WoRMS taxon details
Ptychogastria polaris Allman, 1878
117846 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117846)
accepted
Species
Pectyllis arctica Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted (synonym)
Ptychogastria arctica (Haeckel, 1879) · unaccepted (synonym)
Ptychogastria opposita Vanhöffen, 1912 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Allman, G.J., 1878. Hydrozoa. In: G.S. Nares, Narrative of a voyage to the Polar sea during 1875-76, in H.M.S. Alert and Discovery. With notes on the natural history, edited by H.W. Feilden: 2 : 290-292., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22459501
page(s): 290, figs 1-3 [details]
page(s): 290, figs 1-3 [details]
Note 81°44'N, Discovery Bay, an inlet of Lady...
From editor or global species database
Type locality 81°44'N, Discovery Bay, an inlet of Lady Franklin Bay, Nunavut, Canada [details]
Schuchert, P. (2024). World Hydrozoa Database. Ptychogastria polaris Allman, 1878. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117846 on 2024-11-25
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original description
Allman, G.J., 1878. Hydrozoa. In: G.S. Nares, Narrative of a voyage to the Polar sea during 1875-76, in H.M.S. Alert and Discovery. With notes on the natural history, edited by H.W. Feilden: 2 : 290-292., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22459501
page(s): 290, figs 1-3 [details]
original description (of Ptychogastria opposita Vanhöffen, 1912) Vanhöffen, E., 1912. Die craspedote Medusen der Deutschen Südpolar Expedition 1901-1903. Dtsch. Südpol.Exped. 135 : 351-395., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2139250
page(s): 386, pl. 25 fig. 6, text fig. 20 [details]
original description (of Pectyllis arctica 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): 266 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [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 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
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additional source Kramp, P. L. 1959a. The Hydromedusae of the Atlantic Ocean and adjacent waters. Dana Report 46: 1-283.
page(s): 180 [details]
additional source Grange, L. J.; Smith, C. R.; Lindsay, D. J.; Bentlage, B.; Youngbluth, M. J. (2017). High Abundance of the Epibenthic Trachymedusa Ptychogastria polaris Allman, 1878 (Hydrozoa, Trachylina) in Subpolar Fjords along the West Antarctic Peninsula. <em>PLOS ONE.</em> 12(1): e0168648., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0168648 [details]
redescription Browne, E. T. (1903). Report on some medusae from Norway and Spitzbergen. <em>Bergens Museum Aarbog.</em> 1903(4): 1-36, pls 1-5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41723885
page(s): 24, plate 4, figs. I, 2; plate 5, figs. 6-8 [details]
page(s): 290, figs 1-3 [details]
original description (of Ptychogastria opposita Vanhöffen, 1912) Vanhöffen, E., 1912. Die craspedote Medusen der Deutschen Südpolar Expedition 1901-1903. Dtsch. Südpol.Exped. 135 : 351-395., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2139250
page(s): 386, pl. 25 fig. 6, text fig. 20 [details]
original description (of Pectyllis arctica 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): 266 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [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 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
[request]additional source Kramp, P. L. 1959a. The Hydromedusae of the Atlantic Ocean and adjacent waters. Dana Report 46: 1-283.
page(s): 180 [details]
additional source Grange, L. J.; Smith, C. R.; Lindsay, D. J.; Bentlage, B.; Youngbluth, M. J. (2017). High Abundance of the Epibenthic Trachymedusa Ptychogastria polaris Allman, 1878 (Hydrozoa, Trachylina) in Subpolar Fjords along the West Antarctic Peninsula. <em>PLOS ONE.</em> 12(1): e0168648., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0168648 [details]
redescription Browne, E. T. (1903). Report on some medusae from Norway and Spitzbergen. <em>Bergens Museum Aarbog.</em> 1903(4): 1-36, pls 1-5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41723885
page(s): 24, plate 4, figs. I, 2; plate 5, figs. 6-8 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Biology only medusae, direct development [details]Type locality 81°44'N, Discovery Bay, an inlet of Lady Franklin Bay, Nunavut, Canada [details]
| Language | Name | |
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| Japanese | ソコクラゲ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (18 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (31 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ptychogastria polaris)
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 11 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (7 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (31 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ptychogastria polaris)
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 11 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (7 records)
To ITIS
