WoRMS taxon details
Halicreatidae Fewkes, 1886
16844 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:16844)
accepted
Family
Halicreasidae Fewkes, 1886 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling (incorrect family name formation)
Halicreidae Fewkes, 1886 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
- Genus Botrynema Browne, 1908
- Genus Halicreas Fewkes, 1882
- Genus Haliscera Vanhöffen, 1902
- Genus Halitrephes Bigelow, 1909
- Genus Varitentacula He, 1980
- Genus Alloionema Hartlaub, 1909 accepted as Botrynema Browne, 1908 (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Halicreasidae Fewkes, 1886) Fewkes, J. W. 1886a. Report on the medusae collected by the U. S. F. C. Steamer Albatross, in the region of the Gulf Stream, in 1883-84. - United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries 12: 927-980, pls 1-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15835306
page(s): 952 [details]
page(s): 952 [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Halicreatidae Fewkes, 1886. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=16844 on 2025-07-08
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Halicreasidae Fewkes, 1886) Fewkes, J. W. 1886a. Report on the medusae collected by the U. S. F. C. Steamer Albatross, in the region of the Gulf Stream, in 1883-84. - United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries 12: 927-980, pls 1-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15835306
page(s): 952 [details]
basis of record Kramp, P. L. (1961). Synopsis of the medusae of the world. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the U. K.</em> 40: 1-469. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 243 [details]
page(s): 952 [details]
basis of record Kramp, P. L. (1961). Synopsis of the medusae of the world. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the U. K.</em> 40: 1-469. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 243 [details]
Other
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Trachymedusae with wide, circular manubrium; mouth circular, without distinct lips; without peduncle; without centripetal canals; usually with eight radial canals (except Varitentaculata which has four), radial canals broad; numerous marginal tentacles of different size, but all structurally alike and arranged in a single series; each marginal tentacle with flexible proximal portion and stiff distal portion; with pendant statocysts. [details]Spelling The correct family name formation would be Halicreadidae according to § 29.3 of the ICZN.
However, as explained in the same article, prevailing usage should be preserved, like in the example Haliotis and Haliotidae. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | テングクラゲ科 | [details] |
