Marine Species Traits - Acromitoides purpurus (Mayer, 1910)

Traits name details

Acromitoides purpurus (Mayer, 1910)

AphiaID

289336 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:289336)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior objective synonym

Accepted name

Catostylus purpurus Mayer, 1910

Rank

Species

Parent

Acromitoides Stiasny, 1921

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Mayer, A. G. 1910. Medusae of the world. Hydromedusae, Vols. I & II. Scyphomedusae, Vol III. Carnegie Institution, Washington. pp. 735, plates 1-76., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1327020 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Collins, A.G.; Morandini, A.C.; Cartwright, P. (2025). World List of Scyphozoa. Acromitoides purpurus (Mayer, 1910). Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=289336 on 2025-09-17

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Acromitoides purpurus (Mayer, 1910). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=289336 on 2025-09-17

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-16 10:35:54Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2016-07-09 11:49:12Z

checked

Collins, Allen G.

2024-09-30 12:20:26Z

changed

Morandini, André C.

2024-09-30 12:55:31Z

changed

Morandini, André C.

2024-10-04 12:36:12Z

changed

Morandini, André C.

[taxonomic tree]

original description Mayer, A. G. 1910. Medusae of the world. Hydromedusae, Vols. I & II. Scyphomedusae, Vol III. Carnegie Institution, Washington. pp. 735, plates 1-76., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1327020 [details]

basis of record F.S. Cornelius and J. van der Land (eds), updates 2000-2007, as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS) [details]

redescription Boco, S. R.; Capidos, C. G. G.; Morandini, A. C.; Harrison, G. W. M.; Bakker, P. A. J.; Talacay, D.; Collins, A. G.; Comendador, J.; Hacking, S. M.; Van Dorp, K.; Ramos, D. A.; Geraldino, P. J. (2024). Integrating molecular and morphological evidence revives the blubber jellyfish, <i>Catostylus purpurus</i> (Scyphozoa: Rhizostomeae; Catostylidae) of the Indo-Pacific (Philippines). <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 104., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315424000687 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (4 records)
To ITIS