MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Lafoea gracillima (Alder, 1856)

WoRMS name details

Lafoea gracillima (Alder, 1856)

Lafoea gracillima

AphiaID

156149 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:156149)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (synonym)

Accepted Name

Lafoea dumosa (Fleming, 1820)

Rank

Species

Parent

Lafoea Lamouroux, 1821

Original name

Campanularia gracillima Alder, 1856

Synonymised names

Campanularia gracillima Alder, 1856 · unaccepted > superseded combination

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Variety Lafoea gracillima var. benthophila Ritchie, 1909 accepted as Lafoea benthophila Ritchie, 1909 (accepted as full species)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Campanularia gracillima Alder, 1856) Alder, J. (1856). A notice of some new genera and species of British hydroid zoophytes. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (2). 353-362, pls 12-14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2313304
page(s): 361, pl. 14 figs 5-6 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Lafoea gracillima (Alder, 1856). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156149 on 2025-04-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-08 10:07:19Z

created

Cuvelier, Daphne

2005-07-14 09:00:06Z

changed

Claus, Simon

2008-01-21 13:45:25Z

changed

van der Land, Jacob

2010-03-15 14:18:34Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

2023-08-20 11:07:15Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Campanularia gracillima Alder, 1856) Alder, J. (1856). A notice of some new genera and species of British hydroid zoophytes. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (2). 353-362, pls 12-14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2313304
page(s): 361, pl. 14 figs 5-6 [details]

basis of record Calder, D. (2003). Checklist of Hydroids, hydromedusae and siphonophores reported from the Bay of Fundy. [details]

Taxonomy

source of synonymy van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]

Other

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

additional source Gosner, K. L. (1971). Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., London. 693 pp. [pdf copepod and branchiuran :445-455]. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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additional source Calder, D. R. and S. D. Cairns. 2009. Hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 381–394 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]