WoRMS taxon details

Octophialucium bigelowi Kramp, 1955

221232  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:221232)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Kramp P. L. (1955). The medusae of the tropical West Coast of Africa. <em>Atlantide Report.</em> 3: 239-324.
page(s): 259; note: (new name for O. polynema in Bigelow, 1909) [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
Note Acapulco Harbour, Mexico, Pacific Ocean  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Acapulco Harbour, Mexico, Pacific Ocean [details]
Schuchert, P. (2024). World Hydrozoa Database. Octophialucium bigelowi Kramp, 1955. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=221232 on 2024-04-24
Date
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2000-03-14 09:17:17Z
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2006-06-28 13:42:34Z
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2016-05-04 09:35:44Z
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original description Kramp P. L. (1955). The medusae of the tropical West Coast of Africa. <em>Atlantide Report.</em> 3: 239-324.
page(s): 259; note: (new name for O. polynema in Bigelow, 1909) [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

basis of record Navas-Pereira, D. & Vannucci, M. (1991). The Hydromedusae and water masses of the Indian Ocean. <em>Bolm Inst. Oceanogr.</em> 39(1): 25-60. [details]   

original description (unavailable nomenclaturally) Bigelow, H. B. (1909a). The Medusae. Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the eastern tropical pacific, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross" from October, 1904, to March, 1905. XVI. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 37: 1-243, plates 1-48., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/30084
page(s): 169, pl. 6 figs 6 & 10, pl. 38 figs 1-3; note: [as Octocanna polynema, not Octocanna polynema Haeckel, 1879] [details]  OpenAccess publication 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Biology polyps unknown [details]

Type locality Acapulco Harbour, Mexico, Pacific Ocean [details]