WoRMS taxon details
Pectis Haeckel, 1879
872805 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:872805)
accepted
Genus
Pectis antarctica Haeckel, 1879 (type by monotypy)
Pectys Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Voragonema Naumov, 1971 · unaccepted (synomym)
- Species Pectis antarctica Haeckel, 1879
- Species Pectis profundicola (Naumov, 1971)
- Species Pectis tatsunoko (Lindsay & Pages, 2010)
- Species Pectis pedunculata (Bigelow, 1913) accepted as Benthocodon pedunculatus (Bigelow, 1913) (genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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): 266 [details]
page(s): 266 [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Pectis Haeckel, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=872805 on 2025-05-04
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Nomenclature
original description
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): 266 [details]
original description (of Voragonema Naumov, 1971) Naumov, D.V., 1971. Gydroidnye i stsifoidnye medusy iz Kurilo-Kamchatskogo zhelova. Hydromedusae and Scyphomedusae from the Kurile-Kamchatka trench. Trudy Inst. Okeanol. 92 : 9-17. [details]
page(s): 266 [details]
original description (of Voragonema Naumov, 1971) Naumov, D.V., 1971. Gydroidnye i stsifoidnye medusy iz Kurilo-Kamchatskogo zhelova. Hydromedusae and Scyphomedusae from the Kurile-Kamchatka trench. Trudy Inst. Okeanol. 92 : 9-17. [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Galea, H. R.; Roder, C. A.; Walcher, C.; Warmuth, M.; Kohlberg, E.; Fischer, P. F. (2016). <em>Glaciambulata neumayeri</em> gen. et sp. nov., a new Antarctic trachymedusa (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa), with a revision of the family Ptychogastriidae. <em>European journal of taxonomy.</em> (252): 1-30., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2016.252
page(s): 17 [details]
page(s): 17 [details]
Other
additional source
Matsumoto G.I.; Bentlage B.; Sherlock R.; Walz K.; Robison B.H. (2020). “Little Red Jellies” in Monterey Bay, California (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Trachymedusae: Rhopalonematidae). <em>Frontiers in Marine Science.</em> 6, 6 pages., available online at https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00798
page(s): 10; note: revision, placed in Rhopalonematidae [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 10; note: revision, placed in Rhopalonematidae [details] Available for editors
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Diagnosis Rhopalonematidae with a thick, hemispherical bell. Eight pendant gonads, medusa buds may be present, centripetal canals, and a gastric peduncle. Tentacles in multiple rows and while capable of autotomization, many tentacles remain after collection. [details]Identification Key to species (Matsomoto et al., 2020):
1a. Eight centripetal canals present.................... P. profundicola
1b. More than eight centripetal canals present........................2
2a. More than ten rounded centripetal canals...........P. antarctica
2b. Less than 10 pointed centripetal canals..............P. tatsunoko
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| Language | Name | |
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| Japanese | タツノコクラゲ属 [from synonym] | [details] |