African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS taxon details

Halicreatidae Fewkes, 1886

Halicreatidae

AphiaID

16844 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:16844)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Type taxon

Halicreas Fewkes, 1882

Parent

Trachymedusae

Original name

Halicreasidae Fewkes, 1886

Direct children (4)

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Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of ) Fewkes, J. W. 1886a. Report on the medusae collected by the U. S. F. C. Steamer Albatross, in the region of the Gulf Stream, in 1883-84. - United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries 12: 927-980, pls 1-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15835306
page(s): 952 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Halicreatidae Fewkes, 1886. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=16844 on 2026-07-10

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Halicreatidae Fewkes, 1886. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=16844 on 2026-07-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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db_admin

2011-02-04 06:57:20Z

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Schuchert, Peter

2016-12-29 09:12:01Z

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Schuchert, Peter

2017-05-05 07:38:36Z

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Schuchert, Peter

2024-10-23 17:27:16Z

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Schuchert, Peter

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original description (of ) Fewkes, J. W. 1886a. Report on the medusae collected by the U. S. F. C. Steamer Albatross, in the region of the Gulf Stream, in 1883-84. - United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries 12: 927-980, pls 1-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15835306
page(s): 952 [details]

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]

basis of record Kramp, P. L. (1961). Synopsis of the medusae of the world. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the U. K.</em> 40: 1-469. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 243 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

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Halicreatidae