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Chiropsalmus quadrumanus (F. Muller, 1859)

157924  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157924)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Medusozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Cubozoa (Class)
  6. Chirodropida (Order)
  7. Chiropsalmidae (Family)
  8. Chiropsalmus (Genus)
  9. Chiropsalmus quadrumanus (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Tamoya quadrumana F. Müller, 1859) Müller, F. (1859) Zwei neue Quallen von Santa Catharina. Abhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Halle, 5, 1–12, pl. I–III. [details] OpenAccess publication
Description Width to 14 cm, 10 cm high. Bell surface covered with stinging warts. Up to nine tentacles on each corner, on stout,...  
Description Width to 14 cm, 10 cm high. Bell surface covered with stinging warts. Up to nine tentacles on each corner, on stout, hand-like structures. Finger-shaped gastric saccules, 1/2 length of bell cavity or shorter. Rhopalial pits about 1/6 up from bell edge. Habitat: occasionally inshore. Distribution: pantropical. Sting may be life-threatening (Richmond, 1997). [details]

Distribution Distribution extends northward of the subprovince of Carolinian, Cape Hatteras through Florida  
Distribution Distribution extends northward of the subprovince of Carolinian, Cape Hatteras through Florida [details]
Collins, A.G. (2024). World List of Cubozoa. Chiropsalmus quadrumanus (F. Muller, 1859). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=157924 on 2024-12-22
Date
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2005-05-24 16:52:44Z
created
Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-01-16 10:35:54Z
changed
van der Land, Jacob
2010-06-24 12:19:20Z
checked
Collins, Allen G.
2020-05-12 18:21:41Z
changed
Collins, Allen G.

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original description (of Tamoya quadrumana F. Müller, 1859) Müller, F. (1859) Zwei neue Quallen von Santa Catharina. Abhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Halle, 5, 1–12, pl. I–III. [details] OpenAccess publication

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

basis of record Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Haeckel, E. (1880). Das System der Acraspeden. 2te Hälfte des Systems der Medusen. Acht Nachträge zur Vervollständigung des Systems. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 2: 361-672, plates 21-40., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605982
page(s): 447 [details] 

additional source van der Land, J. (ed). (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo [details] 

additional source Segura-Puertas, L., L. Celis, and L. Chiaverano. 2009. Medusozoans (Cnidaria: Cubozoa, Scyphozoa, and Hydrozoa) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 369–379 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Pre [details] 

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] 

additional source Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details] 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Description Width to 14 cm, 10 cm high. Bell surface covered with stinging warts. Up to nine tentacles on each corner, on stout, hand-like structures. Finger-shaped gastric saccules, 1/2 length of bell cavity or shorter. Rhopalial pits about 1/6 up from bell edge. Habitat: occasionally inshore. Distribution: pantropical. Sting may be life-threatening (Richmond, 1997). [details]

Distribution Distribution extends northward of the subprovince of Carolinian, Cape Hatteras through Florida [details]
    Definitions

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To Barcode of Life (11 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chiropsalmus quadrumanus) 
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 19 proteins) (from synonym Tamoya quadrumana F. Müller, 1859)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 19 proteins) 
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (51 records) 
To ITIS