Deep-Sea taxon details
Lafoea dumosa (Fleming, 1820)
117702 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117702)
accepted
Species
Lafoea fructicosa (M. Sars, 1851) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Lafoea fruticosa (Sars, 1851) · unaccepted (synonym)
Lafoea gracillima (Alder, 1856) · unaccepted (synonym)
Lafoea pocillum Hincks, 1868 · unaccepted (synonym)
Lafoea tenellula Allman, 1877 · unaccepted (Synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of ) Fleming, J., 1820. Observations on the natural history of the Sertularia gelatinosa of Pallas. Edinb. Phil. J. 2 : 82-89., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52439850
page(s): 84 [details]
page(s): 84 [details]
Schuchert, P.; Cartwright, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Lafoea dumosa (Fleming, 1820). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117702 on 2025-07-18
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Lafoea dumosa (Fleming, 1820). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117702 on 2025-07-18
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original description
(of Lafoea pocillum Hincks, 1868) Hincks, Th., 1868. A history of the British hydroid zoophytes.London, John van Voorst. Volume 1 : i-lxviii + 1-338, volume 2: pls 1-67., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46798707
page(s): 204, pl. 40 fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Lafoea tenellula Allman, 1877) Allman, G.J. (1877). Report on the Hydroida collected during the Exploration of the Gulf Stream by L. F. de Pourtalès, Assistant United States Coast Survey. <i>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology</i>. 5: 1-66, plates 1-34., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4311825
page(s): 12, pl. 8 figs 3-4 [details]
original description (of ) Fleming, J., 1820. Observations on the natural history of the Sertularia gelatinosa of Pallas. Edinb. Phil. J. 2 : 82-89., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52439850
page(s): 84 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [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]
additional source Leloup, E. (1934). Note sur les hydropolypes de la rade de Villefranche-sur-Mer (France) [Note on the hydropolyps of the sea basin of Villifranche-sur-Mer (France)]. <em>Bull. Mus. royal d'Hist. Nat. Belg./Med. Kon. Natuurhist. Mus. Belg.</em> 10(31): 1-18. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Calder, D. R. and S. D. Cairns. 2009. Hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 381–394 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. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors
additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors
additional source Schuchert, P. (2015). On some hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from the Okinawa Islands, Japan. <em>Revue suisse de Zoologie.</em> 122(2): 325-370., available online at https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.30004
page(s): 330, fig. 6A-B; note: record Okinawa Islands [details]
additional source Millard, N.A.H. (1975). Monograph on the Hydroida of southern Africa. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 68: 1-513., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40921697
page(s): 185 [details]
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. <em>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.</em> 50 : i-vii, 1-347. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 261, fig. 60 [details]
status source Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydroids of Greenland and Iceland (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa). Meddelelser om Grønland. <em>Bioscience.</em> 53: 1-184., available online at https://doi.org/10.7146/mogbiosci.v53.142616
page(s): 67, fig. 54A-D; note: records Iceland, Greenland; is a species complex [details]
page(s): 204, pl. 40 fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Lafoea tenellula Allman, 1877) Allman, G.J. (1877). Report on the Hydroida collected during the Exploration of the Gulf Stream by L. F. de Pourtalès, Assistant United States Coast Survey. <i>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology</i>. 5: 1-66, plates 1-34., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4311825
page(s): 12, pl. 8 figs 3-4 [details]
original description (of ) Fleming, J., 1820. Observations on the natural history of the Sertularia gelatinosa of Pallas. Edinb. Phil. J. 2 : 82-89., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52439850
page(s): 84 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [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]
additional source Leloup, E. (1934). Note sur les hydropolypes de la rade de Villefranche-sur-Mer (France) [Note on the hydropolyps of the sea basin of Villifranche-sur-Mer (France)]. <em>Bull. Mus. royal d'Hist. Nat. Belg./Med. Kon. Natuurhist. Mus. Belg.</em> 10(31): 1-18. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Calder, D. R. and S. D. Cairns. 2009. Hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 381–394 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. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors
additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors
additional source Schuchert, P. (2015). On some hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from the Okinawa Islands, Japan. <em>Revue suisse de Zoologie.</em> 122(2): 325-370., available online at https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.30004
page(s): 330, fig. 6A-B; note: record Okinawa Islands [details]
additional source Millard, N.A.H. (1975). Monograph on the Hydroida of southern Africa. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 68: 1-513., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40921697
page(s): 185 [details]
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. <em>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.</em> 50 : i-vii, 1-347. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 261, fig. 60 [details]
status source Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydroids of Greenland and Iceland (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa). Meddelelser om Grønland. <em>Bioscience.</em> 53: 1-184., available online at https://doi.org/10.7146/mogbiosci.v53.142616
page(s): 67, fig. 54A-D; note: records Iceland, Greenland; is a species complex [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ホソメキセルガヤ [from synonym]キセルガヤ | [details] |
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
To Barcode of Life (19 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Lafoea tenellula Allman, 1877)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (150 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications) (from synonym Lafoea pocillum Hincks, 1868)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (80 publications) (from synonym Lafoea gracillima (Alder, 1856))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (83 publications) (from synonym Lafoea fruticosa (Sars, 1851))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lafoea dumosa)
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Lafoea fruticosa (Sars, 1851))
To PESI (from synonym Lafoea pocillum Hincks, 1868)
To PESI (from synonym Lafoea tenellula Allman, 1877)
To PESI (from synonym Lafoea gracillima (Alder, 1856))
To The Arctic Traits Database (0 traits) (from synonym Lafoea fruticosa (Sars, 1851))
To The Arctic Traits Database (0 traits)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record) (from synonym Lafoea tenellula Allman, 1877)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (3 records) (from synonym Lafoea pocillum Hincks, 1868)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (50 records) (from synonym Lafoea gracillima (Alder, 1856))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (69 records) (from synonym Lafoea fruticosa (Sars, 1851))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (76 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 095677)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (19 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Lafoea tenellula Allman, 1877)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (150 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications) (from synonym Lafoea pocillum Hincks, 1868)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (80 publications) (from synonym Lafoea gracillima (Alder, 1856))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (83 publications) (from synonym Lafoea fruticosa (Sars, 1851))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lafoea dumosa)
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Lafoea fruticosa (Sars, 1851))
To PESI (from synonym Lafoea pocillum Hincks, 1868)
To PESI (from synonym Lafoea tenellula Allman, 1877)
To PESI (from synonym Lafoea gracillima (Alder, 1856))
To The Arctic Traits Database (0 traits) (from synonym Lafoea fruticosa (Sars, 1851))
To The Arctic Traits Database (0 traits)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record) (from synonym Lafoea tenellula Allman, 1877)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (3 records) (from synonym Lafoea pocillum Hincks, 1868)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (50 records) (from synonym Lafoea gracillima (Alder, 1856))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (69 records) (from synonym Lafoea fruticosa (Sars, 1851))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (76 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 095677)
To ITIS
