North Sea Benthos Project (NSBP)

(of Medusa hemisphaerica Linnaeus, 1767) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii. pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5
page(s): 1098 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Belgian Coast

type locality contained in Belgian Coast [details]

Descriptive notes

Distribution probably cosmopolitan

Distribution probably cosmopolitan [details]

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P. (2024). World Hydrozoa Database. Clytia hemisphaerica (Linnaeus, 1767). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117368 on 2024-11-11

Taxonomic edit history

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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van der Land, Jacob

2014-04-17 19:32:17Z

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Schuchert, Peter

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Schuchert, Peter

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original description (of Campanularia gigantea Hincks, 1866) Hincks, T. 1866a. On new British Hydroida. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (3) 18: 296-299., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15603451
page(s): 297 [details]

original description (of Campanularia brachycaulis Stechow, 1919) Stechow E. (1919a). Zur Kenntnis der Hydroidenfauna des Mittelmeeres, Amerikas und anderer Gebiete, nebst Angaben über einige Kirchenpauer'sche Typen von Plumulariden. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere. 42(1): 1-172., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27079359
page(s): 62, fig. T [details]

original description (of Campanularia johnstoni Alder, 1856) Alder, J. (1856). A notice of some new genera and species of British hydroid zoophytes. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (2). 353-362, pls 12-14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2313304
page(s): 359, pl. 8 fig. 8 [details]

original description (of Campanularia raridentata Alder in Hincks, 1861) Hincks, T. (1861). A catalogue of the zoophytes of South Devon and South Cornwall. The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology. 8(3): 152-161, 251-262, 290-297, pls 6-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/60917#/summary
page(s): 292 [details]

original description (of Campanularia edwardsi Nutting, 1901) Nutting, C. C. 1901b. The Hydroids of the Woods Hole region. - Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission for 1899 19: 325-386., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22941080
page(s): 346, figs 28 & 28A [details]

original description (of Clytia similis Fraser, 1947) Fraser, C. McLean, 1947. Hydroids of the 1939 Allan Hancock Caribbean Sea Expedition. Allan Hancock Atl. Exped. 4 : 1-24, pls 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4678593
page(s): 6, pl. 1 figs 3a-c [details]

original description (of Thaumantias achroa Cobbold, 1858) Cobbold, T.S., 1858. Description of a new form of naked-eyed medusa (Thaumantias achroa), with histological details. Q. Jl microsc. Sci. 6 : 1-5. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 38 [details]

original description (of Campanularia minuta Nutting, 1901) Nutting, C. C. 1901b. The Hydroids of the Woods Hole region. - Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission for 1899 19: 325-386., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22941080
page(s): 345, fig. 27 [details]

original description (of Campanularia villafrancensis Stechow, 1919) Stechow E. (1919a). Zur Kenntnis der Hydroidenfauna des Mittelmeeres, Amerikas und anderer Gebiete, nebst Angaben über einige Kirchenpauer'sche Typen von Plumulariden. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere. 42(1): 1-172., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27079359
page(s): 157 [details]

original description (of Campanularia attenuata Stechow, 1919) Stechow E. (1919a). Zur Kenntnis der Hydroidenfauna des Mittelmeeres, Amerikas und anderer Gebiete, nebst Angaben über einige Kirchenpauer'sche Typen von Plumulariden. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere. 42(1): 1-172., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27079359
page(s): 61, fig. S [details]

original description (of Clytia gigantea (Hincks, 1866)) Hincks, T. 1866a. On new British Hydroida. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (3) 18: 296-299., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15603451
page(s): 297 [details]

original description (of Clytia compressa Totton, 1930) Totton, A. K. 1930. Coelenterata. Part V.- Hydroida. - British Antarctic ("Terra Nova") Expedition, 1910, Natural History Report, Zoology 5: 131-252, pls 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49469919
page(s): 146, figs 6a-c [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Clytia urnigera Lamouroux, 1816) Lamouroux, J. V. F. (1816). Histoire des polypiers coralligènes flexibles, vulgairement nommés zoophytes. F. Poisson, Caen. i-lxxxiv, 1-558, pls. I-XIX., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11606092
page(s): 203, pl. 5 fig. 6 [details]

