WoRMS taxon details
Codonium Haeckel, 1879
565153 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:565153)
accepted
Genus
Codonium codonoforum Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Codonium proliferum (Forbes, 1848) (type by subsequent designation)
- Species Codonium proliferum (Forbes, 1848)
- Species Codonium apiculum Murbach & Shearer, 1902 accepted as Sarsia apicula (Murbach & Shearer, 1902) (basionym)
- Species Codonium codonoforum Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Codonium proliferum (Forbes, 1848) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, synonym)
- Species Codonium conicum Haeckel, 1880 accepted as Sarsia conica (Haeckel, 1880) (basionym)
- Species Codonium princeps Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Sarsia princeps (Haeckel, 1879) (basionym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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): 13 [details]
page(s): 13 [details]
Taxonomic remark scope sensu Nawrocki et al 2010
Taxonomic remark scope sensu Nawrocki et al 2010 [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2026). World Hydrozoa Database. Codonium Haeckel, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=565153 on 2026-02-09
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Nomenclature
original description
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): 13 [details]
basis of record 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 [details]
page(s): 13 [details]
basis of record 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 [details]
Other
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Comprises Codonium proliferum (Forbes, 1884) and similar Corynidae with medusa that bud secondary medusae from tentacle bulbs. [details]Taxonomic remark scope sensu Nawrocki et al 2010 [details]
From editor or global species database
Image from typetaxon
