North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Amphinema turrida (Mayer, 1900)

Amphinema turrida medusa, from Florida, Eastern Atlantic

AphiaID

117782 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117782)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Amphinema Haeckel, 1879

Original name

Dissonema turrida Mayer, 1900

Environment

marine, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of ) Mayer, A. G. (1900). Some medusae from the Tortugas, Florida. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology of Harvard. 37: 13-82, pls 1-44., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4271669
page(s): 44, pl. 2 fig. 3- [details]

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Amphinema turrida (Mayer, 1900). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117782 on 2026-10-12

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Amphinema turrida (Mayer, 1900). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=117782 on 2026-10-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2009-06-16 06:36:44Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

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original description (of ) Mayer, A. G. (1900). Some medusae from the Tortugas, Florida. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology of Harvard. 37: 13-82, pls 1-44., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4271669
page(s): 44, pl. 2 fig. 3- [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 Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. China Science Press. 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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]

redescription Schuchert, P. (2007). The European athecate hydroids and their medusae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria): Filifera part 2. Revue suisse de Zoologie. 114: 195-396., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.80395
page(s): 312, fig. 48 [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): Figs 3A-D [details]