WoRMS taxon details
Atolla wyvillei Haeckel, 1880
135282 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135282)
accepted
Species
Atolla alexandri Maas, 1897 · unaccepted
Collaspis achillis Haeckel, 1880 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Haeckel, E. (1880). Das System der Acraspeden. 2te Hälfte des Systems der Medusen. Acht Nachträge zur Vervollständigung des Systems. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 2: 361-672, plates 21-40., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605982
page(s): 488-489 [details]
page(s): 488-489 [details]
Holotype PMJ Coel 683, geounit Antarctic Ocean
Holotype PMJ Coel 683, geounit Antarctic Ocean [details]
Distribution semi-cosmopolitan
Distribution Bay of Fundy to Cape Hatteras
Distribution semi-cosmopolitan [details]
Distribution Bay of Fundy to Cape Hatteras
Distribution Bay of Fundy to Cape Hatteras [details]
Collins, A.G.; Morandini, A.C.; Cartwright, P. (2025). World List of Scyphozoa. Atolla wyvillei Haeckel, 1880. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135282 on 2025-07-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Haeckel, E. (1880). Das System der Acraspeden. 2te Hälfte des Systems der Medusen. Acht Nachträge zur Vervollständigung des Systems. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 2: 361-672, plates 21-40., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605982
page(s): 488-489 [details]
original description (of Collaspis achillis Haeckel, 1880) Haeckel, E. (1880). Das System der Acraspeden. 2te Hälfte des Systems der Medusen. Acht Nachträge zur Vervollständigung des Systems. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 2: 361-672, plates 21-40., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605982
page(s): 489-490 [details]
original description (of Atolla alexandri Maas, 1897) Maas, O. 1897. Die Medusen. 21st Reports on an exploration off the West Coast of Mexico, Central and South America and of the Galapagos Islands, in charge of A. Agassiz by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer "Albatross" during 1891. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 23: 1-92, pls 1-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15911599
page(s): 81 [details]
basis of record Cornelius, P.F.S. (2001). Cubozoa, <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. 111 (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 488-489 [details]
original description (of Collaspis achillis Haeckel, 1880) Haeckel, E. (1880). Das System der Acraspeden. 2te Hälfte des Systems der Medusen. Acht Nachträge zur Vervollständigung des Systems. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 2: 361-672, plates 21-40., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605982
page(s): 489-490 [details]
original description (of Atolla alexandri Maas, 1897) Maas, O. 1897. Die Medusen. 21st Reports on an exploration off the West Coast of Mexico, Central and South America and of the Galapagos Islands, in charge of A. Agassiz by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer "Albatross" during 1891. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 23: 1-92, pls 1-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15911599
page(s): 81 [details]
basis of record Cornelius, P.F.S. (2001). Cubozoa, <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. 111 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Bermuda) Moore, H.B. (1949). The zooplankton of the upper waters of the Bermuda area of the North Atlantic. Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection 12(2):1-97, figs. 1-208. (i-1949) [details] Available for editors
[request]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Gosner, K. L. (1971). Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. <em>John Wiley & Sons, Inc., London.</em> 693 pp. [pdf copepod and branchiuran :445-455]. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Larson, R.J. 1976. Marine flora and fauna of the northeastern United States. Cnidaria: Scyphozoa. NOAA Techical Report NMFS Circular 397. 18 p. [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 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 Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
context source (Bermuda) Moore, H.B. (1949). The zooplankton of the upper waters of the Bermuda area of the North Atlantic. Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection 12(2):1-97, figs. 1-208. (i-1949) [details] Available for editors
[request]context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Gosner, K. L. (1971). Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. <em>John Wiley & Sons, Inc., London.</em> 693 pp. [pdf copepod and branchiuran :445-455]. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Larson, R.J. 1976. Marine flora and fauna of the northeastern United States. Cnidaria: Scyphozoa. NOAA Techical Report NMFS Circular 397. 18 p. [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 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 Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype PMJ Coel 683, geounit Antarctic Ocean [details]
From regional or thematic species database
Habitat mesopelagic, bathypelagic [details]Unreviewed
Dimensions small or medium size medusae: about 15-200 mm diameter [details]Distribution semi-cosmopolitan [details]
Distribution Bay of Fundy to Cape Hatteras [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Wyville's сrownjellyWyville's crownjelly | [details] |
| Japanese | ムラサキカムリクラゲ | [details] |
| Russian | Атолла | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (31 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Atolla wyvillei)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Atolla wyvillei dorsal)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (637 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (31 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Atolla wyvillei)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Atolla wyvillei dorsal)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (637 records)
To ITIS
