Hydrozoa name details
Geryones elephas Haeckel, 1879
887941 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:887941)
unaccepted (synonym)
Species
Geryones Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Geryonia Péron & Lesueur, 1810
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): 294, pl. 18 fig 7 [details]
page(s): 294, pl. 18 fig 7 [details]
Note South Africa
Type locality South Africa [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Geryones elephas Haeckel, 1879. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Hydrozoa/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=887941 on 2026-04-10
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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): 294, pl. 18 fig 7 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 294, pl. 18 fig 7 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality South Africa [details]