WoRMS taxon details
Catablema vesicarium (A. Agassiz, 1862)
117784 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117784)
accepted
Species
Catablema campanula (Fabricius, 1780) · unaccepted (possible synonym)
Catablema eurystoma Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted (synonym)
Medusa campanula Fabricius, 1780 · unaccepted (possible synonym, doubtful species)
Perigonimus vesicarius (A. Agassiz, 1862) · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
Tiara conifera Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted (synonym)
Turris vesicaria A. Agassiz, 1862 · unaccepted (basionym)
- Subspecies Catablema vesicarium nodulosum Bigelow, 1913
- Variety Catablema vesicarium var. nodulosa Bigelow, 1913 accepted as Catablema vesicarium nodulosum Bigelow, 1913 (subspecies according to ICZN)
marine, terrestrial
(of Turris vesicaria A. Agassiz, 1862) Agassiz, A. 1862b. On the mode of development of the marginal tentacles of the free medusa of some hydroids. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 9: 88-102., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32011099
page(s): 97 [details]
page(s): 97 [details]
Type locality contained in Nahant Bay
type locality contained in Nahant Bay [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Catablema vesicarium (A. Agassiz, 1862). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117784 on 2025-05-05
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Turris vesicaria A. Agassiz, 1862) Agassiz, A. 1862b. On the mode of development of the marginal tentacles of the free medusa of some hydroids. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 9: 88-102., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32011099
page(s): 97 [details]
original description (of Catablema eurystoma Haeckel, 1879) 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): 64, pl. 4 figs 6-7 [details]
original description (of Tiara conifera Haeckel, 1879) 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): 59 [details]
original description (of Medusa campanula Fabricius, 1780) Fabricius, O. (1780). Fauna Groenlandica, systematice sistens animalia groenlandiae occidentalis hactenus indagata, quoad nomen specificium, triviale, vernaculumque, synonyma auctorum plurimum, descriptionem, locum, victum, generationem, mores, usum capturamque singuli, pro ut detegendi occasio fuit, maximaque parte secundum proprias observationes. [Fauna Greenland, systematically presenting the animals of Western Greenland so far investigated, as to the specific name, trivial, vernacular, synonyms of the authors for the most part, description, place, life, generation, manners, use and catch of each one, as there was an opportunity to discover, and for the most part according to personal observations.]. <em>Hafniae [= Copenhagen] & Lipsiae [= Leipzig], Ioannis Gottlob Rothe.</em> xvi + 452 pp., 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13442285
page(s): 366 [details]
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]
new combination reference Hartlaub C. (1914). Craspedote Medusen. Teil 1, Lieferung 3, Tiaridae. <em>Nordisches Plankton.</em> Vol. 6: 237-363.
page(s): 315, figs 263-267 [details]
page(s): 97 [details]
original description (of Catablema eurystoma Haeckel, 1879) 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): 64, pl. 4 figs 6-7 [details]
original description (of Tiara conifera Haeckel, 1879) 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): 59 [details]
original description (of Medusa campanula Fabricius, 1780) Fabricius, O. (1780). Fauna Groenlandica, systematice sistens animalia groenlandiae occidentalis hactenus indagata, quoad nomen specificium, triviale, vernaculumque, synonyma auctorum plurimum, descriptionem, locum, victum, generationem, mores, usum capturamque singuli, pro ut detegendi occasio fuit, maximaque parte secundum proprias observationes. [Fauna Greenland, systematically presenting the animals of Western Greenland so far investigated, as to the specific name, trivial, vernacular, synonyms of the authors for the most part, description, place, life, generation, manners, use and catch of each one, as there was an opportunity to discover, and for the most part according to personal observations.]. <em>Hafniae [= Copenhagen] & Lipsiae [= Leipzig], Ioannis Gottlob Rothe.</em> xvi + 452 pp., 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13442285
page(s): 366 [details]
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]
new combination reference Hartlaub C. (1914). Craspedote Medusen. Teil 1, Lieferung 3, Tiaridae. <em>Nordisches Plankton.</em> Vol. 6: 237-363.
page(s): 315, figs 263-267 [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Prudkovsky, A. A.; Neretina, T. V. (2015). The life cycle of Catablema vesicarium (A. Agassiz, 1862) (Hydrozoa, Pandeidae). <em>Polar Biology.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-015-1805-x
page(s): figs 1-8; note: description of polyp stage [details]
redescription Schuchert, P. 2012. North-West European Athecate Hydroids and their Medusae. Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series) 59. The Linnean Society of London, London, pp. i-viii, 1-364.
page(s): 270, fig. 240 [details] Available for editors
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redescription 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): 345, fig. 64 [details]
page(s): figs 1-8; note: description of polyp stage [details]
redescription Schuchert, P. 2012. North-West European Athecate Hydroids and their Medusae. Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series) 59. The Linnean Society of London, London, pp. i-viii, 1-364.
page(s): 270, fig. 240 [details] Available for editors

redescription 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): 345, fig. 64 [details]
Other
additional source
Calder, D. (2003). Checklist of Hydroids, hydromedusae and siphonophores reported from the Bay of Fundy. [details]
additional source Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [details]
additional source Meinkoth, N. A. (1981). Field guide to North American seashore creatures. <em>The Audubon Society.</em> 1-799. [details]
additional source Kramp, P. L. 1959a. The Hydromedusae of the Atlantic Ocean and adjacent waters. Dana Report 46: 1-283.
page(s): 122, 208-212, fig. 125 [details]
additional source Shih, C.T., 1977. A guide to the Jellyfish of Canadian Atlantic waters. National Museum of Natural Sciences, Natural History Series 5 : 1-190. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [details]
additional source Meinkoth, N. A. (1981). Field guide to North American seashore creatures. <em>The Audubon Society.</em> 1-799. [details]
additional source Kramp, P. L. 1959a. The Hydromedusae of the Atlantic Ocean and adjacent waters. Dana Report 46: 1-283.
page(s): 122, 208-212, fig. 125 [details]
additional source Shih, C.T., 1977. A guide to the Jellyfish of Canadian Atlantic waters. National Museum of Natural Sciences, Natural History Series 5 : 1-190. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors






From editor or global species database
Biology free medusae [details]
To Barcode of Life (13 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications) (from synonym Turris vesicaria A. Agassiz, 1862)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) (from synonym Catablema campanula (Fabricius, 1780))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Catablema vesicarium)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 15 proteins) (from synonym Turris vesicaria A. Agassiz, 1862)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 15 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record) (from synonym Turris vesicaria A. Agassiz, 1862)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (22 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications) (from synonym Turris vesicaria A. Agassiz, 1862)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) (from synonym Catablema campanula (Fabricius, 1780))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Catablema vesicarium)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 15 proteins) (from synonym Turris vesicaria A. Agassiz, 1862)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 15 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record) (from synonym Turris vesicaria A. Agassiz, 1862)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (22 records)
To ITIS