MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Lafoea Lamouroux, 1821

RAS taxon details

Lafoea Lamouroux, 1821

Lafoea dumosa (Fleming, 1820)

AphiaID

117136 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117136)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Lafoeidae Hincks, 1868

Original name

Lafoea Lamouroux, 1821

Direct children (6)

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Species Lafoea benthophila Ritchie, 1909
Species Lafoea dumosa (Fleming, 1820)
Species Lafoea gaussica Vanhöffen, 1910
Species Lafoea fructicosa (M. Sars, 1851) accepted as Lafoea fruticosa (Sars, 1851) accepted as Lafoea dumosa (Fleming, 1820) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
Species Lafoea fruticosa (Sars, 1851) accepted as Lafoea dumosa (Fleming, 1820) (synonym)
Species Lafoea gracillima (Alder, 1856) accepted as Lafoea dumosa (Fleming, 1820) (synonym)

Environment

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

Original description

Lamouroux JVF. (1821). Exposition méthodique des genres de l'ordre des polypiers: avec leur description et celle des principales espèces, figurées dans 84 planches, les 63 premières appartenant à l'Histoire naturelle des zoophytes d'Ellis et Solander. Paris 1821. pp. 1-115, pls. 1-84., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50899961 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P. (2024). World Hydrozoa Database. Lafoea Lamouroux, 1821. Accessed through: RAS (Eds.) (2024) Register of Antarctic Species at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117136 on 2025-04-12

Regional species database citation

RAS (Eds.) (2025). Register of Antarctic Species. Lafoea Lamouroux, 1821. Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117136 on 2025-04-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2006-09-13 06:47:38Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2011-03-11 07:10:22Z

checked

Schuchert, Peter

2011-09-20 14:02:37Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

2015-04-02 06:11:00Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

2017-09-15 09:02:30Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

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original description Lamouroux JVF. (1821). Exposition méthodique des genres de l'ordre des polypiers: avec leur description et celle des principales espèces, figurées dans 84 planches, les 63 premières appartenant à l'Histoire naturelle des zoophytes d'Ellis et Solander. Paris 1821. pp. 1-115, pls. 1-84., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50899961 [details]

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 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]

additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors