WoRMS taxon details
Laodiceidae Agassiz, 1862
1610 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1610)
accepted
Family
Genus Guillea Bouillon, Pagès, Gili, Palanques, Puig & Heussner, 2000
Genus Laodicea Lesson, 1843
Genus Melicertissa Haeckel, 1879
Genus Ptychogena A. Agassiz, 1865
Genus Staurostoma Haeckel, 1879
Genus Cladocanna Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Toxorchis Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Staurodiscus Haeckel, 1879 (synonym)
Genus Laodice Lesson, 1843 accepted as Laodicea Lesson, 1843 (invalid non-latin name)
Genus Melicertella Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Melicertissa Haeckel, 1879
Genus Octorhopalon von Lendenfeld, 1885 accepted as Laodicea Lesson, 1843 (synonym)
Genus Staurodiscalma Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Staurodiscus Haeckel, 1879 (synonym)
Genus Staurodiscema Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Staurodiscus Haeckel, 1879 (synonym)
Genus Staurophora Brandt, 1834 accepted as Staurostoma Haeckel, 1879 (preoccupied by Staurophora Reichenbach, 1817 [Lepidoptera])
Genus Toxorchis Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Staurodiscus Haeckel, 1879 (synonym)
Genus Octonema Haeckel, 1879 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Genus Laodicea Lesson, 1843
Genus Melicertissa Haeckel, 1879
Genus Ptychogena A. Agassiz, 1865
Genus Staurostoma Haeckel, 1879
Genus Cladocanna Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Toxorchis Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Staurodiscus Haeckel, 1879 (synonym)
Genus Laodice Lesson, 1843 accepted as Laodicea Lesson, 1843 (invalid non-latin name)
Genus Melicertella Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Melicertissa Haeckel, 1879
Genus Octorhopalon von Lendenfeld, 1885 accepted as Laodicea Lesson, 1843 (synonym)
Genus Staurodiscalma Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Staurodiscus Haeckel, 1879 (synonym)
Genus Staurodiscema Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Staurodiscus Haeckel, 1879 (synonym)
Genus Staurophora Brandt, 1834 accepted as Staurostoma Haeckel, 1879 (preoccupied by Staurophora Reichenbach, 1817 [Lepidoptera])
Genus Toxorchis Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Staurodiscus Haeckel, 1879 (synonym)
Genus Octonema Haeckel, 1879 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine
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): 350 [details]
page(s): 350 [details]
Schuchert, P. (2022). World Hydrozoa Database. Laodiceidae Agassiz, 1862. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1610 on 2022-10-06
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original description
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): 350 [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): 350 [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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Medusa with marginal cordyli, cordyli with or without nematocysts; with or without marginal cirri; with four or eight simple radial canals; marginal tentacles hollow; gonads on radial canals, on radial canals and lobes of manubrium, or on manubrial pouches; with or without adaxial ocelli; without statocysts.Hydroid colony stolonal, hydrotheca sessile, tubular, turning gradually into a pyramidal operculum formed by numerous converging flaps, with visible crease-line basally; hydrotheca often with transversal growth-rings, sometimes with basal constriction at origin, or exceptionally a poorly delimited pedicel; hydranth without intertentacular web, tentacles amphicoronate; gonotheca like hydrotheca but larger. [details]
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| Japanese | ヤワラクラゲ科 | [details] |
