URMO taxon details
Blackfordia Mayer, 1910
117008 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117008)
accepted
Genus
Blackfordia manhattensis Mayer, 1910 accepted as Blackfordia virginica Mayer, 1910 (type by original designation)
- Species Blackfordia polytentaculata Hsu & Chin, 1962
- Species Blackfordia virginica Mayer, 1910
- Species Blackfordia manhattensis Mayer, 1910 accepted as Blackfordia virginica Mayer, 1910 (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Mayer, A. G. 1910. Medusae of the world. Hydromedusae, Vols. I & II. Scyphomedusae, Vol III. Carnegie Institution, Washington. pp. 735, plates 1-76., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1327020
page(s): 276 [details]
page(s): 276 [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Blackfordia Mayer, 1910. Accessed through: Land J. van der (ed). (2008) UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO) at: https://marinespecies.org/urmo/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117008 on 2025-05-21
Land J. van der (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). Blackfordia Mayer, 1910. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/urmo/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117008 on 2025-05-21
Date
action
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2006-09-06 06:55:51Z
changed
Martinez, Olga
original description
Mayer, A. G. 1910. Medusae of the world. Hydromedusae, Vols. I & II. Scyphomedusae, Vol III. Carnegie Institution, Washington. pp. 735, plates 1-76., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1327020
page(s): 276 [details]
taxonomy source Bouillon, J.; Seghers, G.; Boero, F. (1988b). Notes additionnelles sur les m�duses de Papouasie Nouvelle-Guin�e (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria). III. <em>Indo-Malayan Zoology.</em> 5(2): 225-253.
page(s): 233; note: comparative table with accepted species [details] Available for editors
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Vervoort, W.; Cairns, S.D.; Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydrozoa, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 112-120 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
page(s): 276 [details]
taxonomy source Bouillon, J.; Seghers, G.; Boero, F. (1988b). Notes additionnelles sur les m�duses de Papouasie Nouvelle-Guin�e (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria). III. <em>Indo-Malayan Zoology.</em> 5(2): 225-253.
page(s): 233; note: comparative table with accepted species [details] Available for editors

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Vervoort, W.; Cairns, S.D.; Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydrozoa, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 112-120 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]