Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hydrozoa > Subclass Trachylinae > Order Limnomedusae > Family Olindiidae > Genus Maeotias

Maeotias marginata (Modeer, 1791)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Medusa

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Maeotias*	Ostroumoff, 1896	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Medusa marginata*	Modeer, 1791	objective synonym
*Maeotias inexpectata*	Ostroumov, 1896	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Simm, M.; Põllumäe, A. (2006). Distribution and population dynamics of selected pelagic alien invertebrate species in Estonian marine waters, in: Ojaveer, H.; Kotta, J. (Ed.) (2006). Alien invasive species in the north-eastern Baltic Sea: population dynamics and ecological impacts. Estonian Marine Institute Report Series, 14: pp. 6-11.
additional source	Species 2000
additional source	W. Vervoort, P. Schuchert & J. van der Land, 2000-2007, as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms
additional source	Mills, C.E. & J.T. Rees, 2000. New observations and corrections concerning the trio of invasive hydromedusae Maeotias marginata (=M. inexpectata), Blackfordia virginica, and Moerisia sp. in the San Francisco Estuary. In: C.E. Mills, F. Boero, A. Migotto & J.M. Gili, eds., Trends in Hydrozoan Biology - IV. Sci. Mar. 64 Supl. 1: 151-155.
redescription	Rees, J.T. & L.-A. Gershwin , 2000. Non-indigenous hydromedusae in California's upper San Francisco Estuary: life cycles, distribution, and potential environmental impacts. In: C.E. Mills, F. Boero, A. Migotto & J.M. Gili, eds., Trends in Hydrozoan Biology - IV. Sci. Mar. 64 Supl. 1: 73-86.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe (DAISIE)
Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
GenBank (16 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Schuchert, P. (2014). Maeotias marginata (Modeer, 1791). 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:234026

Dr Wim Vervoort. Maeotias marginata (Modeer, 1791). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=240630