Gymnangium expansum

Gymnangium expansum
specimen RMNH.COEL.P.9240, collected in the Bali Sea at a depth of 570-545 m (Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hydrozoa
Order: Leptothecata
Family: Aglaopheniidae
Genus: Gymnangium
Species:
G. expansum
Binomial name
Gymnangium expansum
(Jäderholm, 1903)
Synonyms[1]

Halicornaria expansa Jäderholm, 1903
Halicetta expansa (Jäderholm, 1903)
Halicornaria sibogae Billard, 1918

Gymnangium expansum is a species of hydrozoan in the family, Aglaopheniidae,[2][1] first described in 1903 by Axel Elof Jäderholm as Halicornaria expansa,[2][3]

GBIF data show it as being found in both the north and south of the western Pacific Ocean.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Gymnangium expansum (Jäderholm, 1903) | COL". www.catalogueoflife.org. Retrieved 2025-10-28.
  2. ^ a b "Hydrozoa - The World Hydrozoa Database - Gymnangium expansum (Jäderholm, 1903)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2025-10-27.
  3. ^ Jäderholm, E. (1903). "Jäderholm, E. 1903. Aussereuropäische Hydroiden im schwedischen Reichsmuseum". Arkiv for Zoologi. 1: 259–312, pls 12-15. BHL page 6622275
  4. ^ "GBIF: Gymnangium expansum (Jäderholm, 1903)". gbif.org. Retrieved 2025-10-28.