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Aequoreidae Eschscholtz, 1829

Family Aequoreidae

AphiaID

13553 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:13553)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Leptothecata

Original name

Aequoreidae Eschscholtz, 1829

Synonymised names

Aequoridae Eschscholtz, 1829 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling (spelling variant)

Polycannidae Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted (synonym)

Zygocannidae Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted (synonym)

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Genus Aequorea Péron & Lesueur, 1810
Genus Aldersladia Gershwin, 2006
Genus Gangliostoma Xu, 1983
Genus Rhacostoma L. Agassiz, 1851
Genus Zygocanna Haeckel, 1879
Genus Crematostoma A. Agassiz, 1862 accepted as Aequorea Péron & Lesueur, 1810 (synonym)
Genus Mesonema Eschscholtz, 1829 accepted as Aequorea Péron & Lesueur, 1810 (synonym)
Genus Polycanna Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Rhacostoma L. Agassiz, 1851 (synonym)
Genus Rhegmatodes A. Agassiz, 1862 accepted as Aequorea Péron & Lesueur, 1810 (synonym)
Genus Zigocanna accepted as Zygocanna Haeckel, 1879 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling, spelling mistake)
Genus Zygocannota Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Zygocanna Haeckel, 1879 (synonym)
Genus Zygocannula Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Zygocanna Haeckel, 1879 (synonym)
Genus Zygodactyla Brandt, 1835 accepted as Aequorea Péron & Lesueur, 1810 (synonym)
Genus Staurobrachium Haeckel, 1879 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Genus Stomobrachium Brandt, 1838 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, dubious)

Environment

marine, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Eschscholtz, F. (1829). System der Acalephen. Eine ausführliche Beschreibung aller medusenartigen Strahltiere. Ferdinand Dümmler, Berlin, pp. 1-190, 116 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10665047
page(s): 108 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Aequoreidae Eschscholtz, 1829. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=13553 on 2025-07-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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2010-06-25 10:42:00Z

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Schuchert, Peter

2013-05-21 11:03:14Z

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Schuchert, Peter

2015-11-20 08:15:41Z

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Schuchert, Peter

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Nomenclature

original description Eschscholtz, F. (1829). System der Acalephen. Eine ausführliche Beschreibung aller medusenartigen Strahltiere. Ferdinand Dümmler, Berlin, pp. 1-190, 116 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10665047
page(s): 108 [details]

original description (of Zygocannidae Haeckel, 1879) 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): 214 [details]

original description (of Polycannidae Haeckel, 1879) 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 [details]

Other

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]

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Introduced: alien

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Diagnosis
Very large hydromedusa with wide, circular manubrium; usually no gastric peduncle; numerous simple or branched radial canals; gonads on radial canals, separated from manubrium; marginal tentacles hollow; usually with excretory pores or papillae on bulbs; no marginal or lateral cirri; statocysts closed; no ocelli.
Hydroid colony stolonal or sparingly branched; hydrotheca delicate, tubular, elongated, radially symmetrical, operculum a continuation of hydrothecal wall, composed of several long, triangular flaps, not delimited by crease-line; in older colonies operculum generally lost and hydrotheca reduced to a perisarcal collar; hydranth with intertentacular web, tentacles amphicoronate, moniliform-like when completely extended; gonotheca large, pedicellate, cylindrical, giving rise to one or two medusae. [details]

Spelling Original spelling was Aequoridae [details]

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Language	Name
Japanese	オワンクラゲ科	[details]

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Family Aequoreidae