Canadian Register of Marine Species - Oceaniidae Eschscholtz, 1829

ERMS taxon details

Oceaniidae Eschscholtz, 1829

Family Oceaniidae

AphiaID

231678 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:231678)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Filifera

Direct children (6)

Ordering

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Genus Corydendrium Van Beneden, 1844
Genus Merona Norman, 1865
Genus Oceania Péron & Lesueur, 1810
Genus Similomerona Schuchert, 2004
Genus Turritopsis McCrady, 1857
Genus Tubiclava Allman, 1863 (uncertain > nomen dubium)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Eschscholtz, F. (1829). System der Acalephen. Eine ausführliche Beschreibung aller medusenartigen Strahltiere. Ferdinand Dümmler, Berlin, pp. 1-190, 116 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10665047 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Oceaniidae Eschscholtz, 1829. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://marbef.org//marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=231678 on 2025-04-24

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Oceaniidae Eschscholtz, 1829. Accessed at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=231678 on 2025-04-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-06-09 06:52:33Z

created

Boero, Ferdinando

2009-07-11 11:50:39Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

2014-05-27 19:36:52Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

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original description Eschscholtz, F. (1829). System der Acalephen. Eine ausführliche Beschreibung aller medusenartigen Strahltiere. Ferdinand Dümmler, Berlin, pp. 1-190, 116 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10665047 [details]

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

redescription Schuchert, P. (2004). Revision of the European athecate hydroids and their medusae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria): families Oceanidae and Pachycordylidae. <em>Revue Suisse de Zoologie.</em> 111 2: 315-369. [details]

status source OPINION 2166 (Case 3304) Oceania Péron & Lesueur, 1810 (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa): usage conserved by the designation of Oceania armata Kölliker, 1853 as the type species. Bulletin of Zoological , March 2007, Vol. 64, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34356071 [details] Available for editors