WoRMS taxon details
Octobulbacea corynetes (Gosse, 1853)
1673600 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1673600)
accepted
Species
Gossea circinata Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted (synonym)
Gossea corynetes (Gosse, 1853) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Thaumantias corynetes Gosse, 1853 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Thaumantias corynetes Gosse, 1853) Gosse, P.H. (1853). A naturalist's rambles on the Devonshire coast. <em>John van Voorst, London.</em> pp. i-xvi, 1-451, pls 1-28., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23993750
page(s): 407, pl. 21 [details]
page(s): 407, pl. 21 [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2026). World Hydrozoa Database. Octobulbacea corynetes (Gosse, 1853). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1673600 on 2026-08-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Gossea circinata Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 252, pl. 18 fig. 4 [details]
original description (of Thaumantias corynetes Gosse, 1853) Gosse, P.H. (1853). A naturalist's rambles on the Devonshire coast. <em>John van Voorst, London.</em> pp. i-xvi, 1-451, pls 1-28., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23993750
page(s): 407, pl. 21 [details]
new combination reference Boyko, C. B.; De Grave, S. (2023). <i>Gossea</i> Spence Bate & Westwood, 1862 (Amphipoda) and <i>Gossea</i> Agassiz, 1862 (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa): reversal of presumed precedence and review of the complicated nomenclatural history. <em>Crustaceana.</em> 96(8): 791-796., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/15685403-bja10308
page(s): 795 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 252, pl. 18 fig. 4 [details]
original description (of Thaumantias corynetes Gosse, 1853) Gosse, P.H. (1853). A naturalist's rambles on the Devonshire coast. <em>John van Voorst, London.</em> pp. i-xvi, 1-451, pls 1-28., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23993750
page(s): 407, pl. 21 [details]
new combination reference Boyko, C. B.; De Grave, S. (2023). <i>Gossea</i> Spence Bate & Westwood, 1862 (Amphipoda) and <i>Gossea</i> Agassiz, 1862 (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa): reversal of presumed precedence and review of the complicated nomenclatural history. <em>Crustaceana.</em> 96(8): 791-796., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/15685403-bja10308
page(s): 795 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Gossea corynetes (Gosse, 1853))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Gossea circinata Haeckel, 1879)
To PESI (from synonym Gossea corynetes (Gosse, 1853))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record) (from synonym Gossea corynetes (Gosse, 1853))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Gossea circinata Haeckel, 1879)
To PESI (from synonym Gossea corynetes (Gosse, 1853))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record) (from synonym Gossea corynetes (Gosse, 1853))
