RAMS taxon details
Agalmatidae Brandt, 1835
135344 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135344)
accepted
Family
Agalmidae Brandt, 1835 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling
Athorybiidae Huxley, 1859 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Genus Agalma Eschscholtz, 1825
- Genus Halistemma Huxley, 1859
- Genus Marrus Totton, 1954
- Genus Melophysa Haeckel, 1888
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Agalmidae Brandt, 1835) Brandt, J. F. (1834-1835). Prodromus descriptionis animalium ab H. Mertensio observatorum : fascic. I. Polypos, Acalephas Discophoras et Siphonophoras, nec non Echinodermata continens. <em>Recueil des Actes de la Séance Publique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg.</em> 1834: 201-275., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10765514
page(s): 234 [details]
page(s): 234 [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Agalmatidae Brandt, 1835. Accessed through: De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds.) (2025) Register of Antarctic Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/RAMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135344 on 2026-05-04
De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds.) (2026). Register of Antarctic Marine Species. Agalmatidae Brandt, 1835. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/rams/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135344 on 2026-05-04
Date
action
by
original description
(of Agalmidae Brandt, 1835) Brandt, J. F. (1834-1835). Prodromus descriptionis animalium ab H. Mertensio observatorum : fascic. I. Polypos, Acalephas Discophoras et Siphonophoras, nec non Echinodermata continens. <em>Recueil des Actes de la Séance Publique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg.</em> 1834: 201-275., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10765514
page(s): 234 [details]
taxonomy source Poche, F. (1914). Das System der Coelenterata. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> Abt. A 80(5): 47-128., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13315557
page(s): 81; note: emendation of Agalmidae to Agalmatidae [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 234 [details]
taxonomy source Poche, F. (1914). Das System der Coelenterata. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> Abt. A 80(5): 47-128., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13315557
page(s): 81; note: emendation of Agalmidae to Agalmatidae [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Athorybiidae Huxley, 1859)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Agalmatidae)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Athorybiidae) (from synonym Athorybiidae Huxley, 1859)
To Genbank (from synonym Athorybiidae Huxley, 1859)
To Genbank
To ITIS
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Athorybiidae Huxley, 1859)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Agalmatidae)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Athorybiidae) (from synonym Athorybiidae Huxley, 1859)
To Genbank (from synonym Athorybiidae Huxley, 1859)
To Genbank
To ITIS