Hydrozoa name details
Polycanna germanica Haeckel, 1879
751771 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:751771)
unaccepted (synonym)
Species
Polycanna Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Rhacostoma L. Agassiz, 1851
marine, brackish, 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): 230, pl. 14 figs 1-3 [details]
page(s): 230, pl. 14 figs 1-3 [details]
Type locality contained in German part of the North Sea
type locality contained in German part of the North Sea [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Polycanna germanica Haeckel, 1879. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/hydrozoa/aphia.php/api-docs/css/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=751771 on 2025-11-12
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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): 230, pl. 14 figs 1-3 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 230, pl. 14 figs 1-3 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality