WoRMS taxon details
original description
Cornelius, P.F.S., 1992. Medusa loss in leptolid Hydrozoan (Cnidaria) hydroid rafting, and abbreviated life-cycles among their remote-island faunae: an interim review. In: J. Bouillon, F. Boero, F. Cicogna, J.M. Gili & R.G. Hughes, eds., Aspects of hydrozoan biology. Scientia Marina 56 2-3: 245-261. page(s): 245 [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. <i>Thalassia Salent. 24</i>: 47-296 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Hydrozoans that always have a polyp stage. Hydranths either solitary or colonial, body not covered by firm perisarc. Medusae not colonial, without statocysts, with gonads on manubrium, with radial canals, with tentacles arising from bell-margin. Cnidome normally includes desmonemes (not Eudendriidae and Laingiidae). [details]
Taxonomy The naming of this taxon is disputed, some prefer Anthomedusae, some Athecata (oldest name). Molecular investigations show that this group is likely not monophyletic, it will thus most probably disappear. [details]
Taxonomy The original spelling in Cornelius (1992) was Anthoathecata. Cornelius (1995a) changed the spelling to Anthoathecatae, which seems unnecessary. [details]
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Japanese |
花クラゲ目 [from synonym]レングクラゲ目 [from synonym] |
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