MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Laodicea Lesson, 1843

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Laodicea Lesson, 1843

Laodicea undulata, medusa, Florida, western Atlantic

AphiaID

117141 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117141)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Medusa crucigera Gmelin, 1788 accepted as Laodicea undulata (Forbes & Goodsir, 1853) (type by monotypy)

Parent

Laodiceidae Agassiz, 1862

Original name

Laodicea Lesson, 1843

Synonymised names

Laodice Lesson, 1843 · unaccepted (invalid non-latin name)

Octorhopalon von Lendenfeld, 1885 · unaccepted (synonym)

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Species Laodicea brevigona Allwein, 1967
Species Laodicea fertilis (Lendenfeld, 1885)
Species Laodicea fijiana Agassiz & Mayer, 1899
Species Laodicea indica Browne, 1905
Species Laodicea marama Agassiz & Mayer, 1899
Species Laodicea minuscula Vannucci, 1957
Species Laodicea pulchra Browne, 1902
Species Laodicea undulata (Forbes & Goodsir, 1853)
Species Laodicea antarctica (Browne, 1907) accepted as Ptychogena antarctica Browne, 1907
Species Laodicea bigelowi Neppi & Stiasny, 1911 accepted as Laodicea undulata (Forbes & Goodsir, 1853) (synonym)
Species Laodicea calcarata L. Agassiz, 1862 accepted as Laodicea undulata (Forbes & Goodsir, 1853) (possible synonym)
Species Laodicea cellularia A. Agassiz in L. Agassiz, 1862 accepted as Earleria cellularia (A. Agassiz, 1862) accepted as Mitrocoma cellularia (Agassiz, 1862) (basionym)
Species Laodicea cruciata (Forsskål, 1775) accepted as Laodicea undulata (Forbes & Goodsir, 1853) (indeterminate species, likely synonym)
Species Laodicea ulothrix Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Laodicea undulata (Forbes & Goodsir, 1853) (synonym)
Species Laodicea chapmani Günther, 1903 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Species Laodicea eucope (Haeckel, 1879) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Species Laodicea neptuna Mayer, 1900 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Species Laodicea ocellata Babnik, 1948 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

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): 294 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P. (2024). World Hydrozoa Database. Laodicea Lesson, 1843. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117141 on 2024-11-21

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2015-11-04 07:51:43Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

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original description 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): 294 [details]

original description (of Octorhopalon von Lendenfeld, 1885) von Lendenfeld, R. (1885b). Addenda to the the Australian Hydromedusae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 9: 908-924, 984-985, pls 40-43., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25527732
page(s): 919 [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 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]

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Diagnosis Laodiceidae medusae with small manubrium, sometimes with small perradial lobes; with four radial canals, simple or with short lateral diverticula; with simple undulated gonads; with or without marginal cirri; with or without adaxial ocelli.
Hydroid colony stolonal, hydrotheca sessile, tubular, turning gradually into a pyramidal operculum formed by numerous converging flaps, with visible crease-line basally; hydrotheca often with transversal growth-rings, sometimes with basal constriction at origin, or exceptionally a poorly delimited pedicel; hydranth without intertentacular web, tentacles amphicoronate; gonotheca like hydrotheca but larger. [details]

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