WoRMS taxon details
Rathkea formosissima (Browne, 1902)
285337 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:285337)
accepted
Species
Lizzia formosissima Browne, 1902 · unaccepted (basionym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Lizzia formosissima Browne, 1902) Browne, E. T. 1902. A preliminary report on Hydromedusae from the Falkland Islands. - Annals and Magazine of natural History (7) 9: 272-284., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19331557
page(s): 278 [details]
page(s): 278 [details]
Type locality contained in Overlapping claim Falkland / Malvinas Islands:...
type locality contained in Overlapping claim Falkland / Malvinas Islands: United Kingdom / Argentina part of the South Atlantic Ocean [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Status This species lacks the typical terminal bifurcation of the oral tentacles seen in Rathkea octopunctata. It should therefore...
Status This species lacks the typical terminal bifurcation of the oral tentacles seen in Rathkea octopunctata. It should therefore perhaps be placed in the genus Lizzia, but molecular data are needed to confirm this. [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Rathkea formosissima (Browne, 1902). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=285337 on 2025-06-07
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Lizzia formosissima Browne, 1902) Browne, E. T. 1902. A preliminary report on Hydromedusae from the Falkland Islands. - Annals and Magazine of natural History (7) 9: 272-284., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19331557
page(s): 278 [details]
basis of record Vervoort, W.; Schuchert, P. & van der Land, J. (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 278 [details]
basis of record Vervoort, W.; Schuchert, P. & van der Land, J. (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Browne E.T., Kramp P.L. (1940). Hydromedusae from the Falkland Islands. <em>Discovery Reports.</em> 18: 265-322, plates 14-29., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5600675
page(s): 281, pl. 14 fig. 5, pl. 19 fig. 1 [details]
redescription Schuchert P. (1996). The marine fauna of New Zealand: Athecate hydroids and their medusae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa). <em>New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir.</em> 106 : 1-159., available online at https://archive.org/details/nzoimemoir01061996/mode/2up
page(s): 58, fig. 33 [details]
page(s): 281, pl. 14 fig. 5, pl. 19 fig. 1 [details]
redescription Schuchert P. (1996). The marine fauna of New Zealand: Athecate hydroids and their medusae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa). <em>New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir.</em> 106 : 1-159., available online at https://archive.org/details/nzoimemoir01061996/mode/2up
page(s): 58, fig. 33 [details]
Other
context source (RAS)
Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (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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context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (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 Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Status This species lacks the typical terminal bifurcation of the oral tentacles seen in Rathkea octopunctata. It should therefore perhaps be placed in the genus Lizzia, but molecular data are needed to confirm this. [details]Unreviewed
Biology colonial, free medusae [details]