original description (of Thaumantias inconspicua Forbes, 1848) Forbes, E. (1848). A monograph of the British naked-eyed Medusæ : with figures of all the species. London, Ray Society, pp. 104, 13 plates. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10599599
page(s): 52, pl. 8 fig. 3a-d [details]

original description (of Phialidium viridicans Leuckart, 1856) Leuckart, R. 1856. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Medusenfauna von Nizza. - Archiv für Naturgeschichte 22: 1-40, pls 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7083410
page(s): 18, pl. 1 figs 12 & 14 [details]

original description (of Campanularia gegenbauri Sars, 1857) Sars M. (1857). Bidrag til Kundskaben om Middelhavets Littoral-Fauna, Reisebemaerkinger fra Italien. Nyt Magazin Naturvidenskaberne. 9(7):110–164, pls. 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54084062
page(s): 157 (48 in reprint) [details]

original description (of Campanularia volubiliformis M. Sars, 1857) Sars M. (1857). Bidrag til Kundskaben om Middelhavets Littoral-Fauna, Reisebemaerkinger fra Italien. Nyt Magazin Naturvidenskaberne. 9(7):110–164, pls. 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54084062
page(s): 156 (47 in reprint) [details]

original description (of Clytia (Trochopyxis) bicophoba L. Agassiz, 1862) Agassiz, L. (1862). Contributions to the natural history of the United States of America. Little Brown, Boston. 4: 1-380, pls 1-19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16068829
page(s): 304, pl. 29 figs 6-9 [details]

original description (of Oceania languida A. Agassiz, 1862) Agassiz, L. (1862). Contributions to the natural history of the United States of America. Little Brown, Boston. 4: 1-380, pls 1-19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16068829
page(s): 353 [details]

original description (of Campanularia coronata Clarke, 1879) Clarke, S. F. 1879. Report on the Hydroida collected during the Exploration of the Gulf Stream of Mexico by Alexander Agassiz, 1877-78. - Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 5: 239-252, pls 1-5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28876170
page(s): 242, pl. 4 fig. 22 [details]

original description (of Campanularia serrulata Bale, 1888) Bale, W. M. 1888. On some new and rare Hydroida in the Australian Museum collections. - Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales ser 2 volume 3: 745-799, plates 12-21., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36009519
page(s): 757, pl. 12 fig. 4 [details]

original description (of Oceania magnifica Mayer, 1900) 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): 50, pl. 9 figs 18-18a [details]

original description (of Clytia grayi Nutting, 1901) Nutting, C. C. 1901b. The Hydroids of the Woods Hole region. - Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission for 1899 19: 325-386., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22941080
page(s): 344, figs 23 & 23A [details]

original description (of Clytia simplex Congdon, 1907) Congdon, E. D. 1907. The hydroids of Bermuda. - Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 42: 463-485., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8868109
page(s): 471, figs 14-15 [details]

original description (of Clytia obeliformis Stechow, 1914) Stechow, E. 1914. Zur Kenntnis neuer oder seltener Hydroidpolypen, meist Campanulariden, aus Amerika und Norwegen. - Zoologischer Anzeiger 45: 120-136., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30140281
page(s): 128, fig. 6 [details]

original description (of Campanularia acuta Stechow, 1919) Stechow E. (1919a). Zur Kenntnis der Hydroidenfauna des Mittelmeeres, Amerikas und anderer Gebiete, nebst Angaben über einige Kirchenpauer'sche Typen von Plumulariden. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere. 42(1): 1-172., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27079359
page(s): 54 [details]

original description (of Eucope affinis Gegenbaur, 1857) Gegenbaur, C. (1857). Versuch eines Systems der Medusen, mit Beschreibung neuer oder wenig gekannter Formen; zugleich ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Fauna des Mittelmeeres. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie. Leipzig 8: 202-273, pls 7-9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13864647
page(s): 244, pl. 9 figs 42-43 [details]

