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WoRMS taxon details

Desmonema L. Agassiz, 1862

AphiaID

267381 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267381)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Cyaneidae L. Agassiz, 1862

Direct children (9)

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Species Desmonema comatum Larson, 1986
Species Desmonema gaudichaudi (Lesson, 1830)
Species Desmonema glaciale Larson, 1986
Species Desmonema scoresbyanna Gershwin & Zeidler, 2008
Species Desmonema annasethe Haeckel, 1880 accepted as Cyanea annasethe (Haeckel, 1880) (synonym)
Species Desmonema chierchiana Vanhöffen, 1888 accepted as Desmonema gaudichaudi (Lesson, 1830) (synonym)
Species Desmonema chierchianum Vanhöffen, 1888 accepted as Desmonema gaudichaudi (Lesson, 1830) (synonym)
Species Desmonema imporcata Haeckel (uncertain > unassessed)
Species Desmonema pendula Haeckel (uncertain > unassessed)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Agassiz, L. (1862). Contributions to the natural history of the United States of America. Little Brown, Boston. 4: 1-380, pls 1-19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16068829
page(s): 166 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Collins, A.G.; Morandini, A.C.; Cartwright, P. (2025). World List of Scyphozoa. Desmonema L. Agassiz, 1862. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267381 on 2025-05-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-14 11:18:07Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2017-05-06 18:42:02Z

changed

Collins, Allen G.

2019-12-14 23:07:09Z

changed

Morandini, André C.

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Agassiz, L. (1862). Contributions to the natural history of the United States of America. Little Brown, Boston. 4: 1-380, pls 1-19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16068829
page(s): 166 [details]

basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]

Other

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. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors

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Introduced: alien

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Desmonema)
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