North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

WoRMS taxon details

Rhacostoma atlanticum L. Agassiz, 1851

AphiaID

156967 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:156967)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Rhacostoma L. Agassiz, 1851

Original name

Rhacostoma atlanticum L. Agassiz, 1851

Synonymised names

Aequorea Groenlandica Péron & Lesueur, 1810 · unaccepted (possible synonym)

Polycanna crassa (A. Agassiz, 1865) · unaccepted (possible synonym)

Polycanna groenlandica (Péron & Lesueur, 1810) · unaccepted (possible synonym)

Rhacostoma atlantica Agassiz, 1851 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling (spelling variant)

Zygodactyla crassa A. Agassiz, 1865 · unaccepted (possible synonym)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Agassiz, L. (1851). [A new naked-eyed medusa... Rhacostoma atlanticum]. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 3: 342-343., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8870644
page(s): 342 [details]

Descriptive notes

Distribution Bay of Fundy

Distribution Bay of Fundy [details]

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P.; Cartwright, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Rhacostoma atlanticum L. Agassiz, 1851. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156967 on 2025-01-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-20 12:28:06Z

created

Claus, Simon

2010-03-15 14:18:34Z

checked

Schuchert, Peter

2013-09-13 06:30:31Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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original description Agassiz, L. (1851). [A new naked-eyed medusa... Rhacostoma atlanticum]. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 3: 342-343., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8870644
page(s): 342 [details]

original description (of Aequorea Groenlandica Péron & Lesueur, 1810) Péron F. & Lesueur C.A. (1810). Tableau des caractères génériques et spécifiques de toutes les espèces de méduses connues jusqu'à ce jour. Annales du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle de Paris. 14: 325-366., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3498981
page(s): 339 [details]

original description (of Zygodactyla crassa A. Agassiz, 1865) Agassiz, A. (1865). North American Acalephae. Illustrated Catalogue of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College. 2: 1-234., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/1837
page(s): 106, Figs 157-158 [details]

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

basis of record Calder, D. (2003). Checklist of Hydroids, hydromedusae and siphonophores reported from the Bay of Fundy. [details]

additional source Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68: p. [details]

additional source Shih, C.T., 1977. A guide to the Jellyfish of Canadian Atlantic waters. National Museum of Natural Sciences, Natural History Series 5 : 1-190. [details]

additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist. 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors