MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Blackfordia Mayer, 1910

WoRMS taxon details

Blackfordia Mayer, 1910

AphiaID

117008 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117008)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Blackfordia manhattensis Mayer, 1910 accepted as Blackfordia virginica Mayer, 1910 (type by original designation)

Parent

Blackfordiidae Bouillon, 1984

Direct children (3)

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Species Blackfordia polytentaculata Hsu & Chin, 1962
Species Blackfordia virginica Mayer, 1910
Species Blackfordia manhattensis Mayer, 1910 accepted as Blackfordia virginica Mayer, 1910 (synonym)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Mayer, A. G. 1910. Medusae of the world. Hydromedusae, Vols. I & II. Scyphomedusae, Vol III. Carnegie Institution, Washington. pp. 735, plates 1-76., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1327020
page(s): 276 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Blackfordia Mayer, 1910. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117008 on 2025-03-31

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2006-09-06 06:55:51Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2010-09-08 12:01:38Z

checked

Schuchert, Peter

2014-02-16 19:16:32Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Mayer, A. G. 1910. Medusae of the world. Hydromedusae, Vols. I & II. Scyphomedusae, Vol III. Carnegie Institution, Washington. pp. 735, plates 1-76., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1327020
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]

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Bouillon, J.; Seghers, G.; Boero, F. (1988b). Notes additionnelles sur les méduses de Papouasie Nouvelle-Guinée (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria). III. Indo-Malayan Zoology. 5(2): 225-253.
page(s): 233; note: comparative table with accepted species [details] Available for editors

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Other

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (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]

Definitions

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