MSBIAS - Narcomedusae

MSBIAS taxon details

Narcomedusae

Solmundaegina nematophora, San Juan Islands, USA

AphiaID

16349 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:16349)

Classification

Authority

Haeckel, 1879

Status

accepted

Rank

Order

Parent

Trachylinae

Original name

Narcomedusae

Direct children (4)

Ordering

Alphabetically
By status

Children Display

direct main ranks all

Family Aeginidae Gegenbaur, 1857
Family Cuninidae Bigelow, 1913
Family Solmarisidae Haeckel, 1879
Family Tetraplatiidae Collins et al., 2008

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena. 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 299 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2026). World Hydrozoa Database. Narcomedusae. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026) Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=16349 on 2026-08-26

Regional species database citation

The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Narcomedusae. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/MSBIAS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=16349 on 2026-08-26

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

db_admin

2009-04-29 13:54:41Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

2016-10-31 07:53:57Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

2016-11-18 07:24:25Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

[taxonomic tree] [list species] [clear cache]

original description Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena. 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 299 [details]

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

basis of record Bouillon, J.; Boero, F. (2000). Synopsis of the families and genera of the Hydromedusae of the world, with a list of the worldwide species. Thalassia Salent. 24: 47-296 (look up in IMIS) [details]