WoRMS name details
Porpitellidae Haeckel, 1888
736729 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:736729)
unaccepted (synonym)
Family
Porpitella Haeckel, 1888 accepted as Porpita Lamarck, 1801
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Haeckel, E. (1888). Report on the Siphonophorae. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 28 (part 77): i-viii, 1-380, pl. 1-50., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3155485
page(s): 63; note: as subfamily of Porpitidae, but suffix is family level, not sub-family [details]
page(s): 63; note: as subfamily of Porpitidae, but suffix is family level, not sub-family [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Porpitellidae Haeckel, 1888. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=736729 on 2025-05-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Haeckel, E. (1888). Report on the Siphonophorae. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 28 (part 77): i-viii, 1-380, pl. 1-50., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3155485
page(s): 63; note: as subfamily of Porpitidae, but suffix is family level, not sub-family [details]
page(s): 63; note: as subfamily of Porpitidae, but suffix is family level, not sub-family [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Schuchert, P. (2010). The European athecate hydroids and their medusae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria): Capitata Part 2. <em>Revue Suisse de Zoologie.</em> 117: 337-555., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.117793
page(s): 471 [details]
page(s): 471 [details]
