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

Aglantha digitale (O. F. Müller, 1776)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Medusa

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Aglantha*	Haeckel, 1879	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Medusa digitale*	O. F. Muller, 1776	objective synonym
*Melicerta digitale*	Peron & Lesueur, 1776	subjective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: pink helmet

Literature

original description	Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologica Danicae Prodromus seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae indigenarum characters, nomine, et synonyma imprimis popularium. Havniae. XXXII, 274 pp.
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.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (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.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection
Biodiversity Heritage Library (34 publications)
Barcode of Life (7 barcodes)
GenBank (11 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Schuchert, P. (2014). Aglantha digitale (O. F. Müller, 1776). In: Schuchert, P. (2014) World Hydrozoa database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) 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. Muller, 1776). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=240632