WoRMS name details
Lafoea gracillima (Alder, 1856)
156149 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:156149)
unaccepted (synonym)
Species
Campanularia gracillima Alder, 1856 · unaccepted > superseded combination
- Variety Lafoea gracillima var. benthophila Ritchie, 1909 accepted as Lafoea benthophila Ritchie, 1909 (accepted as full species)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Campanularia gracillima Alder, 1856) Alder, J. (1856). A notice of some new genera and species of British hydroid zoophytes. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (2).</em> 353-362, pls 12-14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2313304
page(s): 361, pl. 14 figs 5-6 [details]
page(s): 361, pl. 14 figs 5-6 [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2026). World Hydrozoa Database. Lafoea gracillima (Alder, 1856). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156149 on 2026-09-02
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Campanularia gracillima Alder, 1856) Alder, J. (1856). A notice of some new genera and species of British hydroid zoophytes. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (2).</em> 353-362, pls 12-14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2313304
page(s): 361, pl. 14 figs 5-6 [details]
basis of record Calder, D. (2003). Checklist of Hydroids, hydromedusae and siphonophores reported from the Bay of Fundy. [details]
page(s): 361, pl. 14 figs 5-6 [details]
basis of record Calder, D. (2003). Checklist of Hydroids, hydromedusae and siphonophores reported from the Bay of Fundy. [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [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 Calder, D. R. and S. D. Cairns. 2009. Hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 381–394 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Gosner, K. L. (1971). Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. <em>John Wiley & Sons, Inc., London.</em> 693 pp. [pdf copepod and branchiuran :445-455]. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Calder, D. R. and S. D. Cairns. 2009. Hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 381–394 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Gosner, K. L. (1971). Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. <em>John Wiley & Sons, Inc., London.</em> 693 pp. [pdf copepod and branchiuran :445-455]. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (80 publications)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (50 records)
To ITIS
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (50 records)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
