Hydrozoa name details
Polycanna Haeckel, 1879
740694 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:740694)
unaccepted (synonym)
Genus
Species Polycanna americana Fewkes, 1886 accepted as Aequorea forskalea Péron & Lesueur, 1810 (synonym)
Species Polycanna crassa (A. Agassiz, 1865) accepted as Rhacostoma atlanticum L. Agassiz, 1851 (possible synonym)
Species Polycanna flava (A. Agassiz, 1862) accepted as Aequorea forskalea Péron & Lesueur, 1810 (unaccepted genus)
Species Polycanna fungina Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Aequorea forskalea Péron & Lesueur, 1810 (possible synonym)
Species Polycanna germanica Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Aequorea forskalea Péron & Lesueur, 1810 (synonym)
Species Polycanna groenlandica (Péron & Lesueur, 1810) accepted as Rhacostoma atlanticum L. Agassiz, 1851 (possible synonym)
Species Polycanna italica Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Aequorea forskalea Péron & Lesueur, 1810 (synonym)
Species Polycanna purpurostoma Agassiz & Mayer, 1899 accepted as Aequorea macrodactyla (Brandt, 1835) (synonym)
Species Polycanna vitrina (Gosse, 1853) accepted as Aequorea vitrina Gosse, 1853 (unaccepted genus)
Species Polycanna crassa (A. Agassiz, 1865) accepted as Rhacostoma atlanticum L. Agassiz, 1851 (possible synonym)
Species Polycanna flava (A. Agassiz, 1862) accepted as Aequorea forskalea Péron & Lesueur, 1810 (unaccepted genus)
Species Polycanna fungina Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Aequorea forskalea Péron & Lesueur, 1810 (possible synonym)
Species Polycanna germanica Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Aequorea forskalea Péron & Lesueur, 1810 (synonym)
Species Polycanna groenlandica (Péron & Lesueur, 1810) accepted as Rhacostoma atlanticum L. Agassiz, 1851 (possible synonym)
Species Polycanna italica Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Aequorea forskalea Péron & Lesueur, 1810 (synonym)
Species Polycanna purpurostoma Agassiz & Mayer, 1899 accepted as Aequorea macrodactyla (Brandt, 1835) (synonym)
Species Polycanna vitrina (Gosse, 1853) accepted as Aequorea vitrina Gosse, 1853 (unaccepted genus)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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): 229 [details]
page(s): 229 [details]
Schuchert, P. (2023). World Hydrozoa Database. Polycanna Haeckel, 1879. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/hydrozoa/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=740694 on 2023-09-28
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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): 229 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 229 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]