WoRMS name details
Laomedea gracilis M. Sars, 1851
152127 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:152127)
unaccepted (basionym)
Species
- Variety Laomedea gracilis var. pelagica (van Breemen, 1905) accepted as Clytia pelagica (Van Breemen, 1905) accepted as Clytia gracilis (M. Sars, 1851) (synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Sars M. (1851). Beretning om i Sommeren 1849 Fortagen Zoologisk Reise i Lofoten og Finmarken. <em>Nyt Magazin Naturvidenskaberne.</em> 6(2):121–211., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8152707
page(s): 138 [details]
page(s): 138 [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Laomedea gracilis M. Sars, 1851. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=152127 on 2025-11-15
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Nomenclature
original description
Sars M. (1851). Beretning om i Sommeren 1849 Fortagen Zoologisk Reise i Lofoten og Finmarken. <em>Nyt Magazin Naturvidenskaberne.</em> 6(2):121–211., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8152707
page(s): 138 [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): 138 [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]
status source Opinion 1465, I. 1988. Laomedea gracilis Sars, 1850 (currently Clytia gracilis; Cnidaria, Hydrozoa): specific name conserved. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 45: 57-58., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12229730
page(s): 57 [details]
status source Opinion 1465, I. 1988. Laomedea gracilis Sars, 1850 (currently Clytia gracilis; Cnidaria, Hydrozoa): specific name conserved. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 45: 57-58., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12229730
page(s): 57 [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 Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Authority (M. Sars, 1851) [details]
