North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Staurodiscus tetrastaurus Haeckel, 1879

Staurodiscus tetrastaurus medusa, Gulf Stream off Florida, USA

AphiaID

117729 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117729)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Type taxon of

Staurodiscus Haeckel, 1879

Parent

Staurodiscus Haeckel, 1879

Original name

Staurodiscus (Staurodiscalma) tetrastaurus Haeckel, 1879

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena. 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 145, pl. 9 figs 1-3 [details]

(of ) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena. 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 145, pl. 9 figs 1-3 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Staurodiscus tetrastaurus Haeckel, 1879. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=117729 on 2026-08-07

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Staurodiscus tetrastaurus Haeckel, 1879. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=117729 on 2026-08-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2016-01-08 09:43:35Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

2018-10-29 14:36:41Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

2019-01-21 19:23:43Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

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original description Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena. 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 145, pl. 9 figs 1-3 [details]

original description (of ) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena. 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 145, pl. 9 figs 1-3 [details]

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 Navas-Pereira, D. & Vannucci, M. (1991). The Hydromedusae and water masses of the Indian Ocean. Bolm Inst. Oceanogr. 39(1): 25-60., available online at https://doi.org/10.1590/s0373-55241991000100003 [details]

identification resource Schuchert P.; Collins R. (2021). Hydromedusae observed during night dives in the Gulf Stream. Revue suisse de Zoologie. 128(2): 237-356., available online at https://doi.org/10.35929/RSZ.0049
page(s): 288, Figs 32A-D; note: 16S DNA barcodes [details]