original description (of Clytia laevis Weismann, 1883) Weismann, A. 1883. Die Entstehung der Sexualzellen bei den Hydromedusen. Zugleich ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis des Baues und der Lebenserscheinungen dieser Gruppe. Gustav Fischer, Jena, pp. i-xiii, 1-295, pls 1-24., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9646925
page(s): 158 [details]

original description (of Oceania phosphorica Péron & Lesueur, 1810) Péron F. & Lesueur C.A. (1810). Tableau des caractères génériques et spécifiques de toutes les espèces de méduses connues jusqu'à ce jour. Annales du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle de Paris. 14: 325-366., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3498981
page(s): 344 [details]

original description (of Thaumantias pileata Forbes, 1841) Forbes E. (1841). Contributions to British actinology. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 7: 81-85, pl. 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22067384
page(s): 84, pl. 1 fig. 3 [details]

original description (of Thaumantias sarnica Forbes, 1848) Forbes, E. (1848). A monograph of the British naked-eyed Medusæ : with figures of all the species. London, Ray Society, pp. 104, 13 plates. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10599599
page(s): 48, pl. 11 fig. 4 [details]

original description (of Thaumantias punctata Forbes, 1848) Forbes E. (1841). Contributions to British actinology. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 7: 81-85, pl. 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22067384
page(s): 84, pl. 1 fig. 5 [details]

original description (of Thaumantias lineata Forbes, 1848) Forbes, E. (1848). A monograph of the British naked-eyed Medusæ : with figures of all the species. London, Ray Society, pp. 104, 13 plates. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10599599
page(s): 48, pl 11 fig. 1 [details]

original description (of Medusa hemisphaerica Linnaeus, 1767) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii. pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5
page(s): 1098 [details]

original description (of Eucope variabilis Claus, 1864) Claus, C., 1864. Bemerkungen über Ctenophoren und Medusen. Z. wiss. Zool. 14 4: 384-393., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45015816
page(s): 389, pl. 38, Figs 9-13 [details]

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

context source (HKRMS) Chen, Q. C. (1982). The marine zooplankton of Hong Kong. In: Morton B, editor. Proceedings of the first international marine biological workshop: The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. 2: 789-799. [details] Available for editors

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context source (BeRMS 2020) Bio-environmental research group; Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries research (ILVO), Belgium; (2015): Zooplankton monitoring in the Belgian Part of the North Sea between 2009 and 2010. [details]

context source (Bermuda) Calder D.R. (1991). Shallow-water hydroids of Bermuda: the Thecatae, exclusive of Plumularioidea. Royal Ontario Museum Life Sciences Contributions. 154: 1-140. [details] Available for editors

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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 Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]

additional source Calder D.R. (1991). Shallow-water hydroids of Bermuda: the Thecatae, exclusive of Plumularioidea. Royal Ontario Museum Life Sciences Contributions. 154: 1-140.
page(s): 50, 54, 55, 56, 57-61, 65, 67, 68, 135 [details] Available for editors

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additional source Calder, D. R. and S. D. Cairns. 2009. Hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 381–394 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [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 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

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additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V.; Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors

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additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist. 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors

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additional source Steele, R. E.; David, C. N.; Technau, U. (2010). A genomic view of 500 million years of cnidarian evolution. Trends in Genetics, 30(10): 1-7
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additional source Watson, J. E. (2024). The marine hydroids of south-eastern Australia (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa). Museum Victoria Science Reports. 22: 1-121., available online at https://doi.org/10.24199/j.mvsr.2024.22
page(s): 62, fig. 103 [details] Available for editors

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

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

From editor or global species database

Basionym Medusa hemisphaerica Linnaeus, 1767: 1098 [details]

From regional or thematic species database

Introduced species vector dispersal United States part of the North Pacific Ocean (Marine Region) Debris: transport of species on human generated debris (lid) [details]

Unreviewed

Biology colonial [details]

Distribution probably cosmopolitan [details]

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