Hydrozoa taxon details
Staurocladia capensis (Gilchrist, 1919)
292192 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:292192)
accepted
Species
Cnidonema capensis Gilchrist, 1919 · unaccepted (basionym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Cnidonema capensis Gilchrist, 1919) Gilchrist J.D.F. (1919). On a species of the crawling medusa, Eleutheria , from the Cape of Good Hope (Cnidonema capensis g. et sp. n.) and the southern Eleutheridae. <em>Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science.</em> 63, New Series, (4): 509-529, pl.30.
page(s): 509, 527 [details]
page(s): 509, 527 [details]
Type locality contained in Cape of Good Hope
type locality contained in Cape of Good Hope [details]
Status Often regarded as synonym of Staurocladia vallentini (Browne, 1902), but differs morphologically
Status Often regarded as synonym of Staurocladia vallentini (Browne, 1902), but differs morphologically [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Staurocladia capensis (Gilchrist, 1919). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/hydrozoa/aphia.php/api-docs/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=292192 on 2025-05-13
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(of Cnidonema capensis Gilchrist, 1919) Gilchrist J.D.F. (1919). On a species of the crawling medusa, Eleutheria , from the Cape of Good Hope (Cnidonema capensis g. et sp. n.) and the southern Eleutheridae. <em>Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science.</em> 63, New Series, (4): 509-529, pl.30.
page(s): 509, 527 [details]
source of synonymy van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
status source Hirano, Y. M.; Hirano, Y. J.; Namikawa, H.; Yamada, M. (2006). Rediscovery of Staurocladia acuminata (Edmondson, 1930)(Hydrozoa, Cnidaria) from Japan, with a review of Japanese crawling medusae. <em>Memoirs of the National Science Museum.</em> 40: 63-73.
page(s): 71 [details]
page(s): 509, 527 [details]
source of synonymy van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
status source Hirano, Y. M.; Hirano, Y. J.; Namikawa, H.; Yamada, M. (2006). Rediscovery of Staurocladia acuminata (Edmondson, 1930)(Hydrozoa, Cnidaria) from Japan, with a review of Japanese crawling medusae. <em>Memoirs of the National Science Museum.</em> 40: 63-73.
page(s): 71 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Status Often regarded as synonym of Staurocladia vallentini (Browne, 1902), but differs morphologically [details]