WoRMS taxon details
Eperetmus Bigelow, 1915
267416 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267416)
accepted
Genus
Eperetmus typus Bigelow, 1915 (type by monotypy)
- Species Eperetmus typus Bigelow, 1915
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Bigelow, H. B. (1915). Eperetmus, a new genus of Trachomedusae. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 49(2114): 399-404, pl. 59., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15692526
page(s): 399 [details]
page(s): 399 [details]
Note Southern Alaska, 55°03'N 131°08'W.
From editor or global species database
Type locality Southern Alaska, 55°03'N 131°08'W. [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Eperetmus Bigelow, 1915. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267416 on 2025-05-03
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Nomenclature
original description
Bigelow, H. B. (1915). Eperetmus, a new genus of Trachomedusae. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 49(2114): 399-404, pl. 59., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15692526
page(s): 399 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
page(s): 399 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Nagao, Z., 1973. The life history of Eperetmus typus Bigelow and the systematics of family Olindiadidae (Limnomedusae). In: T. Tokioka & S. Nishimura, eds, Recent trends in research in coelenterate biology. The Proceedings of the second international symposium on Cnidaria. Publs Seto mar. biol. Lab. 20 : 89-102. [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Olindiidae medusa with 4 radial canals and several blind centripetal canals, nematocyst knobs on oral lips; numerous tentacles of one kind, not in-groups, at different heights above umbrella margin, with nematocyst rings; gonads on radial canals; numerous statocysts.Hydroid colony stolonal; small hydranths arising at intervals from creeping, rather thick stolon, never forming a network, hydranths with a single elongated filiform tentacle below hypostome, stem below tentacle covered by thin membranous sheath often wrinkled by hydranth contraction, usually encrusted by mud particles; gonophores as medusa buds borne singly at the base of hydroid on a short peduncle.
[details]
Type locality Southern Alaska, 55°03'N 131°08'W. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | キタクラゲ属 | [details] |
