RAS taxon details
Pectis antarctica Haeckel, 1879
872806 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:872806)
accepted
Species
Ptychogastria antarctica (Haeckel, 1879) · unaccepted
Voragonema laciniata Bouillon, Pagès & Gili, 2001 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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]
page(s): 266 [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Pectis antarctica Haeckel, 1879. Accessed through: RAS (Eds.) (2025) Register of Antarctic Species at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=872806 on 2026-01-17
RAS (Eds.) (2026). Register of Antarctic Species. Pectis antarctica Haeckel, 1879. Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php/10.1080/rest/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=872806 on 2026-01-17
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original description
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]
original description (of Voragonema laciniata Bouillon, Pagès & Gili, 2001) Bouillon, J.; Pages, F.; Gili, J. M. (2001). New species of benthopelagic hydroidomedusae from the Weddell Sea. <em>Polar Biology.</em> 24(11): 839-845., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s003000100289
page(s): 841, figs 4-5 [details]
taxonomy source Galea, H. R.; Roder, C. A.; Walcher, C.; Warmuth, M.; Kohlberg, E.; Fischer, P. F. (2016). <em>Glaciambulata neumayeri</em> gen. et sp. nov., a new Antarctic trachymedusa (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa), with a revision of the family Ptychogastriidae. <em>European journal of taxonomy.</em> (252): 1-30., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2016.252
page(s): 19, fig. 5A-D [details]
additional source Matsumoto G.I.; Bentlage B.; Sherlock R.; Walz K.; Robison B.H. (2020). “Little Red Jellies” in Monterey Bay, California (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Trachymedusae: Rhopalonematidae). <em>Frontiers in Marine Science.</em> 6, 6 pages., available online at https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00798
page(s): 11. [details] Available for editors
redescription Haeckel, E. (1882). Report on the deep-sea medusae, dredged by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 4 (part 12) : i-cv, 1-154, pl. 1-32., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-12/README.htm
page(s): 15, pls 5-6 figs 1-20. [details]
page(s): 266 [details]
original description (of Voragonema laciniata Bouillon, Pagès & Gili, 2001) Bouillon, J.; Pages, F.; Gili, J. M. (2001). New species of benthopelagic hydroidomedusae from the Weddell Sea. <em>Polar Biology.</em> 24(11): 839-845., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s003000100289
page(s): 841, figs 4-5 [details]
taxonomy source Galea, H. R.; Roder, C. A.; Walcher, C.; Warmuth, M.; Kohlberg, E.; Fischer, P. F. (2016). <em>Glaciambulata neumayeri</em> gen. et sp. nov., a new Antarctic trachymedusa (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa), with a revision of the family Ptychogastriidae. <em>European journal of taxonomy.</em> (252): 1-30., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2016.252
page(s): 19, fig. 5A-D [details]
additional source Matsumoto G.I.; Bentlage B.; Sherlock R.; Walz K.; Robison B.H. (2020). “Little Red Jellies” in Monterey Bay, California (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Trachymedusae: Rhopalonematidae). <em>Frontiers in Marine Science.</em> 6, 6 pages., available online at https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00798
page(s): 11. [details] Available for editors
redescription Haeckel, E. (1882). Report on the deep-sea medusae, dredged by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 4 (part 12) : i-cv, 1-154, pl. 1-32., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-12/README.htm
page(s): 15, pls 5-6 figs 1-20. [details]
