WoRMS name details
Gossea brachymera Bigelow, 1909
291321 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:291321)
unaccepted (genus transfer)
Species
Gossea L. Agassiz, 1862 accepted as Octobulbacea Zamponi, 1983
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Bigelow, H. B. (1909a). The Medusae. Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the eastern tropical pacific, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross" from October, 1904, to March, 1905. XVI. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 37: 1-243, plates 1-48., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/30084
page(s): 103, pl. 30 figs 1-10 [details]
page(s): 103, pl. 30 figs 1-10 [details]
Note Acapulco Harbour, Mexico, Pacific Ocean
Type locality Acapulco Harbour, Mexico, Pacific Ocean [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Gossea brachymera Bigelow, 1909. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=291321 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Bigelow, H. B. (1909a). The Medusae. Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the eastern tropical pacific, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross" from October, 1904, to March, 1905. XVI. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 37: 1-243, plates 1-48., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/30084
page(s): 103, pl. 30 figs 1-10 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
page(s): 103, pl. 30 figs 1-10 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Boyko, C. B.; De Grave, S. (2023). <i>Gossea</i> Spence Bate & Westwood, 1862 (Amphipoda) and <i>Gossea</i> Agassiz, 1862 (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa): reversal of presumed precedence and review of the complicated nomenclatural history. <em>Crustaceana.</em> 96(8): 791-796. [details] Available for editors 
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context source (RAS)
Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details]
additional source Kramp, P. L. (1961). Synopsis of the medusae of the world. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the U. K.</em> 40: 1-469. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 225 [details]
additional source Segura-Puertas, L., L. Celis, and L. Chiaverano. 2009. Medusozoans (Cnidaria: Cubozoa, Scyphozoa, and Hydrozoa) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 369–379 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Pre [details]
additional source Kramp, P. L. (1961). Synopsis of the medusae of the world. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the U. K.</em> 40: 1-469. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 225 [details]
additional source Segura-Puertas, L., L. Celis, and L. Chiaverano. 2009. Medusozoans (Cnidaria: Cubozoa, Scyphozoa, and Hydrozoa) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 369–379 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Pre [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type locality Acapulco Harbour, Mexico, Pacific Ocean [details]
