World Register of Deep-Sea species - Stephanomiidae Huxley, 1859

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Stephanomiidae Huxley, 1859

AphiaID

827768 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:827768)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Type taxon

Stephanomia Lesueur & Petit, 1807

Parent

Physonectae

Original name

Stephanomiadae Huxley, 1859

Synonymised names

Stephanomiadae Huxley, 1859 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling

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Genus Stephanomia Lesueur & Petit, 1807
Genus Sphaeragalma Margulis, 1976 accepted as Stephanomia Lesueur & Petit, 1807

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Stephanomiadae Huxley, 1859) Huxley, Th.H., 1859. The oceanic Hydrozoa; a description of the Calycophoridae and Physophoridae observed during the voyage of H.M.S. "Rattlesnake", in the years 1846-50., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10599749
page(s): 72 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Stephanomiidae Huxley, 1859. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=827768 on 2025-07-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2014-12-20 10:50:08Z

created

Pugh, Phil

2024-10-26 13:10:20Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

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Nomenclature

original description (of Stephanomiadae Huxley, 1859) Huxley, Th.H., 1859. The oceanic Hydrozoa; a description of the Calycophoridae and Physophoridae observed during the voyage of H.M.S. "Rattlesnake", in the years 1846-50., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10599749
page(s): 72 [details]

basis of record Huxley, Th.H., 1859. The oceanic Hydrozoa; a description of the Calycophoridae and Physophoridae observed during the voyage of H.M.S. "Rattlesnake", in the years 1846-50., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10599749 [details]

Taxonomy

redescription Pugh, P. R.; Baxter, E. J. (2014). A review of the physonect siphonophore genera Halistemma (Family Agalmatidae) and Stephanomia (Family Stephanomiidae). Zootaxa. 3897(1): 1., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2014/f/z03897p111f.pdf
note: status, taxonomic history, synonymy [details]

Other

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

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

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Definitions

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Language	Name
Japanese	オオダイダイクダクラゲ科	[details]