WoRMS taxon details
Melophysa melo (Quoy & Gaimard, 1827)
135499 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135499)
accepted
Species
Athorybia melo (Quoy & Gaimard, 1827) · unaccepted
Rhizophysa melo Quoy & Gaimard, 1827 · unaccepted (basionym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Rhizophysa melo Quoy & Gaimard, 1827) Quoy, J.R.C. & J.P. Gaimard. (1824-1826). Zoologie. <em>In: L. de Freycinet (ed.), Voyage au tour du monde fait par ordre du roi, sur les corvettes de S. M: l'Uranie et la Physicienne pendant les années 1817 à 1820.</em> iv + 712 pp. [pp. 1-328, 1824; 329-616, 1825; 617-664, 1826]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40871044
page(s): 180 pl.5c figs 1-9 [details]
page(s): 180 pl.5c figs 1-9 [details]
Distribution mainly (sub)tropical
Distribution mainly (sub)tropical [details]
Schuchert, P. (2024). World Hydrozoa Database. Melophysa melo (Quoy & Gaimard, 1827). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135499 on 2024-11-21
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(of Rhizophysa melo Quoy & Gaimard, 1827) Quoy, J.R.C. & J.P. Gaimard. (1824-1826). Zoologie. <em>In: L. de Freycinet (ed.), Voyage au tour du monde fait par ordre du roi, sur les corvettes de S. M: l'Uranie et la Physicienne pendant les années 1817 à 1820.</em> iv + 712 pp. [pp. 1-328, 1824; 329-616, 1825; 617-664, 1826]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40871044
page(s): 180 pl.5c figs 1-9 [details]
additional source Pugh, P. R. 2006. The taxonomic status of the genus Moseria (Siphonophora, Physonectae). Zootaxa 26: 1-42.
page(s): 41 [details]
additional source Bigelow, H. B. 1931. Siphonophorae from the Arcturus Oceanographic Expedition. Zoologica (N. Y.) 8 (11): 525-592, available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51020936#page/571/mode/1up [details]
additional source Chun, C. (1897). Die Siphonophoren der Plankton-Expedition. Band II. <em>Ergebnisse der Plankton-Expedition der Humboldt-Stiftung.</em> 1-126., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2108844
page(s): 49, pl.4 [details]
additional source Pugh, P. R. (1999). Siphonophorae. In South Atlantic Zooplankton I. Edited by D. Boltovskoy. <em>Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands.</em> 1-868.
page(s): 484 fig. 3.18 [details]
additional source Totton, A. K. (1954). Siphonophora of the Indian Ocean together with systematic and biological notes on related specimens from other oceans. <em>Discovery Rep.</em> 27: 1-162., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5611213
page(s): 41 figs 7-9 [details]
ecology source 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 [details]
page(s): 180 pl.5c figs 1-9 [details]
additional source Pugh, P. R. 2006. The taxonomic status of the genus Moseria (Siphonophora, Physonectae). Zootaxa 26: 1-42.
page(s): 41 [details]
additional source Bigelow, H. B. 1931. Siphonophorae from the Arcturus Oceanographic Expedition. Zoologica (N. Y.) 8 (11): 525-592, available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51020936#page/571/mode/1up [details]
additional source Chun, C. (1897). Die Siphonophoren der Plankton-Expedition. Band II. <em>Ergebnisse der Plankton-Expedition der Humboldt-Stiftung.</em> 1-126., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2108844
page(s): 49, pl.4 [details]
additional source Pugh, P. R. (1999). Siphonophorae. In South Atlantic Zooplankton I. Edited by D. Boltovskoy. <em>Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands.</em> 1-868.
page(s): 484 fig. 3.18 [details]
additional source Totton, A. K. (1954). Siphonophora of the Indian Ocean together with systematic and biological notes on related specimens from other oceans. <em>Discovery Rep.</em> 27: 1-162., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5611213
page(s): 41 figs 7-9 [details]
ecology source 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 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
