Hydrozoa - The World Hydrozoa Database - Cunissa polypera Haeckel, 1879

Hydrozoa name details

Cunissa polypera Haeckel, 1879

AphiaID

289756 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:289756)

Classification

Status

uncertain > taxon inquirendum

Rank

Species

Parent

Cunissa Haeckel, 1879

Original name

Cunissa polypera Haeckel, 1879

Synonymised names

Cunissa polyphera Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted (misspelling)

Environment

marine, ~~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
page(s): 323 [details]

Type data

Note Zanzibar, Indian Ocean

Type locality Zanzibar, Indian Ocean [details]

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Cunissa polypera Haeckel, 1879. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/hydrozoa/aphia.php/api-docs/css/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=289756 on 2026-08-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-16 10:35:54Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2010-12-16 13:14:56Z

checked

Schuchert, Peter

2016-11-18 07:24:25Z

changed

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
page(s): 323 [details]

basis of record Vervoort, W.; Schuchert, P. & van der Land, J. (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]

From editor or global species database

Type locality Zanzibar, Indian Ocean [details]

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