Species Pleurobrachia pileus (O.F. Müller, 1776)

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Regional Maps

• Volvox bicaudatus Linnaeus, C. 1767. Systema naturae, per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum caracteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Holmiae [= Stockholm] : L. Salvii Tomus I. Regnum Animale(pars 2) Editio duodecima, reformata [3 vols., 1766–68], pp. 533–1327. [1325].
• Beroe pileus Müller, O.F. 1776. Zoologicae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae indigenarum characteres, nomina et synonyma imprimis popularium. Copenhagen : Havniae Vol. 32 pp. 1-282. [pls published in 1777] [233] [nom. nov. for Volvox bicaudatus Linnaeus, 1767].
• Beroe globuleux Cuvier, M. le Ch. 1817. Le Règne animal destribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base a l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction a l'anatomie comparee. Coelenterates. Paris : Deterville pp. 49-74. [59] [unnecessary nom. nov. for Medusa pileus Müller, 1776].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Chun, C. 1898. Die Ctenophoren der Plankton-expedition. Kiel : Lipsius & Tischer 32 pp. [15]
• Mayer, A.G. 1912. Ctenophores of the Atlantic coast of North America. Publication of the Carnegie Institution of Washington 162: 1-58 [10]

Generic Combinations

• Medusa pileus (O.F. Müller, 1776). —
  Gmelin J.F. 1791. Caroli a Linné. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Lipsiae : Georg. Emanuel. Beer Vermes. Vol. 1(Part 6) pp. 3021–3910. [officially regarded by the ICZN Opinion 296 (26 Oct 1954) as the 13th edition of Systema Naturae] [3152]
• Cydippe pileus (O.F. Müller, 1776). —
  Eschscholtz, F. 1829. System der Acalephen. Eine ausführliche Beschreibung aller medusenartigen Strahltiere. Berlin : F. Dummlert. [24]
• Pleurobrachia pileus (O.F. Müller, 1776) [as Pleurobranchaea pileus Flemming [sic], 1822; mistaken spelling of genus name]. —
  Fleming, J. 1822. The Philosophy of Zoology, or a general view of the structure, functions, and classification of animals. Edinburgh : Archibald Constable. [612]

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

More or less cosmopolitan.

Ecological Descriptors

Marine, pelagic, planktonic, planktovore.

Diagnosis

Pleurobrachia with nearly spherical body; with short, parallel tentacle bulbs.

General References

Gorman, N. 1988. Planktonic Cnidaria and Ctenophora of Moreton Bay. Zoology. Brisbane : University of Queensland 82 pp. (reported from Australia)

Hamond, R. 1971. Some medusae from near Brisbane. Search (Sydney) 2(1): 27 (reported from Australia)

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