MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Halistemma rubrum (Vogt, 1852)

WoRMS taxon details

Halistemma rubrum (Vogt, 1852)

AphiaID

135490 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135490)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Halistemma Huxley, 1859

Original name

Agalma rubra Vogt, 1852

Synonymised names

Agalma minimum Graeffe, 1860 · unaccepted (synonym)

Agalma rubra Vogt, 1852 · unaccepted (basionym)

Agalmopsis punctata Kölliker, 1853 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Agalmopsis rubra Leuckart, 1853 · unaccepted

Halistemma punctatum (Kölliker, 1853) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Stephanomia rubra (Vogt, 1852) · unaccepted

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Agalma rubra Vogt, 1852) Vogt, C. (1852). Ueber die Siphonophoren. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie. 3 (4): 522-525., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14273573
page(s): 522, pl. 14 figs 4, 5, 8 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Nice

type locality contained in Nice [details]

Descriptive notes

Distribution cosmopolitan

Distribution cosmopolitan [details]

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Halistemma rubrum (Vogt, 1852). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135490 on 2025-04-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Mapstone, Gill

2006-01-20 13:52:22Z

checked

Mapstone, Gill

2013-12-29 12:42:38Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Nomenclature

original description (of Agalma rubra Vogt, 1852) Vogt, C. (1852). Ueber die Siphonophoren. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie. 3 (4): 522-525., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14273573
page(s): 522, pl. 14 figs 4, 5, 8 [details]

original description (of Agalmopsis rubra Leuckart, 1853) Leuckart, R., 1853. Zoologische Untersuchungen. I. Siphonophoren. J. Ricker'sche Buchhandlung, Gießen., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11811224
page(s): 3, pl.1 figs 5-7, 11, 25, pl. 2 figs 14, 18 [details]

original description (of Agalmopsis punctata Kölliker, 1853) Kölliker, A. 1853. Die Schwimmpolypen oder Siphonophoren von Messina. Leipzig, Wilhelm Engelmann. Pp. 1-96, pls 12., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12726286
page(s): 15, pl. 4 [details]

original description (of Agalma minimum Graeffe, 1860) Graeffe, E., 1860. Beobachtungen über Radiaten und Würmer in Nizza. Neue Denkschriften der Allg. Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften 17, 1-59, 10 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13889230
page(s): 15, pls 2-3. [details]

Taxonomy

redescription Totton, A. K. 1965. A Synopsis of the Siphonophora. London, British Museum (Natural History). Pp. 230.
page(s): 56, pl. 12, tex-figs 21-22 [details]

redescription Pugh, P. R.; Baxter, E. J. (2014). A review of the physonect siphonophore genera Halistemma (Family Agalmatidae) and Stephanomia (Family Stephanomiidae). Zootaxa. 3897(1): 1., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2014/f/z03897p111f.pdf [details]

redescription Kirkpatrick, P.A.; Pugh, P.R. (1984). Siphonophores and velellids: keys and notes for the identification of the species. Synopses of the British fauna (new series), 29. E.J. Brill/W. Backhuys: London, UK. ISBN 90-04-07470-8. vi, 154 pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 34, fig. 8. [details]

Ecology

ecology source Pugh, P. R.; Baxter, E. J. (2014). A review of the physonect siphonophore genera Halistemma (Family Agalmatidae) and Stephanomia (Family Stephanomiidae). Zootaxa. 3897(1): 1., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2014/f/z03897p111f.pdf [details]

Other

context source (Deepsea) Pugh, P. R. (2013). Confirmed records of Siphonophorae found below 500 m depth. (personal database). [details]

context source (Bermuda) Morris, B. F. (1975). The neuston of the Northwest Atlantic . Ph.D. thesis - Dalhousie University. [details]

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

additional source Pugh, P. R. & Gasca, R. (2009). Siphonophorae (Cnidaria) of the Gulf of Mexico. Pp. 395–402. 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]

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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additional source Pugh, P. R., and Youngbluth, M. J. 1988a. A new species of Halistemma (Siphonophora: Physonectae: Agalmidae) collected by submersible. J. Mar. Biol. Assoc. U.K. 68 (1): 1-14.
page(s): 12, fig. 6d [details]

additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors

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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): 482, fig. 3.11, 3.26 [details]

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