MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Ptychogastria Allman, 1878

Hydrozoa taxon details

Ptychogastria Allman, 1878

Ptychogastria polaris

AphiaID

117209 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117209)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Ptychogastria polaris Allman, 1878 (type by monotypy)

Typetaxon of

Ptychogastriidae Mayer, 1910

Parent

Ptychogastriidae Mayer, 1910

Original name

Ptychogastria Allman, 1878

Synonymised names

Pectanthis Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted

Pectyllis Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted (synonym)

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Species Ptychogastria asteroides (Haeckel, 1879)
Species Ptychogastria polaris Allman, 1878
Species Ptychogastria antarctica (Haeckel, 1879) accepted as Pectis antarctica Haeckel, 1879
Species Ptychogastria arctica (Haeckel, 1879) accepted as Ptychogastria polaris Allman, 1878 (synonym)
Species Ptychogastria opposita Vanhöffen, 1912 accepted as Ptychogastria polaris Allman, 1878

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Allman, G.J., 1878. Hydrozoa. In: G.S. Nares, Narrative of a voyage to the Polar sea during 1875-76, in H.M.S. Alert and Discovery. With notes on the natural history, edited by H.W. Feilden: 2 : 290-292., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22459501
page(s): 292 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P. (2024). World Hydrozoa Database. Ptychogastria Allman, 1878. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/hydrozoa/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117209 on 2024-11-21

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2006-09-28 06:51:36Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2011-03-14 06:34:33Z

checked

Schuchert, Peter

2016-03-24 13:34:03Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

2016-04-05 09:11:34Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

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original description Allman, G.J., 1878. Hydrozoa. In: G.S. Nares, Narrative of a voyage to the Polar sea during 1875-76, in H.M.S. Alert and Discovery. With notes on the natural history, edited by H.W. Feilden: 2 : 290-292., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22459501
page(s): 292 [details]

original description (of Pectyllis Haeckel, 1879) 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): 265 [details]

original description (of Pectanthis Haeckel, 1879) 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): 276 [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 Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone]. , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

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Introduced: alien

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Ptychogastria polaris

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