WoRMS taxon details
Nemopsis Agassiz, 1849
117022 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117022)
accepted
Genus
- Species Nemopsis bachei L. Agassiz, 1849
- Species Nemopsis dofleini Maas, 1909
- Species Nemopsis hexacanalis Huang & Xu, 1994
- Species Nemopsis mianzani Oliveira, Feliu & Palma, 2015
- Species Nemopsis crucifera (Forbes & Goodsir, 1853) accepted as Nemopsis bachei L. Agassiz, 1849 (synonym)
- Species Nemopsis favonia Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Favonia octonema Péron & Lesueur, 1810 (invalid name substitution)
- Species Nemopsis gibbesi McCrady, 1859 accepted as Nemopsis bachei L. Agassiz, 1849 (synonym (medusa))
- Species Nemopsis heteronema Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Bougainvillia principis (Steenstrup, 1850) (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Agassiz, L. (1849). On the Naked-eyed Medusae of the Shores of Massachusetts in their perfect state of development (Contributions to the Natural History of the Acalephae of North America Part 1. <em>Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (n. s.).</em> 4: 221-312, pls 1-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14226050
page(s): 289 [details]
page(s): 289 [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Nemopsis Agassiz, 1849. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117022 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Agassiz, L. (1849). On the Naked-eyed Medusae of the Shores of Massachusetts in their perfect state of development (Contributions to the Natural History of the Acalephae of North America Part 1. <em>Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (n. s.).</em> 4: 221-312, pls 1-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14226050
page(s): 289 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Vervoort, W.; Cairns, S.D.; Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydrozoa, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 112-120 (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 289 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Vervoort, W.; Cairns, S.D.; Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydrozoa, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 112-120 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Schuchert, P. (2007). The European athecate hydroids and their medusae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria): Filifera part 2. <em>Revue suisse de Zoologie.</em> 114: 195-396.
page(s): 234 [details]
page(s): 234 [details]
Other
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Hydroids, solitary, small, club-shaped, with pedal disk, hydrocaulus not distinctly delimited from hydranth body, large medusa buds in basal region.Medusa with four clusters of marginal tentacles, in each cluster a median pair of clubshaped or capitate tentacles flanked by a number of simple, filiform tentacles; with adaxial ocelli; with four perradial dichotomously branched tentacles; manubrium with four radial lobes extending outwards along the radial canals; gonads on these lobes. [details]
| Language | Name | |
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| Japanese | ドフラインクラゲ属 | [details] |