Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hydrozoa > Subclass Hydroidolina > Order Siphonophorae > Suborder Calycophorae > Family Diphyidae > Subfamily Diphyinae > Genus Muggiaea

Muggiaea atlantica Cunningham, 1892

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Muggiaea*	Busch, 1851	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Cunningham, J. T. 1892. On a species of siphonophore observed at Plymouth. - Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the U. K. 2: 212-215.
basis of record	Mapstone, G. M. 2001. Siphonophora, 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. 120-122
additional source	Russell, F. S. 1938a. On the development of Muggiaea atlantica Cunningham. J. Mar. Biol. Assoc. U.K. 22 (2): 441-446.
additional source	Mapstone, G. M. 2009. Siphonophora (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) of Canadian Pacific waters. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. 302 p
additional source	Pugh, P. R. (1999). Siphonophorae. In South Atlantic Zooplankton I. Edited by D. Boltovskoy. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands. Pp. 868.
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 43: 419-453
additional source	Pagès, F. & J.M. Gili, 1992. Siphonophores (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) of the Benguela Current (southeastern Atlantic). In: F. Pagès; J.-M. Gili & J. Bouillon, eds, Planktonic Cnidarians of the Benguela Current. Scientia Marina 56 suppl. 1: 65-112.
additional source	Leloup, E. (1933). Contributions à l'étude de la faune belge: 3. Sur la présence du siphonophore calycophoride Galetta australis (Lesueur) dans la zone littorale belge [Contribution to the study of the Belgian fauna: 3. On the presence of the calycophoride siphonophore Galetta australis (Lesueur) in the Belgian littoral zone]. Bull. Mus. royal d'Hist. Nat. Belg./Med. Kon. Natuurhist. Mus. Belg. 9(38): 1-7
ecology source	Mackie, G. O., Pugh, P.R., and Purcell, J. E. 1987. Siphonophore Biology. In Adv. Mar. Biol. Edited by J. H. Blaxter and A. J. Southward. 24: 97-262.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications)
Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection
GenBank (16 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Schuchert, P.; Mapstone, G. (2014). Muggiaea atlantica Cunningham, 1892. 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:135441