Hydrozoa - The World Hydrozoa Database - Polycannidae Haeckel, 1879

Hydrozoa name details

Polycannidae Haeckel, 1879

AphiaID

1326885 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1326885)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (synonym)

Accepted name

Aequoreidae Eschscholtz, 1829

Rank

Family

Type taxon

Polycanna Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Rhacostoma L. Agassiz, 1851

Parent

Leptothecata

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

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 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Polycannidae Haeckel, 1879. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/hydrozoa/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1326885 on 2025-12-25

Taxonomic edit history

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action

2019-02-13 19:27:37Z

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Schuchert, Peter

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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 [details]