Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Medusozoa > Class Hydrozoa > Subclass Trachylinae > Order Trachymedusae > Family Rhopalonematidae > Genus Aglantha

Aglantha digitale (O. F. Müller, 1776)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Medusa Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

AglanthaHaeckel, 1879accepted genus name
Circe Brandt, 1835 junior homonym
Agliscra Haeckel, 1879 synonym

Species group names

Melicerta digitale Peron & Lesueur, 1776 subjective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 English: pink helmet sources: van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).
 Japanese: ツリガネクラゲ sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.
 Russian: Пальцевидная агланта

Literature

basis of record

van der Land, J.; Vervoort, W.; Cairns, S.D.; Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydrozoa, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 112-120

additional source

Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp.

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Citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Aglantha digitale (O. F. Müller, 1776). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117849

Dr. Wim Vervoort. Aglantha digitale (O. F. Müller, 1776). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/70397025-018a-4133-92f5-bb98976a1b4d

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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GUID

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117849
urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:240632

Last modified

2017-02-01 by Dr. Wim Vervoort & by Peter Schuchert

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