Hydrozoa taxon details
Trachymedusae
16350 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:16350)
Haeckel, 1866
accepted
Order
Trachomedusae · unaccepted (spelling variant)
Family Halicreatidae Fewkes, 1886
Family Petasidae Haeckel, 1879
Family Ptychogastriidae Mayer, 1910
Family Rhopalonematidae Russell, 1953
Family Aglanthidae Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Rhopalonematidae Russell, 1953 (not in use.)
Family Aglauridae L. Agassiz, 1862 accepted as Rhopalonematidae Russell, 1953 (not in use)
Family Geryonidae Eschscholtz, 1829 accepted as Geryoniidae Eschscholtz, 1829 (incorrect suffix formation in original spelling)
Family Halicreasidae Fewkes, 1886 accepted as Halicreatidae Fewkes, 1886 (incorrect family name formation)
Family Halicreidae Fewkes, 1886 accepted as Halicreatidae Fewkes, 1886
Family Leuckartidae L. Agassiz, 1862 accepted as Geryoniidae Eschscholtz, 1829 (synonym)
Family Liriopidae Haeckel, 1864 accepted as Geryoniidae Eschscholtz, 1829 (synonym)
Family Pectyllidae Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Ptychogastriidae Mayer, 1910 (not in use)
Family Persidae Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Rhopalonematidae Russell, 1953 (not in use)
Family Petachinidae Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Petasidae Haeckel, 1879 (taxon inquirenda)
Family Ptychogastridae Mayer, 1910 accepted as Ptychogastriidae Mayer, 1910 (original spelling variant)
Family Trachynemidae Gegenbaur, 1857 accepted as Rhopalonematidae Russell, 1953 (not in use)
Family Petasidae Haeckel, 1879
Family Ptychogastriidae Mayer, 1910
Family Rhopalonematidae Russell, 1953
Family Aglanthidae Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Rhopalonematidae Russell, 1953 (not in use.)
Family Aglauridae L. Agassiz, 1862 accepted as Rhopalonematidae Russell, 1953 (not in use)
Family Geryonidae Eschscholtz, 1829 accepted as Geryoniidae Eschscholtz, 1829 (incorrect suffix formation in original spelling)
Family Halicreasidae Fewkes, 1886 accepted as Halicreatidae Fewkes, 1886 (incorrect family name formation)
Family Halicreidae Fewkes, 1886 accepted as Halicreatidae Fewkes, 1886
Family Leuckartidae L. Agassiz, 1862 accepted as Geryoniidae Eschscholtz, 1829 (synonym)
Family Liriopidae Haeckel, 1864 accepted as Geryoniidae Eschscholtz, 1829 (synonym)
Family Pectyllidae Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Ptychogastriidae Mayer, 1910 (not in use)
Family Persidae Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Rhopalonematidae Russell, 1953 (not in use)
Family Petachinidae Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Petasidae Haeckel, 1879 (taxon inquirenda)
Family Ptychogastridae Mayer, 1910 accepted as Ptychogastriidae Mayer, 1910 (original spelling variant)
Family Trachynemidae Gegenbaur, 1857 accepted as Rhopalonematidae Russell, 1953 (not in use)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Haeckel, E. (1866). Generelle morphologie der Organismen. Allgemeine Grundzüge der organischen Formen-wissenschaft, mechanisch begründet durch die von Charles Darwin reformirte Descendenztheorie, von Ernst Haeckel. Berlin,G. Reimer. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.3953
page(s): Vol. 2, p. LIX [details]
page(s): Vol. 2, p. LIX [details]
Schuchert, P. (2023). World Hydrozoa Database. Trachymedusae. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/hydrozoa/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=16350 on 2023-10-02
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Haeckel, E. (1866). Generelle morphologie der Organismen. Allgemeine Grundzüge der organischen Formen-wissenschaft, mechanisch begründet durch die von Charles Darwin reformirte Descendenztheorie, von Ernst Haeckel. Berlin,G. Reimer. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.3953
page(s): Vol. 2, p. LIX [details]
original description (of Trachomedusae) 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): 234 [details]
basis of record Bouillon, J.; Boero, F. (2000). Synopsis of the families and genera of the Hydromedusae of the world, with a list of the worldwide species. <i>Thalassia Salent. 24</i>: 47-296 (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): Vol. 2, p. LIX [details]
original description (of Trachomedusae) 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): 234 [details]
basis of record Bouillon, J.; Boero, F. (2000). Synopsis of the families and genera of the Hydromedusae of the world, with a list of the worldwide species. <i>Thalassia Salent. 24</i>: 47-296 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Diagnosis Medusa bell hemispherical to higher than broad, margin not lobed, with ring of thickened tissue studded with nematocysts, mostly with 8 radial canals, 4, 6 or more than 8 also possible, gonads on radial canals or at junction of radial canals and manubrium, statocysts of endo-ectodermal origin. Polyp stage absent, development direct. Cnidome can include stenoteles. Predominantly forms of the open sea and deeper waters. [details]