WoRMS taxon details
Proboscidactyla Brandt, 1835
117202 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117202)
accepted
Genus
Proboscidactyla flavicirrata Brandt, 1835 (type by monotypy)
Dicranocanna Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (synonym)
Dyscannota Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (synonym)
Lar Gosse, 1857 · unaccepted
Misakia Uchida, 1927 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Psythia Agassiz & Mayer, 1902 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (synonym)
Willeta Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (synonym)
Willia L. Agassiz, 1862 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling (invalid emendation of Willsia)
Willsia Forbes, 1846 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Proboscidactyla abyssicola Uchida, 1948
- Species Proboscidactyla circumsabella Hand, 1954
- Species Proboscidactyla flavicirrata Brandt, 1835
- Species Proboscidactyla gemmifera (Fewkes, 1882)
- Species Proboscidactyla menoni Pagès, Bouillon & Gili, 1991
- Species Proboscidactyla mutabilis (Browne, 1902)
- Species Proboscidactyla occidentalis (Fewkes, 1889)
- Species Proboscidactyla ornata (McCrady, 1859)
- Species Proboscidactyla stellata (Forbes, 1846)
- Species Proboscidactyla trifurcata Xu, Huang & Guo, 2019
- Species Proboscidactyla tropica Browne, 1905
- Species Proboscidactyla bitentaculata (Wright, 1867) accepted as Atractylis bitentaculata Wright, 1867
- Species Proboscidactyla brevicirrata Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Proboscidactyla flavicirrata Brandt, 1835 (synonym)
- Species Proboscidactyla brooksi (Mayer, 1910) accepted as Proboscidactyla stellata (Forbes, 1846) (synonym)
- Species Proboscidactyla conica Menon, 1932 accepted as Willsia ornata McCrady, 1859 accepted as Proboscidactyla ornata (McCrady, 1859) (synonym)
- Species Proboscidactyla furcata (Haeckel, 1879) accepted as Proboscidactyla stellata (Forbes, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Proboscidactyla pacifica (Maas, 1909) accepted as Proboscidactyla flavicirrata Brandt, 1835 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Proboscidactyla polynema (Hartlaub, 1917) accepted as Trichydra pudica Wright, 1857
- Species Proboscidactyla varians Browne, 1905 accepted as Willsia ornata McCrady, 1859 accepted as Proboscidactyla ornata (McCrady, 1859) (synonym)
- Species Proboscidactyla prolifera (Agassiz & Mayer, 1902) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Brandt, J. F. (1834-1835). Prodromus descriptionis animalium ab H. Mertensio observatorum : fascic. I. Polypos, Acalephas Discophoras et Siphonophoras, nec non Echinodermata continens. <em>Recueil des Actes de la Séance Publique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg.</em> 1834: 201-275., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10765514
page(s): 228 [details]
page(s): 228 [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Proboscidactyla Brandt, 1835. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117202 on 2025-04-20
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Nomenclature
original description
Brandt, J. F. (1834-1835). Prodromus descriptionis animalium ab H. Mertensio observatorum : fascic. I. Polypos, Acalephas Discophoras et Siphonophoras, nec non Echinodermata continens. <em>Recueil des Actes de la Séance Publique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg.</em> 1834: 201-275., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10765514
page(s): 228 [details]
original description (of Lar Gosse, 1857) Gosse, P.H., 1857. On a new form of corynoid po]ypes. Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 22 2: 113-116.
page(s): 115 [details]
original description (of Willsia Forbes, 1846) Forbes, E., 1846. On the pulmograde medusae of the British seas. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. 18 : 284-287., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/19556#302
page(s): 286 [details]
original description (of Willia L. Agassiz, 1862) Agassiz, L. (1862). Contributions to the natural history of the United States of America. <em>Little Brown, Boston.</em> 4: 1-380, pls 1-19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16068829
page(s): 346 [details]
original description (of Dyscannota Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 151 [details]
original description (of Dicranocanna Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 156 [details]
original description (of Willeta Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 157 [details]
original description (of Misakia Uchida, 1927) Uchida, T. (1927). Studies on Japanese hydromedusae. I. Anthomedusae. <em>Journal of the Faculty of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo, Section IV, Zoology.</em> 1: 145-241.
page(s): 236 [details]
original description (of Psythia Agassiz & Mayer, 1902) Agassiz, A., & Mayer, A. G. 1902. Medusae. Report of the scientific research expedition to the tropical Pacific. U.S. Fish Comm. St. Albatross, 1899-1900. III. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 26: 136-176, pls 131-114., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6356273
page(s): 143 [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): 228 [details]
original description (of Lar Gosse, 1857) Gosse, P.H., 1857. On a new form of corynoid po]ypes. Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 22 2: 113-116.
page(s): 115 [details]
original description (of Willsia Forbes, 1846) Forbes, E., 1846. On the pulmograde medusae of the British seas. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. 18 : 284-287., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/19556#302
page(s): 286 [details]
original description (of Willia L. Agassiz, 1862) Agassiz, L. (1862). Contributions to the natural history of the United States of America. <em>Little Brown, Boston.</em> 4: 1-380, pls 1-19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16068829
page(s): 346 [details]
original description (of Dyscannota Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 151 [details]
original description (of Dicranocanna Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 156 [details]
original description (of Willeta Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 157 [details]
original description (of Misakia Uchida, 1927) Uchida, T. (1927). Studies on Japanese hydromedusae. I. Anthomedusae. <em>Journal of the Faculty of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo, Section IV, Zoology.</em> 1: 145-241.
page(s): 236 [details]
original description (of Psythia Agassiz & Mayer, 1902) Agassiz, A., & Mayer, A. G. 1902. Medusae. Report of the scientific research expedition to the tropical Pacific. U.S. Fish Comm. St. Albatross, 1899-1900. III. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 26: 136-176, pls 131-114., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6356273
page(s): 143 [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]
Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Calder, D. (2003). Checklist of Hydroids, hydromedusae and siphonophores reported from the Bay of Fundy. [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Bouillon, J.; Boero, F. (2000). Synopsis of the families and genera of the Hydromedusae of the world, with a list of the worldwide species. <i>Thalassia Salent. 24</i>: 47-296 (look up in IMIS) [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. <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
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additional source Calder, D. (2003). Checklist of Hydroids, hydromedusae and siphonophores reported from the Bay of Fundy. [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Bouillon, J.; Boero, F. (2000). Synopsis of the families and genera of the Hydromedusae of the world, with a list of the worldwide species. <i>Thalassia Salent. 24</i>: 47-296 (look up in IMIS) [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. <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
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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| Japanese | エダクダクラゲ属 | [details] |
