Hydrozoa taxon details

Orthopyxis L. Agassiz, 1862 
AphiaID: 117035

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Cnidaria > Hydrozoa > Hydroidolina > Leptothecata > Campanulariidae
Status accepted
Record
status
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Rank Genus
Typetaxon Clytia poterium L. Agassiz, 1862 (type by monotypy)
Parent Campanulariidae Johnston, 1836
Synonymised
taxa
  Eucopella von Lendenfeld, 1883 (synonym)
Sources  basis of record: van der Land, J.; Vervoort, W.; Cairns, S.D.; Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydrozoa, 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. 112-120 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Bouillon, J.; Boero, F. (2000). Synopsis of the families and genera of the Hydromedusae of the world, with a list of the worldwide species. Thalassia Salent. 24: 47-296 (look up in IMIS[details]

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taxa

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 Species Orthopyxis affabilis Vervoort & Watson, 2003
Species Orthopyxis australis (Stechow, 1924)
Species Orthopyxis bilateralis Antsulevich & Tchernova, 1997
Species Orthopyxis compressima Kubota & Yamada, 1992
Species Orthopyxis crenata (Hartlaub, 1901)
Species Orthopyxis crenataformis Watson, 2005
Species Orthopyxis delicata Trebilcock, 1928
Species Orthopyxis everta (Clark, 1876)
Species Orthopyxis frigida Stechow, 1923
Species Orthopyxis fujianensis Huang & Xu, 1994
Species Orthopyxis hartlaubi El Beshbeeshy, 2011
Species Orthopyxis integra (MacGillivray, 1842)
Species Orthopyxis mollis (Stechow, 1919)
Species Orthopyxis norvegiae (Broch, 1948)
Species Orthopyxis sargassicola (Nutting, 1915)
Species Orthopyxis tincta (Hincks, 1861)

Species Orthopyxis asymmetrica Stechow, 1919 accepted as Orthopyxis integra (MacGillivray, 1842)
Species Orthopyxis caliculata (Hincks, 1853) accepted as Orthopyxis integra (MacGillivray, 1842)
Species Orthopyxis compressa (Clark, 1877) accepted as Campanularia compressa Clarke, 1877 accepted as Orthopyxis integra (MacGillivray, 1842)
Species Orthopyxis minor (Fraser, 1938) accepted as Scandia minor (Fraser, 1938)
Species Orthopyxis platycarpa Bale, 1914 accepted as Orthopyxis integra (MacGillivray, 1842)
Environment marine, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
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Note  Status: The status and scope of Orthopyxis are unclear, many prominent authors (e. g. Millard, 1975) treated it as a synonym of Campanularia, while others (e. g. Cornelius, 1982) kept it valid based on the gonophore type (medusoid). Molecular data (Govindarajan, A. F., Boero, F., & Halanych, K. M. 2006. Phylogenetic analysis with multiple markers indicates repeated loss of the adult medusa stage in Campanulariidae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria) Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 38: 820-834) vaguely suggest that it could be valid, but a more comprehensive study including more species is needed [note added 2009] [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117035
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Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2009-11-12 08:19:05Z  changed  Schuchert, Peter
  
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  Citation: Schuchert, P. (2013). Orthopyxis L. Agassiz, 1862. In: Schuchert, P. (2013) World Hydrozoa database. Accessed through: Schuchert, P. (2013) World Hydrozoa database at http://www.marinespecies.eu/hydrozoa/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117035 on 2013-05-23