Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Cosmetira punctata Haeckel, 1864, Cuspidella costata Hincks, 1868, Hebella calcarata (Agassiz, 1862), Lafoea calcarata (A. Agassiz, 1862), Laodice calcarata (lapsus calami), Laodice ulothrix Haeckel, 1879, Laodicea bigelowi Neppi & Stiasny, 1911, Laodicea calcarata L. Agassiz, 1862, Laodicea cruciata (Forsskål, 1775), Laodicea ulothrix Haeckel, 1879, Medusa cacuminata Modeer, 1791, Medusa cruciata Forsskål, 1775, Medusa crucigera Gmelin, 1788, Ptychogena longigona Maas, 1893, Thaumantias confluens Forbes & Goodsir, 1853, Thaumantias mediterranea Gegenbaur, 1857, Thaumantias undulata Forbes & Goodsir, 1853 (Horton et al., 2021)

Origin: Native

Distribution: (H. calcarata) Galapagos Islands in Isabela I (Fraser, 1938).

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• Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.