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Modeeria rotunda (Quoy & Gaimard, 1827)

Family Tiarannidae: typical medusa and hydrotheca of polyp
Family Tiarannidae: typical medusa and hydrotheca of polyp

117970  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117970)

accepted
Species
Stegopoma fastigiata (Alder, 1860) · unaccepted (Synonym)
marine, terrestrial
(of ) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1827). Observations zoologiques faites à bord de l'Astrolabe, en mai 1826, dans le Détroit de Gibraltar. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles.</em> 10: 5-21, 172-193, 225-239; pls 1-2, 4-9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6008318
page(s): 181, pl. 6a figs 1-2 [details] 
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Modeeria rotunda (Quoy & Gaimard, 1827). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=117970 on 2026-01-15
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Modeeria rotunda (Quoy & Gaimard, 1827). Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117970 on 2026-01-15
Date
action
by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
van der Land, Jacob
2016-07-07 13:28:03Z
changed
Schuchert, Peter

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original description (of ) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1827). Observations zoologiques faites à bord de l'Astrolabe, en mai 1826, dans le Détroit de Gibraltar. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles.</em> 10: 5-21, 172-193, 225-239; pls 1-2, 4-9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6008318
page(s): 181, pl. 6a figs 1-2 [details] 

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] 

basis of record van der Land, J.; Vervoort, W.; Cairns, S.D.; Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydrozoa, <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. 112-120 (look up in RoR) [details] 

additional source Calder, D. R. and S. D. Cairns. 2009. Hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 381–394 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [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 RoR) [details] Available for editors  PDF available

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  PDF available

additional source Schuchert, P. (2000). Hydrozoa (Cnidaria) of Iceland collected by the BIOICE programme. <em>Sarsia.</em> 85(5-6): 411-438., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233127844_Hydrozoa_Cnidaria_of_Iceland_collected_by_the_BIOICE_programme [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Watson, J. E. (2024). The marine hydroids of south-eastern Australia (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa). <em>Museum Victoria Science Reports.</em> 22: 1-121., available online at https://doi.org/10.24199/j.mvsr.2024.22
page(s): 107 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in RoR) [details] Available for editors  PDF available

redescription Edwards, C., 1973. The medusa Modeeria rotunda and its hydroid Stegopoma fastigiatum, with a review of Stegopoma and Stegolaria. J. mar. biol. Ass. U.K. 53 3: 573-600., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400058781
page(s): 573, figs 1-3 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
 
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To Barcode of Life (8 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Tiaranna rotunda (Quoy & Gaimard, 1827))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Stegopoma fastigiata (Alder, 1860))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Modeeria rotunda) 
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 2 proteins) 
To PESI (from synonym Stegopoma fastigiata (Alder, 1860))
To PESI 
To PESI (from synonym Tiaranna rotunda (Quoy & Gaimard, 1827))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (75 records) (from synonym Stegopoma fastigiata (Alder, 1860))
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
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