods Hole.</em> 16(2): 80-82., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/926539
page(s): 80, figs 1-2 [details]
page(s): 80, figs 1-2 [details]
Note Off Woods Hole, USA, Atlantic Ocean.
Type locality Off Woods Hole, USA, Atlantic Ocean. [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Pegantha clara R.P. Bigelow, 1909. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117942 on 2025-05-11
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Nomenclature
original description
Bigelow R.P. (1909). A new Narcomedusa for the North Atlantic. <em>Biological bulletin of the Marine Biological Laboratory / Woods Hole.</em> 16(2): 80-82., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/926539
page(s): 80, figs 1-2 [details]
original description (of Pegantha smaragdina H.B. Bigelow, 1909) Bigelow, H. B. (1909a). The Medusae. Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the eastern tropical pacific, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross" from October, 1904, to March, 1905. XVI. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 37: 1-243, plates 1-48., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/30084
page(s): 90, pl. 14 figs 1-2, pl. 19 figs 1-9, pls 22-26 [details]
original description (of Solmoneta lunulata Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 354 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Vervoort, W.; Cairns, S.D.; Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydrozoa, <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. 112-120 (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 80, figs 1-2 [details]
original description (of Pegantha smaragdina H.B. Bigelow, 1909) Bigelow, H. B. (1909a). The Medusae. Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the eastern tropical pacific, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross" from October, 1904, to March, 1905. XVI. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 37: 1-243, plates 1-48., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/30084
page(s): 90, pl. 14 figs 1-2, pl. 19 figs 1-9, pls 22-26 [details]
original description (of Solmoneta lunulata Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 354 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Vervoort, W.; Cairns, S.D.; Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydrozoa, <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. 112-120 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Identification resource
identification resource
Schuchert P., Collins R. (2024). Additional observations on hydromedusae during night dives in the Gulf Stream. <em>Revue suisse de Zoologie.</em> 131(1): 43-120., available online at https://doi.org/10.35929/RSZ.0113
page(s): 104, fig. 48A-B; note: variation [details]
page(s): 104, fig. 48A-B; note: variation [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]
context source (Bermuda) Bigelow, H. B. (1938). Plankton of the Bermuda Oceanographic Expeditions VIII. Medusae taken during the years 1929 and 1930. Zoologica (New York), 23(5): 99-189 [details]
additional source Navas-Pereira, D. & Vannucci, M. (1991). The Hydromedusae and water masses of the Indian Ocean. <em>Bolm Inst. Oceanogr.</em> 39(1): 25-60. [details]
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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context source (Bermuda) Bigelow, H. B. (1938). Plankton of the Bermuda Oceanographic Expeditions VIII. Medusae taken during the years 1929 and 1930. Zoologica (New York), 23(5): 99-189 [details]
additional source Navas-Pereira, D. & Vannucci, M. (1991). The Hydromedusae and water masses of the Indian Ocean. <em>Bolm Inst. Oceanogr.</em> 39(1): 25-60. [details]
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
From editor or global species database
Type locality Off Woods Hole, USA, Atlantic Ocean. [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Pegantha lunulata (Haeckel, 1879))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pegantha clara)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Pegantha lunulata (Haeckel, 1879))
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Pegantha smaragdina H.B. Bigelow, 1909)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record) (from synonym Pegantha smaragdina H.B. Bigelow, 1909)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (12 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pegantha clara)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Pegantha lunulata (Haeckel, 1879))
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Pegantha smaragdina H.B. Bigelow, 1909)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record) (from synonym Pegantha smaragdina H.B. Bigelow, 1909)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (12 records)
To ITIS
