WoRMS taxon details
Parascyphus simplex (Lamouroux, 1816)
290680 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:290680)
accepted
Species
Laomedea simplex Lamouroux, 1816 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
Thyroscyphus simplex (Lamouroux, 1816) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Laomedea simplex Lamouroux, 1816) Lamouroux, J. V. F. (1816). Histoire des polypiers coralligènes flexibles, vulgairement nommés zoophytes. <em>F. Poisson, Caen.</em> i-lxxxiv, 1-558, pls. I-XIX., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11606092
page(s): 206 [details]
page(s): 206 [details]
Type locality contained in Australasia
type locality contained in Australasia [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Parascyphus simplex (Lamouroux, 1816). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=290680 on 2025-05-06
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Laomedea simplex Lamouroux, 1816) Lamouroux, J. V. F. (1816). Histoire des polypiers coralligènes flexibles, vulgairement nommés zoophytes. <em>F. Poisson, Caen.</em> i-lxxxiv, 1-558, pls. I-XIX., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11606092
page(s): 206 [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]
new combination reference Ritchie, J. (1910-1911). Contribution to our knowledge of the hydroid fauna of the West of Scotland. Being an account of the collections made by Sir John Murray, K.C.B., on S.Y. 'Medusa'. <em>Annals of Scottish Natural History.</em> 76: 220-225 [1910], 77: 29-34, 158-164, 217-225 [1911]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/927622
page(s): 160, fig. 1 [details]
page(s): 206 [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]
new combination reference Ritchie, J. (1910-1911). Contribution to our knowledge of the hydroid fauna of the West of Scotland. Being an account of the collections made by Sir John Murray, K.C.B., on S.Y. 'Medusa'. <em>Annals of Scottish Natural History.</em> 76: 220-225 [1910], 77: 29-34, 158-164, 217-225 [1911]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/927622
page(s): 160, fig. 1 [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Millard, N.A.H. (1975). Monograph on the Hydroida of southern Africa. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 68: 1-513., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40921697
page(s): 270, fig. 89A-B; note: record South Africa [details]
redescription Vervoort, W., & Watson, J. E. 2003. The marine fauna of New Zealand: Leptothecata (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) (thecate hydroids). NIWA Biodiversity Memoir 119: 1-538.
page(s): 241, fig. 57I-J ; note: recors New Zealand [details]
page(s): 270, fig. 89A-B; note: record South Africa [details]
redescription Vervoort, W., & Watson, J. E. 2003. The marine fauna of New Zealand: Leptothecata (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) (thecate hydroids). NIWA Biodiversity Memoir 119: 1-538.
page(s): 241, fig. 57I-J ; note: recors New Zealand [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]
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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additional source Watson, J. E. (2024). The marine hydroids of south-eastern Australia (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa). <em>Museum Victoria Science Reports.</em> 22: 1-121., available online at https://doi.org/10.24199/j.mvsr.2024.22
page(s): 106, fig. 215 [details] Available for editors
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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

additional source Watson, J. E. (2024). The marine hydroids of south-eastern Australia (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa). <em>Museum Victoria Science Reports.</em> 22: 1-121., available online at https://doi.org/10.24199/j.mvsr.2024.22
page(s): 106, fig. 215 [details] Available for editors






Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]