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Catostylus viridescens (Chun, 1896)

medusa drawing from Chun (1896)
medusa drawing from Chun (1896)

287180  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:287180)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Medusozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Scyphozoa (Class)
  6. Discomedusae (Subclass)
  7. Rhizostomeae (Order)
  8. Dactyliophorae (Suborder)
  9. Catostylidae (Family)
  10. Catostylus (Genus)
  11. Catostylus viridescens (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Crambessa viridescens Chun, 1896) Chun, C., 1896. Beiträge zur Kenntnis ost-afrikanischer Medusen und Siphonophoren nach den Sammlungen Dr Stuhlmann's. Mitt. naturhist. Mus. Hamb. 13 : 1-19.
page(s): 12-13, pl. fig. 1 [details] 
Holotype  (of Crambessa viridescens Chun, 1896) ZMH...  
Holotype (of Crambessa viridescens Chun, 1896) ZMH C4535, geounit Tanzanian Coast [details]
, Type locality contained in Tanzanian Exclusive Economic Zone  
type locality contained in Tanzanian Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Collins, A.G.; Morandini, A.C.; Cartwright, P. (2025). World List of Scyphozoa. Catostylus viridescens (Chun, 1896). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=287180 on 2025-05-10
Date
action
by
2008-01-16 10:35:54Z
created
van der Land, Jacob
2016-07-09 11:49:12Z
checked
Collins, Allen G.
2019-12-29 13:22:36Z
changed
Morandini, André C.

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Nomenclature

original description (of Crambessa viridescens Chun, 1896) Chun, C., 1896. Beiträge zur Kenntnis ost-afrikanischer Medusen und Siphonophoren nach den Sammlungen Dr Stuhlmann's. Mitt. naturhist. Mus. Hamb. 13 : 1-19.
page(s): 12-13, pl. fig. 1 [details] 

basis of record F.S. Cornelius and J. van der Land (eds), updates 2000-2007, as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS) [details] 

new combination reference 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): 670; note: Moved to genus Catostylus [details] OpenAccess publication

Other

additional source Jarms, G. & Morandini, A.C. (2019). World Atlas of Jellyfish. Dölling und Galitz Verlag, 816p.
page(s): 590-591 [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype (of Crambessa viridescens Chun, 1896) ZMH C4535, geounit Tanzanian Coast [details]
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medusa drawing from Chun (1896)
medusa drawing from Chun (1896)
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