MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Abylopsis Chun, 1888

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Abylopsis Chun, 1888

Abylopsis eschscholtzii, mouth of Brunswick River, New South Wales, Australia

AphiaID

135352 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135352)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Abylopsis quincunx Chun, 1888 accepted as Abylopsis eschscholtzii (Huxley, 1859) (type by monotypy)

Parent

Abylopsinae Totton, 1954

Original name

Abylopsis Chun, 1888

Synonymised names

Abylopsoides Sears, 1953 · unaccepted (based on four abberrant...)

based on four abberrant pathological anterior nectophores never found again

Aglaisma Eschscholtz, 1829 · unaccepted

Aglaismoides Huxley, 1859 · unaccepted

Aglaja Eschscholtz, 1825 · unaccepted (invalid junior homonym of Aglaja...)

invalid junior homonym of Aglaja Renier, 1807 [Mollusca]

Calpe Quoy & Gaimard, 1827 · unaccepted ( preoccupied by Calpe Treitschke...)

preoccupied by Calpe Treitschke 1825 [Lepidoptera]

Chunia Mayer, 1900 · unaccepted

Plethosoma Lesson, 1826 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Pseudabylopsis Sears, 1953 · unaccepted (an aberrant pathological anterior...)

an aberrant pathological anterior nectophore, perhaps from a specimen of Abylopsis; never found again

Pyramis Otto, 1823 · unaccepted (preoccupied by Pyramis Bolten...)

preoccupied by Pyramis Bolten 1798 [Mollusca]

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Species Abylopsis eschscholtzii (Huxley, 1859)
Species Abylopsis tetragona (Otto, 1823)
Species Abylopsis quincunx Chun, 1888 accepted as Abylopsis eschscholtzii (Huxley, 1859) (synonym)
Species Abylopsis anomala (Sears, 1953) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, abberation)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Chun, C. (1888). Berichte über eine nach den Canarischen Inseln im Winter 1887/88. Sitzungsberichte der Königlidch Preussischen Akademie de Wissenschaften. 1888: 1141-1173. (English translation in Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 3: 214-246, 1889)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29368183
page(s): 1160 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P. (2024). World Hydrozoa Database. Abylopsis Chun, 1888. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135352 on 2024-11-22

Taxonomic edit history

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Mapstone, Gill

2006-01-27 08:54:21Z

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Mapstone, Gill

2012-10-22 10:49:30Z

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Mapstone, Gill

2013-12-29 12:42:38Z

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Schuchert, Peter

2018-08-30 07:04:49Z

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Schuchert, Peter

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original description Chun, C. (1888). Berichte über eine nach den Canarischen Inseln im Winter 1887/88. Sitzungsberichte der Königlidch Preussischen Akademie de Wissenschaften. 1888: 1141-1173. (English translation in Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 3: 214-246, 1889)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29368183
page(s): 1160 [details]

original description (of Calpe Quoy & Gaimard, 1827) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1827). Observations zoologiques faites à bord de l'Astrolabe, en mai 1826, dans le Détroit de Gibraltar. Annales des Sciences Naturelles. 10: 5-21, 172-193, 225-239; pls 1-2, 4-9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6008318 [details]

original description (of Aglaisma Eschscholtz, 1829) Eschscholtz, F. (1829). System der Acalephen. Eine ausführliche Beschreibung aller medusenartigen Strahltiere. Ferdinand Dümmler, Berlin, pp. 1-190, 116 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10665047
page(s): 129 [details]

original description (of Aglaismoides Huxley, 1859) Huxley, Th.H., 1859. The oceanic Hydrozoa; a description of the Calycophoridae and Physophoridae observed during the voyage of H.M.S. "Rattlesnake", in the years 1846-50., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10599749
page(s): 60 [details]

original description (of Pseudabylopsis Sears, 1953) Sears, M. (1953). Notes on siphonophores. 2. A revision of the Abylinae. Bulletin of the Museum of comparative Zoölogy of Harvard College. 109: 1-119., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3886008
page(s): 92 [details]

original description (of Pyramis Otto, 1823) Otto, A. W. (1823). Beschreibung einiger neueu Mollusken und Zoophyten. Nova Acta Physico-Medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosum. 11 (2): 273-314. pl. 38-42., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37012711
page(s): 306 [details]

original description (of Abylopsoides Sears, 1953) Sears, M. (1953). Notes on siphonophores. 2. A revision of the Abylinae. Bulletin of the Museum of comparative Zoölogy of Harvard College. 109: 1-119., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3886008
page(s): 87 [details]

original description (of Chunia Mayer, 1900) Mayer, A. G. (1900). Some medusae from the Tortugas, Florida. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology of Harvard. 37: 13-82, pls 1-44., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4271669
page(s): 78 [details]

original description (of Aglaja Eschscholtz, 1825) Eschscholtz, Johann Friedrich von. (1825). Bericht über die zoologische Ausbeute während der Reise von Kronstadt bis St. Peter und Paul. Isis von Oken. 1825(6): 733-747, plate V., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27509188
page(s): 743 [details]

original description (of Plethosoma Lesson, 1826) Lesson, R.P. (1829). Zoophytes. In: Voyage medical autour du Monde execute par I ordre du Roi sur la Corvette de Sa Majeste la Coquille, pendant les annees 1822. 1823, 1824, et 1825...par M.L.I. Duperey, Capitaine de Fregate, Zoologie,. 2(2), 151 pages, 16 plates. Paris: A. Bertrand., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38663133
page(s): pl. 14, fig. 2 legend [details]

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

additional source Pugh, P. R. (1999). Siphonophorae. In South Atlantic Zooplankton I. Edited by D. Boltovskoy. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands. 1-868.
page(s): 494 [details]