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Bougainvillia principis (Steenstrup, 1850)

Medusa of Bougainvillia principis, Scotland
Medusa of Bougainvillia principis, Scotland

117329  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117329)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Medusozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hydrozoa (Class)
  6. Hydroidolina (Subclass)
  7. Anthoathecata (Order)
  8. Filifera (Suborder)
  9. Bougainvilliidae (Family)
  10. Bougainvillia (Genus)
  11. Bougainvillia principis (Species)
accepted
Species
Bougainvillia allmanii Romanes, 1877 · unaccepted (synonym)
Hippocrene aurea Linko, 1905 · unaccepted (synonym)
Margelis principis Steenstrup, 1850 · unaccepted (basionym)
Medusa duodecilia Dalyell, 1847 · unaccepted (questionable synonym)
Nemopsis heteronema Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Margelis principis Steenstrup, 1850) Steenstrup, J. (1850). Sur Margelis principis. <em>[In Lütken: Nogle Bemaerkninger...]. Vidensk. Medd. dansk. naturh. Foren. Kbh.</em> 15- 35., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7704526
page(s): 35 [details] 
Note Sandvaag, The Faroe Islands.  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Sandvaag, The Faroe Islands. [details]
Distribution A northern boreal medusa occurring in coastal areas from the Barents Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea. Also...  
Distribution A northern boreal medusa occurring in coastal areas from the Barents Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea. Also present around Iceland, western Greenland and New England.
The records for NE Pacific were referred to the very similar B. multitentaculata Foerster, 1923 by Arai & Brinckmann-Voss (1980), but later changed to B. principis (Cairns et al., 2002).  [details]

Distribution Atlantic coast of Labrador  
Distribution Atlantic coast of Labrador [details]
Schuchert, P. (2024). World Hydrozoa Database. Bougainvillia principis (Steenstrup, 1850). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117329 on 2024-11-21
Date
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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van der Land, Jacob
2009-07-16 07:17:06Z
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Schuchert, Peter

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original description (of Nemopsis heteronema Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 93, pl. 5 figs 6-9 [details] 

original description (of Margelis principis Steenstrup, 1850) Steenstrup, J. (1850). Sur Margelis principis. <em>[In Lütken: Nogle Bemaerkninger...]. Vidensk. Medd. dansk. naturh. Foren. Kbh.</em> 15- 35., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7704526
page(s): 35 [details] 

original description (of Medusa duodecilia Dalyell, 1847) Dalyell, J. G. (1847). Rare and remarkable animals of Scotland, represented from living subjects: with practical observations on their nature. By Sir John Graham Dalyell, baronet. <em>John Van Voorst. London.</em> volume 1, pp. v-xii (270 total pages in volume)., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5984#/summary
page(s): 72, pl. 11 figs 11-12 [details] 

original description (of Bougainvillia allmanii Romanes, 1877) Romanes, G.J., 1877. An account of some new species, varieties and monstrous forms of medusae. II. J. Linn. Soc. 13 68: 190-194., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31597448
page(s): 190 [details] 

original description (of Hippocrene aurea Linko, 1905) Linko, A. 1905. Zoologische Studien im Barents-Meere. Auf Grund der Untersuchungen der wissenschaftlichen Murman-Expedition. Zoologischer Anzeiger 28: 210-220., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9902930
page(s): 216 [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, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 112-120 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details] 

additional source Shih, C.T., 1977. A guide to the Jellyfish of Canadian Atlantic waters. National Museum of Natural Sciences, Natural History Series 5 : 1-190. [details] 

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [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. <i>Thalassia Salent. 24</i>: 47-296 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

redescription Schuchert, P. (2007). The European athecate hydroids and their medusae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria): Filifera part 2. <em>Revue suisse de Zoologie.</em> 114: 195-396., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41281106
page(s): 210 [details] OpenAccess publication
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Biology colonial polyp releasing medusae [details]

Distribution A northern boreal medusa occurring in coastal areas from the Barents Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea. Also present around Iceland, western Greenland and New England.
The records for NE Pacific were referred to the very similar B. multitentaculata Foerster, 1923 by Arai & Brinckmann-Voss (1980), but later changed to B. principis (Cairns et al., 2002).  [details]

Type locality Sandvaag, The Faroe Islands. [details]

Unreviewed
Distribution Atlantic coast of Labrador [details]
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To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Margelis principis Steenstrup, 1850)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Nemopsis heteronema Haeckel, 1879)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bougainvillia principis) 
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Margelis principis Steenstrup, 1850)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 0 proteins) 
To PESI 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (11 records) 
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Medusa of Bougainvillia principis, Scotland
Medusa of Bougainvillia principis, Scotland
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