WoRMS taxon details
Rhopalonematidae Russell, 1953
16842 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:16842)
accepted
Family
Aglanthidae Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted (not in use.)
Aglauridae L. Agassiz, 1862 · unaccepted (not in use)
Persidae Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted (not in use)
Trachynemidae Gegenbaur, 1857 · unaccepted (not in use)
- Genus Aglantha Haeckel, 1879
- Genus Aglaura Péron & Lesueur, 1810
- Genus Amphogona Browne, 1905
- Genus Arctapodema Dall, 1907
- Genus Benthocodon Larson & Harbison, 1990
- Genus Colobonema Vanhöffen, 1902
- Genus Crossota Vanhöffen, 1902
- Genus Endocysta Xu, Huang & Guo, 2019
- Genus Homoeonema Maas, 1893
- Genus Pantachogon Maas, 1893
- Genus Pectis Haeckel, 1879
- Genus Persa McCrady, 1859
- Genus Ransonia Kramp, 1947
- Genus Rhopalonema Gegenbaur, 1857
- Genus Sminthea Gegenbaur, 1857
- Genus Tetrorchis Bigelow, 1909
- Genus Vampyrocrossota Thuesen, 1993
- Genus Agliscra Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Aglantha Haeckel, 1879 (synonym)
- Genus Calyptra Leuckart, 1856 accepted as Rhopalonema Gegenbaur, 1857 (invalid junior homonym of Calyptra Ochsenheimer 1816 [Lepidoptera] and others)
- Genus Isonema Maas, 1906 accepted as Arctapodema Dall, 1907 (invalid junior homonym of Isonema Meek & Worthen 1865 [Mollusca])
- Genus Lessonia Soulyet, 1852 accepted as Aglaura Péron & Lesueur, 1810 (preoccupied by Lessonia Swainson, 1832 [Aves])
- Genus Marmanema Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Rhopalonema Gegenbaur, 1857 (synonym)
- Genus Quadrularia Weill & Weill, 1935 accepted as Persa McCrady, 1859 (synonym)
- Genus Trachynema Gegenbaur, 1854 accepted as Rhopalonema Gegenbaur, 1857 (synonym, not in use)
- Genus Trachyneme Whiteaves, 1901 accepted as Trachynema Gegenbaur, 1854 accepted as Rhopalonema Gegenbaur, 1857 (spelling mistake)
- Genus Voragonema Naumov, 1971 accepted as Pectis Haeckel, 1879 (synomym)
- Genus Stauraglaura Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Aglaura Péron & Lesueur, 1810 (uncertain > nomen dubium, possible synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Russell, F.S., 1953. The medusae of the British Isles. Anthomedusae, Leptomedusae, Limnomedusae, Trachymedusae and Narcomedusae. : 1-530, pls. 1-35.
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Schuchert, P. (2024). World Hydrozoa Database. Rhopalonematidae Russell, 1953. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=16842 on 2024-09-08
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original description
Russell, F.S., 1953. The medusae of the British Isles. Anthomedusae, Leptomedusae, Limnomedusae, Trachymedusae and Narcomedusae. : 1-530, pls. 1-35.
page(s): 429 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Trachynemidae Gegenbaur, 1857) Gegenbaur, C. (1857). Versuch eines Systems der Medusen, mit Beschreibung neuer oder wenig gekannter Formen; zugleich ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Fauna des Mittelmeeres. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> Leipzig 8: 202-273, pls 7-9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13864647 [details]
original description (of Aglauridae L. Agassiz, 1862) Agassiz, L. (1862). Contributions to the natural history of the United States of America. <em>Little Brown, Boston.</em> 4: 1-380, pls 1-19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16068829
page(s): 348 [details]
original description (of Aglanthidae Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 271 [details]
original description (of Persidae Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 277 [details]
basis of record Bouillon, J.; Boero, F. (2000). Synopsis of the families and genera of the Hydromedusae of the world, with a list of the worldwide species. <i>Thalassia Salent. 24</i>: 47-296 (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 429 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Trachynemidae Gegenbaur, 1857) Gegenbaur, C. (1857). Versuch eines Systems der Medusen, mit Beschreibung neuer oder wenig gekannter Formen; zugleich ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Fauna des Mittelmeeres. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> Leipzig 8: 202-273, pls 7-9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13864647 [details]
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original description (of Aglauridae L. Agassiz, 1862) Agassiz, L. (1862). Contributions to the natural history of the United States of America. <em>Little Brown, Boston.</em> 4: 1-380, pls 1-19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16068829
page(s): 348 [details]
original description (of Aglanthidae Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 271 [details]
original description (of Persidae Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 277 [details]
basis of record Bouillon, J.; Boero, F. (2000). Synopsis of the families and genera of the Hydromedusae of the world, with a list of the worldwide species. <i>Thalassia Salent. 24</i>: 47-296 (look up in IMIS) [details]
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Diagnosis Trachymedusae with a small manubrium; with or without peduncle; no centripetal canals; usually eight radial canals, rarely more, radial canals narrow; mouth with distinct lips; marginal tentacles evenly distributed, sometimes two types of tentacles, tentacle of uniform structure or with proximal portion differing from distal one; gonads either on radial canals, or forming a continuous ring around base of manubrium and extending outwards along radial canals; statocysts with endodermal core either free and pendant, or rarely enclosed by an exumbrellar outgrowth. [details]
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Japanese | イチメガサクラゲ科 | [details] |