Marine Species Traits - Monotheca australis (Kirchenpauer, 1876)

Traits taxon details

Monotheca australis (Kirchenpauer, 1876)

AphiaID

1767253 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1767253)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Monotheca Nutting, 1900

Original name

Plumularia obliqua var. australis Kirchenpauer, 1876

Synonymised names

Plumularia australis Kirchenpauer, 1876 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of ) 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): 49, pl. 6 fig. 10 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Monotheca australis (Kirchenpauer, 1876). Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1767253 on 2026-07-11

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Monotheca australis (Kirchenpauer, 1876). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1767253 on 2026-07-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2024-08-25 17:34:26Z

created

Schuchert, Peter

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original description (of ) 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): 49, pl. 6 fig. 10 [details]

basis of record Watson, J. E. 2011a. Review of the genus Monotheca (Hydrozoa: Leptolida) from Australia with description of a new species and a note on Monothecella Stechow, 1923. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 68: 71–91. , available online at http://museumvictoria.com.au/pages/31328/68_watson.pdf
page(s): 74, Fig. 1H-N; note: synonymy, revision, review [details]

Definitions

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Plumularia australis Kirchenpauer, 1876)