WoRMS name details
Aeginodorus Haeckel, 1879
889550 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:889550)
unaccepted (synonym)
Genus
Polyxenia alderi Forbes, 1848 accepted as Cunissa alderi (Forbes, 1848) (type by monotypy)
- Species Aeginodorus alderi (Forbes, 1848) accepted as Cunissa alderi (Forbes, 1848)
marine, brackish, 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): 344 [details]
page(s): 344 [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Aeginodorus Haeckel, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=889550 on 2025-10-12
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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): 344 [details]
page(s): 344 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Mayer, A. G. 1910. Medusae of the world. Hydromedusae, Vols. I & II. Scyphomedusae, Vol III. Carnegie Institution, Washington. pp. 735, plates 1-76., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1327020
page(s): 485 [details]
page(s): 485 [details]