North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

WoRMS name details

Hippocrene crucifera Forbes & Goodsir, 1853

AphiaID

117349 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117349)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (synonym)

Accepted name

Nemopsis bachei L. Agassiz, 1849

Rank

Species

Parent

Hippocrene Brandt, 1835 accepted as Bougainvillia Lesson, 1830

Original name

Hippocrene crucifera Forbes & Goodsir, 1853

Environment

marine, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Forbes E., Goodsir J. (1853). On some remarkable marine Invertebrata new to the British Seas. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 20: 307-315., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40657151
page(s): 313 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Hippocrene crucifera Forbes & Goodsir, 1853. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117349 on 2025-04-28

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2009-08-28 12:22:42Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Forbes E., Goodsir J. (1853). On some remarkable marine Invertebrata new to the British Seas. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 20: 307-315., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40657151
page(s): 313 [details]

basis of record van der Land, J.; Vervoort, W.; Cairns, S.D.; Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydrozoa, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 112-120 (look up in IMIS) [details]

Taxonomy

status source Edwards, C., 1966. The hydroid and the medusa Bougainvillia principis, and a review of the British species of Bougainvillia. J. mar. biol. Ass. U.K. 46 1: 129-152., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400017604
page(s): 143 [details] Available for editors