MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Gossea L. Agassiz, 1862

WoRMS name details

Gossea L. Agassiz, 1862

AphiaID

117172 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117172)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (invalid junior homonym of Gossea Spence Bate, 1862)

Accepted Name

Octobulbacea Zamponi, 1983

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Thaumantias corynetes Gosse, 1853 accepted as Gossea corynetes (Gosse, 1853) accepted as Octobulbacea corynetes (Gosse, 1853) (type by monotypy)

Parent

Olindiidae Haeckel, 1879

Original name

Gossea L. Agassiz, 1862

Direct children (5)

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Species Gossea brachymera Bigelow, 1909 accepted as Octobulbacea brachymera (Bigelow, 1909) (genus transfer)
Species Gossea circinata Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Octobulbacea corynetes (Gosse, 1853) (synonym)
Species Gossea corynetes (Gosse, 1853) accepted as Octobulbacea corynetes (Gosse, 1853) (genus transfer)
Species Gossea faureae Picard, 1952 accepted as Octobulbacea faureae (Picard, 1952) (genus tansfer)
Species Gossea indica Bouillon, 1978 accepted as Octobulbacea indica (Bouillon, 1978) (genus transfer)

Environment

marine, ~~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): 366 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P. (2024). World Hydrozoa Database. Gossea L. Agassiz, 1862. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117172 on 2024-11-26

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2005-04-08 08:00:57Z

changed

Cuvelier, Daphne

2011-01-21 12:55:21Z

checked

Schuchert, Peter

2012-07-20 12:51:30Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

2016-09-14 07:48:58Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

2023-08-17 12:26:31Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

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): 366 [details]

taxonomy source Boyko, C. B.; De Grave, S. (2023). Gossea Spence Bate & Westwood, 1862 (Amphipoda) and Gossea Agassiz, 1862 (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa): reversal of presumed precedence and review of the complicated nomenclatural history. Crustaceana. 96(8): 791-796.
page(s): 791; note: junior homonym of Gossea Spence Bate, 1862 [details] Available for editors

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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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Introduced: alien

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