MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Cosmetira pilosella Forbes, 1848

Deep-Sea taxon details

Cosmetira pilosella Forbes, 1848

Cosmetira pilosella medusa from Werner (1984)

AphiaID

117747 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117747)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Type taxon of

Cosmetira Forbes, 1848

Parent

Cosmetira Forbes, 1848

Original name

Cosmetira pilosella Forbes, 1848

Environment

marine, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Forbes, E. (1848). A monograph of the British naked-eyed Medusæ : with figures of all the species. London, Ray Society, pp. 104, 13 plates. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10599599
page(s): 42, pl. 8 figs 1a-e [details]

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Cosmetira pilosella Forbes, 1848. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117747 on 2025-06-02

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Cosmetira pilosella Forbes, 1848. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117747 on 2025-06-02

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

[taxonomic tree]

original description Forbes, E. (1848). A monograph of the British naked-eyed Medusæ : with figures of all the species. London, Ray Society, pp. 104, 13 plates. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10599599
page(s): 42, pl. 8 figs 1a-e [details]

context source (Deepsea) Natural History Museum, London (NHM): Collections Management Database System. [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]

additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

redescription Cornelius, P. F. S. (1995). North-West European Thecate Hydroids and their Medusae. Part 1. Laodiceidae to Haleciidae. In: R.S.K. Barnes & J.H. Crothers, eds, Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series). The Linn. Soc. London and Est. Coas. Sci. Ass. - Field Studies Council. 50 : i-vii, 1-347. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 131, fig. 28 [details]

redescription Russell, F.S., 1953. The medusae of the British Isles. Anthomedusae, Leptomedusae, Limnomedusae, Trachymedusae and Narcomedusae. : 1-530, pls. 1-35.
page(s): 266, figs 156, pl. 15 figs 1-3 [details] Available for editors