MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Catostylus Agassiz, 1862

WoRMS taxon details

Catostylus Agassiz, 1862

medusa drawing by Quoy & Gaimard, 1824

AphiaID

135254 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135254)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Catostylus mosaicus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)

Parent

Catostylidae Claus, 1883

Synonymised names

Crambessa Haeckel, 1869 · unaccepted (species were moved into different...)

species were moved into different families and genera

Loborhiza Vanhöffen, 1888 · unaccepted (synonym)

Rhacopilus Agassiz, 1862 · unaccepted (synonym)

Toxoclytus Agassiz, 1862 · unaccepted (synonym)

Direct children (13)

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Species Catostylus cruciatus (Lesson, 1830)
Species Catostylus mosaicus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Species Catostylus ornatellus (Vanhöffen, 1888)
Species Catostylus ouwensi Moestafa & McConnaughey, 1966
Species Catostylus perezi Ranson, 1945
Species Catostylus purpurus Mayer, 1910
Species Catostylus tagi (Haeckel, 1869)
Species Catostylus townsendi Mayer, 1915
Species Catostylus tripterus (Haeckel, 1880)
Species Catostylus turgescens (Schultze, 1898)
Species Catostylus viridescens (Chun, 1896)
Species Catostylus viridiscens (Chun) (unaccepted > nomen nudum, misspelling propagated via online catalogs )
Species Catostylus Wilkesii Agassiz, 1862 accepted as Catostylus mosaicus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (synonym)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Agassiz, L. (1862). Contributions to the natural history of the United States of America. Little Brown, Boston. 4: 1-380, pls 1-19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16068829
page(s): 152 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Collins, A.G.; Morandini, A.C. (2024). World List of Scyphozoa. Catostylus Agassiz, 1862. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135254 on 2024-11-21

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Cornelius, Paul

2006-09-07 06:51:43Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2016-07-09 11:49:12Z

checked

Collins, Allen G.

2019-12-28 21:36:46Z

changed

Morandini, André C.

Licensing

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original description Agassiz, L. (1862). Contributions to the natural history of the United States of America. Little Brown, Boston. 4: 1-380, pls 1-19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16068829
page(s): 152 [details]

original description (of Crambessa Haeckel, 1869) Haeckel, E. (1869). Ueber die Crambessiden, eine neue Meduse-Familie aus der Rhizostomeengruppe. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie. 19(4): 509-537.
page(s): 510 [details]

original description (of Rhacopilus Agassiz, 1862) Agassiz, L. (1862). Contributions to the natural history of the United States of America. Little Brown, Boston. 4: 1-380, pls 1-19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16068829
page(s): 152 [details]

original description (of Loborhiza Vanhöffen, 1888) Vanhöffen, E. (1888). Untersuchungen über semäostome und rhizostome Medusen. Bibliotheca Zoologica. 1: 1-52.
page(s): 28 [details]

original description (of Toxoclytus Agassiz, 1862) Agassiz, L. (1862). Contributions to the natural history of the United States of America. Little Brown, Boston. 4: 1-380, pls 1-19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16068829
page(s): 153 [details]

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]

basis of record Cornelius, P.F.S. (2001). Cubozoa, 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. 111 (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 Jarms, G. & Morandini, A.C. (2019). World Atlas of Jellyfish. Dölling und Galitz Verlag, 816p.
page(s): 570 [details]

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medusa drawing by Quoy & Gaimard, 1824

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