MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Staurodiscus Haeckel, 1879

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Staurodiscus Haeckel, 1879

Staurodiscus tetrastaurus medusa, Gulf Stream off Florida, USA

AphiaID

117144 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117144)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Staurodiscus tetrastaurus Haeckel, 1879 (type by subsequent designation)

Parent

Hebellidae Fraser, 1912

Original name

Staurodiscus Haeckel, 1879

Synonymised names

Cladocanna Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted (synonym)

Staurodiscalma Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted (synonym)

Staurodiscema Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted (synonym)

Staurodiscoides Uchida, 1927 · unaccepted (synonym)

Staurodiscus (Staurodiscalma) Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted

Staurodiscus (Staurodiscema) Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted

Toxorchis Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted (synonym)

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Species Staurodiscus arcuatus (Haeckel, 1879)
Species Staurodiscus cirrus Huang, Xu, Guo & Qiu, 2010
Species Staurodiscus crassonema Wang, Xu, Huan & Lin, 2010
Species Staurodiscus gotoi (Uchida, 1927)
Species Staurodiscus kellneri (Mayer, 1910)
Species Staurodiscus latibulbus Wang, Xu, Huan & Lin, 2010
Species Staurodiscus luteus Schuchert & Collins, 2021
Species Staurodiscus milleri (Bouillon, 1984)
Species Staurodiscus multicanalis Xu, Huang & Guo, 2007
Species Staurodiscus neustona Xu, Huang & Guo, 2007
Species Staurodiscus nigricans Agassiz & Mayer, 1899
Species Staurodiscus polynema (Kramp, 1959)
Species Staurodiscus quadristoma Bouillon, 1984
Species Staurodiscus tetrastaurus Haeckel, 1879
Species Staurodiscus thalassinus (Péron & Lesueur, 1810)
Species Staurodiscus vietnamensis Kramp, 1962
Subgenus Staurodiscus (Staurodiscalma) Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Staurodiscus Haeckel, 1879
1. Species Staurodiscus (Staurodiscalma) tetrastaurus Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Staurodiscus tetrastaurus Haeckel, 1879
Subgenus Staurodiscus (Staurodiscema) Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Staurodiscus Haeckel, 1879
1. Species Staurodiscus (Staurodiscema) heterosceles Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Staurodiscus heterosceles Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Staurodiscus tetrastaurus Haeckel, 1879
Species Staurodiscus brooksi (Mayer, 1910) accepted as Staurodiscus brooksii (Mayer, 1910) accepted as Staurodiscus kellneri (Mayer, 1910) (spelling error)
Species Staurodiscus brooksii (Mayer, 1910) accepted as Staurodiscus kellneri (Mayer, 1910) (synonym)
Species Staurodiscus heterosceles Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Staurodiscus tetrastaurus Haeckel, 1879 (synonym)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

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): 145 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark Transferred to Hebellidae in Bouillon et al. (2006)

Taxonomic remark Transferred to Hebellidae in Bouillon et al. (2006) [details]

Taxonomic remark Review of the species in Bouillon (1984b)

Taxonomic remark Review of the species in Bouillon (1984b) [details]

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P. (2024). World Hydrozoa Database. Staurodiscus Haeckel, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117144 on 2024-11-25

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2009-06-15 18:10:07Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

2016-01-08 09:43:35Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

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original description 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): 145 [details]

original description (of Toxorchis 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): 157 [details]

original description (of Staurodiscalma 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): 145 [details]

original description (of Staurodiscema 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): 146 [details]

original description (of Staurodiscoides Uchida, 1927) Uchida, T. (1927). Description of a new Leptomedusa, Staurodiscoides gotoi. Japanese Journal of Zoology. 1: 165-168.
page(s): 165 [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Staurodiscus (Staurodiscalma) 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): 145 [details]

original description (of Staurodiscus (Staurodiscema) 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): 146 [details]

original description (of Cladocanna 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): 160 [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]

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Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

From editor or global species database

Biology Life cycle, polyp stage see Migotto & Andrade (2000), perhaps Staurodiscus kellneri (Mayer, 1910) [details]

Diagnosis
Medusa with 4 or more main primary radial canals, some or all branching one or more times, primary canal and some or all of the branches reaching circular canal; ‘gonads on primary radial canals and branches; numerous tentacles and cordyli; with or without cirri; with or without ocelli.
Hydroid epizootic, Hebella-like; hydrothecae almost conical when growing on upper part of the host, cylindrical when growing on lower part of same host; asymmetrical to symmetrical; with everted margin, sharply or slightly oblique, with short to long, wrinkled or annulated pedicels; with membranous diaphragm (sometimes absent) and annular thickening; gonophores as free medusae; gonotheca as big or slightly bigger than hydrotheca, with four opercular flaps, on short pedicel, slightly undulated walls, truncated distally, tapering at base, containing up to three medusae.
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Taxonomic remark Transferred to Hebellidae in Bouillon et al. (2006) [details]

Taxonomic remark Review of the species in Bouillon (1984b) [details]

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