Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Medusozoa > Class Hydrozoa > Subclass Hydroidolina > Order Siphonophorae > Suborder Physonectae > Family Agalmatidae > Genus Agalma

Agalma clausi Bedot, 1888

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Agalma*	Eschscholtz, 1825	accepted genus name
*Agalmopsis*	Sars, 1846	synonym

Literature

original description	Bedot, M. (1888). Sur l'Agalma clausi n. sp. Recueil Zoologique Suisse. 5(1): 73-92.
additional source	Mills, C. E.; Pugh, P. R.; Harbison, G. R. & Haddock, S. H. D. (1996). Medusae, siphonophores and ctenophores of the Alborán Sea, south western Mediterranean. In: Advances in Hydrozoan Biology. Edited by S. Piraino, F. Boero, J. Bouillon, P. F. S. Cornelius and Gili, J.M. Scientia Marina. 60(1): 145-163.
redescription	Mańko, M. K.; Pugh, P. R. (2018). Agalma clausi (Bedot, 1888) (Siphonophora: Physonectae)—complementary description with notes on species distribution and ecology. Zootaxa. 4441(2): 311.
ecology source	Mańko, M. K.; Pugh, P. R. (2018). Agalma clausi (Bedot, 1888) (Siphonophora: Physonectae)—complementary description with notes on species distribution and ecology. Zootaxa. 4441(2): 311.

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Citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Agalma clausi Bedot, 1888. 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:135483

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Environment

marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

CITES:
appendix 1 This species is listed on the CITES Appendix I which means it is threatened with extinction and CITES prohibits international trade in specimens of these species except when the purpose of the import is not commercial, for instance for scientific research.

This species is listed on the CITES Appendix I which means it is threatened with extinction and CITES prohibits international trade in specimens of these species except when the purpose of the import is not commercial, for instance for scientific research.

appendix 2 This species is listed on the CITES Appendix II which means it is not necessarily now threatened with extinction but that may become so unless trade is closely controlled. International trade in specimens species may be authorized by the granting of an export permit or re-export certificate.

This species is listed on the CITES Appendix II which means it is not necessarily now threatened with extinction but that may become so unless trade is closely controlled. International trade in specimens species may be authorized by the granting of an export permit or re-export certificate.

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2013-12-21 by Peter Schuchert

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