WoRMS taxon details
Rathkea Brandt, 1837
117211 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117211)
accepted
Genus
Oceania blumenbachii Rathke, 1835 accepted as Rathkea octopunctata (M. Sars, 1835) (type by original designation)
Margellium Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted (synonym)
Rathkia Brandt, 1837 · unaccepted (original spelling not in use)
- Species Rathkea africana Kramp, 1957
- Species Rathkea antarctica Uchida, 1971
- Species Rathkea formosissima (Browne, 1902)
- Species Rathkea lizzioides O'Sullivan, 1984
- Species Rathkea octopunctata (M. Sars, 1835)
- Species Rathkea rubence Nair, 1951
- Species Rathkea blumenbachii (Rathke, 1835) accepted as Rathkea octopunctata (M. Sars, 1835) (synonym)
- Species Rathkea fasciculata (Péron & Lesueur, 1810) accepted as Koellikerina fasciculata (Péron & Lesueur, 1810) (unaccepted combination)
- Species Rathkea jaschnowi Naumov, 1956 accepted as Koellikerina jaschnowi (Naumov, 1956) (basionym)
- Species Rathkea octocostatum (M. Sars, 1835) accepted as Melicertum octocostatum (M. Sars, 1835) (incorrect genus)
- Species Rathkea octonemalis Maas, 1905 accepted as Koellikerina octonemalis (Maas, 1905) (basionym)
- Species Rathkea hyalina (van Beneden, 1867) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Rathkia Brandt, 1837) Brandt, J. F. 1837. Remarques sur quelques modifications dans l'arrangement de l'ordre des Acalèphes discophores ou Ombellifères. Bulletin scientifique publié par l'Académie impériale des sciences de St.-Pétersbourg 1: 185-191., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11945937
page(s): 187 [details]
page(s): 187 [details]
Schuchert, P. (2024). World Hydrozoa Database. Rathkea Brandt, 1837. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117211 on 2024-11-21
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original description
(of Rathkia Brandt, 1837) Brandt, J. F. 1837. Remarques sur quelques modifications dans l'arrangement de l'ordre des Acalèphes discophores ou Ombellifères. Bulletin scientifique publié par l'Académie impériale des sciences de St.-Pétersbourg 1: 185-191., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11945937
page(s): 187 [details]
original description (of Margellium 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): 94 [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]
basis of record 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): 96; note: emendation of name [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]
page(s): 187 [details]
original description (of Margellium 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): 94 [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]
basis of record 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): 96; note: emendation of name [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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Diagnosis Rathkeidae medusa with four radial canals; eight marginal tentacle bulbs, all with two or more tentacles; the four perradial corners of the mouth drawn out so as to form oral arms with clusters of nematocysts. Hydroid colonial, small, sessile, with long filiform tentacles, medusa buds arise from stolons.
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Spelling The original spelling by Brandt (1837: 187) was Rathkia, later corrected to Rathkea by Haeckel (1879: 96). The name has been used with Haeckel's spelling thereafter and there is no point in resurrecting the original spelling. [details]
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| Japanese | シミコクラゲ属 | [details] |
