WoRMS name details
Nemopsis gibbesi McCrady, 1859
285064 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:285064)
unaccepted (synonym (medusa))
Species
marine, terrestrial
McCrady, J. 1859. Gymnopthalmata of Charleston Harbor. Proceedings of the Elliott Society of Natural History 1: 103-221, pls 8-12. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42536587
page(s): 160, pl. 10, figs 1-3; note: [medusa only, not hydroid !] [details]
page(s): 160, pl. 10, figs 1-3; note: [medusa only, not hydroid !] [details]
Taxonomy This is an invalid name. McCrady used Nemopsis gibbesi for a medusa and a pelagic polyp (which proved to be unrelated). The...
Taxonomy This is an invalid name. McCrady used Nemopsis gibbesi for a medusa and a pelagic polyp (which proved to be unrelated). The medusa was the recognized by Agassiz (1862) as Nemopsis bachei, acting thus as first revisor and restricting the name to the medusa. Unfortunately, Hartlaub (1899, 1903) applied the name to the polyp stage as Margelopsis gibbesi. Formally, this is thus an invalid name and a new name must be provided for the polyp stage described by McCrady. The medusae described and figured under this name by Mayer (1910: 82, pl. 9 figs 4-7) also belong to the same species. [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Nemopsis gibbesi McCrady, 1859. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=285064 on 2025-05-01
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Nomenclature
original description
McCrady, J. 1859. Gymnopthalmata of Charleston Harbor. Proceedings of the Elliott Society of Natural History 1: 103-221, pls 8-12. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42536587
page(s): 160, pl. 10, figs 1-3; note: [medusa only, not hydroid !] [details]
basis of record Vervoort, W.; Schuchert, P. & van der Land, J. (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 160, pl. 10, figs 1-3; note: [medusa only, not hydroid !] [details]
basis of record Vervoort, W.; Schuchert, P. & van der Land, J. (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Schuchert, P. (2006). The European athecate hydroids and their medusae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria): Capitata Part 1. <em>Revue suisse de Zoologie.</em> 113: 325-410.
page(s): 361 [details]
page(s): 361 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Taxonomy This is an invalid name. McCrady used Nemopsis gibbesi for a medusa and a pelagic polyp (which proved to be unrelated). The medusa was the recognized by Agassiz (1862) as Nemopsis bachei, acting thus as first revisor and restricting the name to the medusa. Unfortunately, Hartlaub (1899, 1903) applied the name to the polyp stage as Margelopsis gibbesi. Formally, this is thus an invalid name and a new name must be provided for the polyp stage described by McCrady. The medusae described and figured under this name by Mayer (1910: 82, pl. 9 figs 4-7) also belong to the same species. [details]Unreviewed
Biology solitary, pelagic [details]