Hydrozoa name details

Discomitra Haeckel, 1888

Porpita porpita, mouth of Brunswick River, New South Wales, Australia
Porpita porpita, mouth of Brunswick River, New South Wales, Australia

736728  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:736728)

 unaccepted (synonym)
Genus
Disconalia gastroblasta Haeckel, 1888 accepted as Porpita porpita (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Haeckel, E. (1888). Report on the Siphonophorae. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 28 (part 77): i-viii, 1-380, pl. 1-50., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3155485
page(s): 36 [details] OpenAccess publication
Taxonomic remark medusa of Disconalia gastroblasta Haeckel, 1888  
Taxonomic remark medusa of Disconalia gastroblasta Haeckel, 1888 [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Discomitra Haeckel, 1888. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/hydrozoa/aphia.php/api-docs/css/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=736728 on 2025-11-07
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Schuchert, Peter
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original description Haeckel, E. (1888). Report on the Siphonophorae. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 28 (part 77): i-viii, 1-380, pl. 1-50., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3155485
page(s): 36 [details] OpenAccess publication

source of synonymy Schuchert, P. (2010). The European athecate hydroids and their medusae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria): Capitata Part 2. <em>Revue Suisse de Zoologie.</em> 117: 337-555., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.117793
page(s): 471 [details] OpenAccess publication
From editor or global species database
Taxonomic remark medusa of Disconalia gastroblasta Haeckel, 1888 [details]
From editor or global species database
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