WoRMS taxon details
Aegina Eschscholtz, 1829
116994 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:116994)
accepted
Genus
Cunantha Haeckel, 1879 · uncertain > nomen dubium
Cunarcha Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted
- Species Aegina citrea Eschscholtz, 1829
- Species Aegina rosea Eschscholtz, 1829
- Species Aegina alternans Bigelow, 1909 accepted as Aegina citrea Eschscholtz, 1829 (synonym)
- Species Aegina brunnea Vanhöffen, 1908 accepted as Aeginona brunnea (Vanhöffen, 1908) (basionym)
- Species Aegina canariensis Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Pseudaegina rhodina (Haeckel, 1879) (possible synonym)
- Species Aegina eschscholtzii Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Aegina citrea Eschscholtz, 1829 (synonym)
- Species Aegina grimaldii (Maas, 1904) accepted as Aeginura grimaldii Maas, 1904 (incorrect combination)
- Species Aegina lactea Vanhöffen, 1908 accepted as Aegina citrea Eschscholtz, 1829 (synonym)
- Species Aegina pentanema Kishinouye, 1910 accepted as Pseudaegina pentanema (Kishinouye, 1910) (basionym)
- Species Aegina rhodina Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Pseudaegina rhodina (Haeckel, 1879) (basionym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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): 113 [details]
page(s): 113 [details]
Schuchert, P. (2024). World Hydrozoa Database. Aegina Eschscholtz, 1829. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=116994 on 2024-12-22
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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): 113 [details]
original description (of Cunarcha 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): 315 [details]
original description (of Cunantha 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): 314 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Vervoort, W.; Cairns, S.D.; Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydrozoa, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 112-120 (look up in IMIS) [details]
redescription Lindsay, D. J.; Grossmann, M. M.; Bentlage, B.; Collins, A. G.; Minemizu, R.; Hopcroft, R. R.; Miyake, H.; Hidaka-Umetsu, M.; Nishikawa, J. (2017). The perils of online biogeographic databases: a case study with the ‘monospecific' genus Aegina (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Narcomedusae). <em>Marine Biology Research.</em> 13(5): 494-512., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/17451000.2016.1268261 [details]
page(s): 113 [details]
original description (of Cunarcha 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): 315 [details]
original description (of Cunantha 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): 314 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Vervoort, W.; Cairns, S.D.; Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydrozoa, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 112-120 (look up in IMIS) [details]
redescription Lindsay, D. J.; Grossmann, M. M.; Bentlage, B.; Collins, A. G.; Minemizu, R.; Hopcroft, R. R.; Miyake, H.; Hidaka-Umetsu, M.; Nishikawa, J. (2017). The perils of online biogeographic databases: a case study with the ‘monospecific' genus Aegina (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Narcomedusae). <em>Marine Biology Research.</em> 13(5): 494-512., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/17451000.2016.1268261 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Aeginidae with 8-12 stomach pouches; with a peripheral canal system; with four to six primary tentacles; pouches begin at points of origin of primary tentacles; tentacle roots large, recurved apically, penetrating deep into central mesoglea; deep peronial grooves lined with nematocysts extending from umbrella margin to above points of origin of primary tentacles; without secondary tentacles on umbrella margin; without otoporpae. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ツヅミクラゲ属 | [details] |