WoRMS name details
Perigonimus repens (Wright, 1858)
151911 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:151911)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (synonym)
Species
Perigonimus M. Sars, 1846 accepted as Bougainvillia Lesson, 1830
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Atractylis repens Wright, 1858) Wright, T.S., 1858. Observations on British zoophytes. Proc. R. phys. Soc. Edinb. 1 : 253-258; 263-267; 338-342; 447-455., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42250359
page(s): 450, pl. 22 figs 4-5. [details]
page(s): 450, pl. 22 figs 4-5. [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2026). World Hydrozoa Database. Perigonimus repens (Wright, 1858). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151911 on 2026-06-12
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Atractylis repens Wright, 1858) Wright, T.S., 1858. Observations on British zoophytes. Proc. R. phys. Soc. Edinb. 1 : 253-258; 263-267; 338-342; 447-455., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42250359
page(s): 450, pl. 22 figs 4-5. [details]
basis of record Leloup, E. (1933). Contribution à la connaissance des hydropolypes de la côte des Pays-Bas [Contribution to the knowladge of the hydropolyps of the Dutch coast]. <i>Bull. Mus. royal d'Hist. Nat. Belg./Med. Kon. Natuurhist. Mus. Belg. 9(45)</i>: 1-30 (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 450, pl. 22 figs 4-5. [details]
basis of record Leloup, E. (1933). Contribution à la connaissance des hydropolypes de la côte des Pays-Bas [Contribution to the knowladge of the hydropolyps of the Dutch coast]. <i>Bull. Mus. royal d'Hist. Nat. Belg./Med. Kon. Natuurhist. Mus. Belg. 9(45)</i>: 1-30 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Hansson, H. (2004). North East Atlantic Taxa (NEAT): Nematoda. Internet pdf Ed. Aug 1998. (look up in IMIS) [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 Leloup, E. (1952). Coelentérés [Coelenterata]. <em>Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique: Brussels, Belgium.</em> 283 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Leloup, E. (1952). Coelentérés [Coelenterata]. <em>Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique: Brussels, Belgium.</em> 283 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat Leloup reports on several cases of specimens living on polychaete worms of Aphrodita. [details]