North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Craspedacusta Lankester, 1880

Craspedacusta sowerbii: Limnomedusae, Olindiasidae

AphiaID

117170 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117170)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Craspedacusta sowerbii Lankester, 1880 (type by monotypy)

Parent

Olindiidae Haeckel, 1879

Original name

Craspedacusta Lankester, 1880

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Species Craspedacusta sowerbii Lankester, 1880

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Lankester, E.R. (1880). On a new jelly-fish of the order Trachomedusae, living in fresh water. Nature, Lond. 22 : 147-148, 190-191, 241., available online at http://www.archive.org/stream/nature221880lock#page/147/mode/1up
page(s): 148 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Craspedacusta Lankester, 1880. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=117170 on 2026-06-06

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Craspedacusta Lankester, 1880. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=117170 on 2026-06-06

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2005-04-08 08:00:57Z

changed

Cuvelier, Daphne

2010-12-16 13:14:56Z

checked

Schuchert, Peter

2012-07-20 12:51:30Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

2015-12-30 08:46:11Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

2016-07-15 06:09:29Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

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original description Lankester, E.R. (1880). On a new jelly-fish of the order Trachomedusae, living in fresh water. Nature, Lond. 22 : 147-148, 190-191, 241., available online at http://www.archive.org/stream/nature221880lock#page/147/mode/1up
page(s): 148 [details]

taxonomy source Jankowski, T., 2001. The freshwater medusae of the world - a taxonomic and systematic literature study with some remarks on other inland water jellyfish. Hydrobiologia 462 : 91-113., available online at https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1013126015171 [details] Available for editors

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

additional source Bouillon, J.; Boero, F. (2000). Synopsis of the families and genera of the Hydromedusae of the world, with a list of the worldwide species. Thalassia Salent. 24: 47-296 (look up in IMIS) [details]