MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Melophysa Haeckel, 1888

WoRMS taxon details

Melophysa Haeckel, 1888

AphiaID

135395 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135395)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Rhizophysa melo Quoy & Gaimard, 1827 accepted as Melophysa melo (Quoy & Gaimard, 1827)

Parent

Agalmatidae Brandt, 1835

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Species Melophysa melo (Quoy & Gaimard, 1827)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Haeckel, E. (1888). System der Siphonophoren auf phylogenetischer Grundlage entworfen. Jenaische Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaft. 22: 1-46., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12007523
page(s): 42 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P. (2024). World Hydrozoa Database. Melophysa Haeckel, 1888. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135395 on 2024-11-26

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Mapstone, Gill

2006-01-27 08:54:21Z

checked

Mapstone, Gill

2012-10-16 16:03:34Z

changed

Mapstone, Gill

2013-12-20 18:13:10Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

Licensing

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original description Haeckel, E. (1888). System der Siphonophoren auf phylogenetischer Grundlage entworfen. Jenaische Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaft. 22: 1-46., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12007523
page(s): 42 [details]

redescription Haeckel, E. (1888). Report on the Siphonophorae. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology. 28 (part 77): i-viii, 1-380, pl. 1-50., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3155485
page(s): 274 [details]

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