WoRMS name details

Cytaeis pusilla Gegenbaur, 1857

117505  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117505)

uncertain > taxon inquirendum (questionable synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Gegenbaur, C. (1857). Versuch eines Systems der Medusen, mit Beschreibung neuer oder wenig gekannter Formen; zugleich ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Fauna des Mittelmeeres. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> Leipzig 8: 202-273, pls 7-9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13864647
page(s): 228, pl. 8 fig. 8 [details] OpenAccess publication
Status 
Doubtful species, the Cytaeis from the Mediterranean are not referable to any species and should be treated as Cytaeis spp.  
Status 
Doubtful species, the Cytaeis from the Mediterranean are not referable to any species and should be treated as Cytaeis spp. [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Cytaeis pusilla Gegenbaur, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117505 on 2025-06-01
Date
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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2010-01-04 09:28:52Z
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2012-10-19 06:41:41Z
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2019-01-07 19:25:54Z
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Nomenclature

original description Gegenbaur, C. (1857). Versuch eines Systems der Medusen, mit Beschreibung neuer oder wenig gekannter Formen; zugleich ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Fauna des Mittelmeeres. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> Leipzig 8: 202-273, pls 7-9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13864647
page(s): 228, pl. 8 fig. 8 [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record van der Land, J.; Vervoort, W.; Cairns, S.D.; Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydrozoa, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 112-120 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

Taxonomy

status source Schuchert, P. (2007). The European athecate hydroids and their medusae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria): Filifera part 2. <em>Revue suisse de Zoologie.</em> 114: 195-396.
page(s): 275 [details] OpenAccess publication

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From regional or thematic species database
Status 
Doubtful species, the Cytaeis from the Mediterranean are not referable to any species and should be treated as Cytaeis spp. [details]

Unreviewed
Biology colonial [details]