WoRMS taxon details
Octobulbacea indica (Bouillon, 1978)
1673602 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1673602)
accepted
Species
Gossea indica Bouillon, 1978 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Gossea indica Bouillon, 1978) Bouillon J. (1978a). Hydroméduses de l'Archipel des Séchelles et du Mozambique. <em>Revue de Zoologie Africaine.</em> 92(1): 117-172.
page(s): 155, figs 11 12 [details]
page(s): 155, figs 11 12 [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2026). World Hydrozoa Database. Octobulbacea indica (Bouillon, 1978). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1673602 on 2026-06-14
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Nomenclature
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(of Gossea indica Bouillon, 1978) Bouillon J. (1978a). Hydroméduses de l'Archipel des Séchelles et du Mozambique. <em>Revue de Zoologie Africaine.</em> 92(1): 117-172.
page(s): 155, figs 11 12 [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): 155, figs 11 12 [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
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
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