WoRMS name details
Pteronema darwinii Haeckel, 1879
289302 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:289302)
uncertain > taxon inquirendum
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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): 101, pl. 8 figs 1-2 [details]
page(s): 101, pl. 8 figs 1-2 [details]
Status Founded on single, probably parasitized spirit specimen, that may have lost its exumbrellar tracks of nematocysts, likely a...
Status Founded on single, probably parasitized spirit specimen, that may have lost its exumbrellar tracks of nematocysts, likely a mistreated and misjudged zancleid medusa. [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Pteronema darwinii Haeckel, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=289302 on 2025-11-12
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Nomenclature
original description
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): 101, pl. 8 figs 1-2 [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): 101, pl. 8 figs 1-2 [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]
Other
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality