WoRMS taxon details
Modeeria rotunda (Quoy & Gaimard, 1827)
117970 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117970)
accepted
Species
Campanularia fastigiata Alder, 1860 · unaccepted (synonym)
Campanulina pedicellaris Bonnevie, 1898 · unaccepted
Dianaea rotunda Quoy & Gaimard, 1827 · unaccepted (basionym)
Modeeria formosa Forbes, 1848 · unaccepted (synonym)
Moderia formosa Forbes, 1848 · unaccepted (synonym, mispelling of genus name)
Rotundula brochii Hartlaub, 1917 · unaccepted
Stegopoma fastigiata (Alder, 1860) · unaccepted (Synonym)
Stegopoma fastigiatum (Alder, 1860) · unaccepted (synonym)
Stegopoma gilberti Nutting, 1906 · unaccepted (synonym)
Stegopoma gracile Nutting, 1906 · unaccepted (synonym)
Stegopoma plumicolum Nutting, 1906 · unaccepted (synonym)
Tiara rotunda Haeckel · unaccepted > superseded combination
Tiaranna rotunda (Quoy & Gaimard, 1827) · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, terrestrial
(of Dianaea rotunda Quoy & Gaimard, 1827) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1827). Observations zoologiques faites à bord de l'Astrolabe, en mai 1826, dans le Détroit de Gibraltar. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles.</em> 10: 5-21, 172-193, 225-239; pls 1-2, 4-9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6008318
page(s): 181, pl. 6a figs 1-2 [details]
page(s): 181, pl. 6a figs 1-2 [details]
Note Strait of Gibraltar, Mediterranean
Type locality Strait of Gibraltar, Mediterranean [details]
Distribution cosmopolitan
Distribution cosmopolitan [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Modeeria rotunda (Quoy & Gaimard, 1827). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117970 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Stegopoma plumicolum Nutting, 1906) Nutting, C. C. 1906. Hydroids of the Hawaiian Islands collected by the steamer Albatross in 1902. - Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission for 1903 23: 931-959, pls 1-13., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51691623
page(s): 944, pl. 3 fig. 3, pl. 9 figs 2-3 [details]
original description (of Modeeria formosa Forbes, 1848) Forbes, E. (1848). A monograph of the British naked-eyed Medusæ : with figures of all the species. London, Ray Society, pp. 104, 13 plates. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10599599
page(s): 70, pl. 7 fig. 1. [details]
original description (of Dianaea rotunda Quoy & Gaimard, 1827) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1827). Observations zoologiques faites à bord de l'Astrolabe, en mai 1826, dans le Détroit de Gibraltar. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles.</em> 10: 5-21, 172-193, 225-239; pls 1-2, 4-9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6008318
page(s): 181, pl. 6a figs 1-2 [details]
original description (of Campanularia fastigiata Alder, 1860) Alder J. (1860). Description of a zoophyte and two species of Echinodermata new to Britain. <em>Annals and Magazine of natural History (3).</em> 5: 73-75, pl. 5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18658410
page(s): 73, pl. 5 fig. 1 [details]
original description (of Campanulina pedicellaris Bonnevie, 1898) Bonnevie, K. 1898b. Neue norwegische Hydroiden. Bergens Museum Årbok 5: 1-16, plates 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41680186
page(s): 12 [details]
original description (of Rotundula brochii Hartlaub, 1917) Hartlaub, C., 1917. XII. Craspedote Medusen. I. Teil. 4. Lief.: Familie V. Williadae. Nord. Plankton 19 : 365-479.
page(s): 411, figs 341-343 [details]
original description (of Stegopoma gilberti Nutting, 1906) Nutting, C. C. 1906. Hydroids of the Hawaiian Islands collected by the steamer Albatross in 1902. - Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission for 1903 23: 931-959, pls 1-13., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51691623
page(s): 943, pl. 3 fig. 1, pl. 9 fig. 1 [details]
original description (of Stegopoma gracile Nutting, 1906) Nutting, C. C. 1906. Hydroids of the Hawaiian Islands collected by the steamer Albatross in 1902. - Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission for 1903 23: 931-959, pls 1-13., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51691623
page(s): 943, pl. 3 fig. 1, pl. 9 fig. 1 [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): 944, pl. 3 fig. 3, pl. 9 figs 2-3 [details]
original description (of Modeeria formosa Forbes, 1848) Forbes, E. (1848). A monograph of the British naked-eyed Medusæ : with figures of all the species. London, Ray Society, pp. 104, 13 plates. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10599599
page(s): 70, pl. 7 fig. 1. [details]
original description (of Dianaea rotunda Quoy & Gaimard, 1827) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1827). Observations zoologiques faites à bord de l'Astrolabe, en mai 1826, dans le Détroit de Gibraltar. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles.</em> 10: 5-21, 172-193, 225-239; pls 1-2, 4-9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6008318
page(s): 181, pl. 6a figs 1-2 [details]
original description (of Campanularia fastigiata Alder, 1860) Alder J. (1860). Description of a zoophyte and two species of Echinodermata new to Britain. <em>Annals and Magazine of natural History (3).</em> 5: 73-75, pl. 5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18658410
page(s): 73, pl. 5 fig. 1 [details]
original description (of Campanulina pedicellaris Bonnevie, 1898) Bonnevie, K. 1898b. Neue norwegische Hydroiden. Bergens Museum Årbok 5: 1-16, plates 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41680186
page(s): 12 [details]
original description (of Rotundula brochii Hartlaub, 1917) Hartlaub, C., 1917. XII. Craspedote Medusen. I. Teil. 4. Lief.: Familie V. Williadae. Nord. Plankton 19 : 365-479.
page(s): 411, figs 341-343 [details]
original description (of Stegopoma gilberti Nutting, 1906) Nutting, C. C. 1906. Hydroids of the Hawaiian Islands collected by the steamer Albatross in 1902. - Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission for 1903 23: 931-959, pls 1-13., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51691623
page(s): 943, pl. 3 fig. 1, pl. 9 fig. 1 [details]
original description (of Stegopoma gracile Nutting, 1906) Nutting, C. C. 1906. Hydroids of the Hawaiian Islands collected by the steamer Albatross in 1902. - Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission for 1903 23: 931-959, pls 1-13., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51691623
page(s): 943, pl. 3 fig. 1, pl. 9 fig. 1 [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]
Taxonomy
redescription
Edwards, C., 1973. The medusa Modeeria rotunda and its hydroid Stegopoma fastigiatum, with a review of Stegopoma and Stegolaria. J. mar. biol. Ass. U.K. 53 3: 573-600., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400058781
page(s): 573, figs 1-3 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 573, figs 1-3 [details] Available for editors
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context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
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 [request]
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 [request]
additional source Schuchert, P. (2000). Hydrozoa (Cnidaria) of Iceland collected by the BIOICE programme. <em>Sarsia.</em> 85(5-6): 411-438., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233127844_Hydrozoa_Cnidaria_of_Iceland_collected_by_the_BIOICE_programme [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Watson, J. E. (2024). The marine hydroids of south-eastern Australia (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa). <em>Museum Victoria Science Reports.</em> 22: 1-121., available online at https://doi.org/10.24199/j.mvsr.2024.22
page(s): 107 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
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
[request]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
[request]additional source Schuchert, P. (2000). Hydrozoa (Cnidaria) of Iceland collected by the BIOICE programme. <em>Sarsia.</em> 85(5-6): 411-438., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233127844_Hydrozoa_Cnidaria_of_Iceland_collected_by_the_BIOICE_programme [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Watson, J. E. (2024). The marine hydroids of south-eastern Australia (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa). <em>Museum Victoria Science Reports.</em> 22: 1-121., available online at https://doi.org/10.24199/j.mvsr.2024.22
page(s): 107 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type locality Strait of Gibraltar, Mediterranean [details]Unreviewed
Biology colonial [details]Distribution cosmopolitan [details]
Habitat deep shelf to upper slope [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | コヤネヒメコップ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (8 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Tiaranna rotunda (Quoy & Gaimard, 1827))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Stegopoma plumicolum Nutting, 1906)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Stegopoma gracile Nutting, 1906)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Stegopoma fastigiata (Alder, 1860))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Stegopoma gilberti Nutting, 1906)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Modeeria rotunda)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Dianaea rotunda Quoy & Gaimard, 1827)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To PESI (from synonym Stegopoma fastigiata (Alder, 1860))
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Tiaranna rotunda (Quoy & Gaimard, 1827))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (3 records) (from synonym Stegopoma plumicolum Nutting, 1906)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (4 records) (from synonym Stegopoma gracile Nutting, 1906)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (5 records) (from synonym Stegopoma gilberti Nutting, 1906)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (75 records) (from synonym Stegopoma fastigiata (Alder, 1860))
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Tiaranna rotunda (Quoy & Gaimard, 1827))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Stegopoma plumicolum Nutting, 1906)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Stegopoma gracile Nutting, 1906)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Stegopoma fastigiata (Alder, 1860))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Stegopoma gilberti Nutting, 1906)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Modeeria rotunda)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Dianaea rotunda Quoy & Gaimard, 1827)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To PESI (from synonym Stegopoma fastigiata (Alder, 1860))
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Tiaranna rotunda (Quoy & Gaimard, 1827))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (3 records) (from synonym Stegopoma plumicolum Nutting, 1906)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (4 records) (from synonym Stegopoma gracile Nutting, 1906)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (5 records) (from synonym Stegopoma gilberti Nutting, 1906)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (75 records) (from synonym Stegopoma fastigiata (Alder, 1860))
To ITIS
