Marine Species Traits - Monotheca togata (Watson, 1973)

Traits taxon details

Monotheca togata (Watson, 1973)

AphiaID

595031 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:595031)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Monotheca Nutting, 1900

Original name

Plumularia togata Watson, 1973

Synonymised names

Plumularia togata Watson, 1973 · unaccepted

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Plumularia togata Watson, 1973) Watson, J. E. 1973. Pearson Island expedition 1969. 9. Hydroids. - Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 97: 153-200, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41079927
page(s): 191, figs 65-67 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Monotheca togata (Watson, 1973). Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=595031 on 2026-07-19

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Monotheca togata (Watson, 1973). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=595031 on 2026-07-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2012-02-03 08:34:10Z

created

Schuchert, Peter

2024-09-10 12:22:59Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

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original description (of Plumularia togata Watson, 1973) Watson, J. E. 1973. Pearson Island expedition 1969. 9. Hydroids. - Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 97: 153-200, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41079927
page(s): 191, figs 65-67 [details] Available for editors

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): 86, fig. 6A-I [details]

additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

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