WoRMS name details
Ellisia rugosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
152156 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:152156)
unaccepted (synonym)
Species
Ellisia Westendorp, 1843 accepted as Sertularella Gray, 1848
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Sertularia rugosa Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2026). World Hydrozoa Database. Ellisia rugosa (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=152156 on 2026-07-05
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Sertularia rugosa Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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basis of record Westendorp, G.D. (1843). Recherches sur les Polypiers flexibles de la Belgique, et particulièrement des environs d'Ostende. <i>Annales de la Société Médico-Chirurgicale de Bruges IV</i>: 5-48, 1 plate (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 22 [details]
page(s): 809 [details] Available for editors
basis of record Westendorp, G.D. (1843). Recherches sur les Polypiers flexibles de la Belgique, et particulièrement des environs d'Ostende. <i>Annales de la Société Médico-Chirurgicale de Bruges IV</i>: 5-48, 1 plate (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 22 [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]
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality