WoRMS taxon details
Gymnangium longirostre (Kirchenpauer, 1872)
284131 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:284131)
accepted
Species
Aglaophenia huttoni Kirchenpauer, 1876 · unaccepted (synonym)
Aglaophenia longirostris Kirchenpauer, 1872 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Aglaophenia zelandica Stechow, 1921 · unaccepted (synonym)
Plumularia pennatula Hutton, 1873 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Aglaophenia longirostris Kirchenpauer, 1872) Kirchenpauer, G. H. (1872). Über die Hydroidenfamilie Plumularidae, einzelne Gruppen derselben und ihre Fruchtbehälter. I. Aglaophenia Lx. <em>Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiet der Naturwissenschaften, herausgegeben von dem naturwissenschaftlichen Verein in Hamburg.</em> 5: 1-52, plates 1-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11838476
page(s): 28, 42, pl. 1 fig. 19, pl. 5 fig. 20 [details]
page(s): 28, 42, pl. 1 fig. 19, pl. 5 fig. 20 [details]
Type locality contained in Bass Strait
type locality contained in Bass Strait [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2026). World Hydrozoa Database. Gymnangium longirostre (Kirchenpauer, 1872). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=284131 on 2026-03-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Aglaophenia huttoni Kirchenpauer, 1876) Kirchenpauer, G.H. (1876). Ueber die Hydroidenfamilie Plumulariidae, einzelne Gruppen derselben und ihre Fruchtbehälter. II. Plumularia und Nemertesia. <em>Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiet der Naturwissenschaften, herausgegeben von dem naturwissenschaftlichen Verein in Hamburg.</em> 6: 1-59, plates 1-8., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43699#101
page(s): 24 [details]
original description (of Aglaophenia longirostris Kirchenpauer, 1872) Kirchenpauer, G. H. (1872). Über die Hydroidenfamilie Plumularidae, einzelne Gruppen derselben und ihre Fruchtbehälter. I. Aglaophenia Lx. <em>Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiet der Naturwissenschaften, herausgegeben von dem naturwissenschaftlichen Verein in Hamburg.</em> 5: 1-52, plates 1-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11838476
page(s): 28, 42, pl. 1 fig. 19, pl. 5 fig. 20 [details]
original description (of Plumularia pennatula Hutton, 1873) Hutton, F. W. (1873). On the New Zealand Sertularians. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 5: 256-269., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33598041
page(s): 258 [details]
original description (of Aglaophenia zelandica Stechow, 1921) Stechow, E. (1921d). Neue Genera und Species von Hydrozoen und anderen Evertebraten. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 87: 248-265., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45494398
page(s): 260 [details]
basis of record Vervoort, W.; Schuchert, P. & van der Land, J. (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 24 [details]
original description (of Aglaophenia longirostris Kirchenpauer, 1872) Kirchenpauer, G. H. (1872). Über die Hydroidenfamilie Plumularidae, einzelne Gruppen derselben und ihre Fruchtbehälter. I. Aglaophenia Lx. <em>Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiet der Naturwissenschaften, herausgegeben von dem naturwissenschaftlichen Verein in Hamburg.</em> 5: 1-52, plates 1-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11838476
page(s): 28, 42, pl. 1 fig. 19, pl. 5 fig. 20 [details]
original description (of Plumularia pennatula Hutton, 1873) Hutton, F. W. (1873). On the New Zealand Sertularians. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 5: 256-269., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33598041
page(s): 258 [details]
original description (of Aglaophenia zelandica Stechow, 1921) Stechow, E. (1921d). Neue Genera und Species von Hydrozoen und anderen Evertebraten. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 87: 248-265., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45494398
page(s): 260 [details]
basis of record Vervoort, W.; Schuchert, P. & van der Land, J. (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Ralph, P.M., 1961. New Zealand thecate hydroids. Part IV.- The family Plumulariidae Trans. R. Soc. N.Z. 1 3: 19-74.
page(s): 54 [details]
page(s): 54 [details]
Other
additional source
Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors 
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additional source Watson, J. E. (2024). The marine hydroids of south-eastern Australia (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa). <em>Museum Victoria Science Reports.</em> 22: 1-121., available online at https://doi.org/10.24199/j.mvsr.2024.22
page(s): 58. figs 95-96 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Watson, J. E. (2024). The marine hydroids of south-eastern Australia (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa). <em>Museum Victoria Science Reports.</em> 22: 1-121., available online at https://doi.org/10.24199/j.mvsr.2024.22
page(s): 58. figs 95-96 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Biology colonial [details]
