North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Orchistoma pileus (Lesson, 1843)

Orchistoma pileus, size 15 mm, Gulf Stream off Florida

AphiaID

285115 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:285115)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Orchistoma Haeckel, 1879

Original name

Mesonema pileus Lesson, 1843

Synonymised names

Orchistoma agariciforme Keller, 1884 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of ) Lesson, R. P. 1843. Histoire naturelle des zoophytes. Acalèphes. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. pp. i-vii, 1-596, plus atlas of 12 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3803187
page(s): 317, pl. 6 fig. 1 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P. (2021). World Hydrozoa Database. Orchistoma pileus (Lesson, 1843). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2021) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marbef.org/data./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=285115 on 2026-08-16

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Orchistoma pileus (Lesson, 1843). Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=285115 on 2026-08-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-16 10:35:54Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2011-05-05 06:13:49Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

2016-03-11 07:17:01Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

2021-12-08 12:29:17Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

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original description (of Orchistoma agariciforme Keller, 1884) Keller C. (1884). Mittheilungen über Medusen. Recueil zoologique suisse. 1: 403-422, pl. 21., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15276560
page(s): 418, pl. 21 figs 1-3 [details]

original description (of ) Lesson, R. P. 1843. Histoire naturelle des zoophytes. Acalèphes. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. pp. i-vii, 1-596, plus atlas of 12 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3803187
page(s): 317, pl. 6 fig. 1 [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 Vervoort, W.; Schuchert, P. & van der Land, J. (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [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 Kramp, P. L. (1961). Synopsis of the medusae of the world. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the U. K. 40: 1-469. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 144 [details]

additional source Kramp, P. L. 1959a. The Hydromedusae of the Atlantic Ocean and adjacent waters. Dana Report 46: 1-283.
page(s): 139, fig. 163 [details]

additional source Schuchert P., Collins R. (2024). Additional observations on hydromedusae during night dives in the Gulf Stream. Revue suisse de Zoologie. 131(1): 43-120., available online at https://doi.org/10.35929/RSZ.0113
page(s): 85, fig. 33A-B [details]

redescription 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): 291, Figs 34A-F & 35A-G; note: 16S DNA barcodes [details]