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Eirene Eschscholtz, 1829 
AphiaID: 117080

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hydrozoa (Class) > Hydroidolina (Subclass) > Leptothecata (Order) > Eirenidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Eirenidae Haeckel, 1879
Synonymised
taxa		  Campanopsis Claus, 1881
 Geryonopsis Forbes, 1848
Sources  basis of record: van der Land, J.; Vervoort, W.; Cairns, S.D.; Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydrozoa, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 112-120 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: 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]

from synonym: Van Beneden, P. J. 1867a. Recherches sur la faune littorale de Belgique (polypes). Mémoires de l'Académie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres de Belgique 36: 1-207, plates I-XIX. (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Claus, C., 1881. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Geryonopsiden und Eucopiden-Entwicklung. Arb. zool. Inst. Univ. Wien 4 1: 89-120. [details] [view taxon]

All child
taxa
[hide all]		 Species Eirene averuciformis Du, Xu, Huang & Guo, 2010
Species Eirene brevigona Kramp, 1959
Species Eirene brevistyloides Du, Xu, Huang & Guo, 2010
Species Eirene brevistylus Huang & Xu, 1994
Species Eirene ceylonensis Browne, 1905
Species Eirene conica Du, Xu, Huang & Guo, 2010
Species Eirene elliceana (Agassiz & Mayer, 1902)
Species Eirene gibbosa (McCrady, 1859)
Species Eirene hexanemalis (Goette, 1886)
Species Eirene kambara Agassiz & Mayer, 1899
Species Eirene lactea (Mayer, 1900)
  » Variety Eirene lactea var. chiaochowensis (Kao, Li, Chang & Li, 1958) accepted as Eirene lactea (Mayer, 1900)
Species Eirene lacteoides Kubota & Horita, 1992
Species Eirene menoni Kramp, 1953
Species Eirene mollis Torrey, 1909
Species Eirene octonemalis Guo, Xu & Huang, 2008
Species Eirene palkensis Browne, 1905
Species Eirene parvitentaculata Bouillon, 1984
Species Eirene proboscidea Bouillon & Barnett, 1999
Species Eirene pyramidalis (Agassiz, 1862)
Species Eirene tenuis (Browne, 1905)
Species Eirene troglodyta Watson, 1998
Species Eirene viridula (Péron & Lesueur, 1809)
Species Eirene xiamenensis Huang, Xu & Lin, 2010

Species Eirene indicans (Romanes, 1876) accepted as Eutonina indicans (Romanes, 1876)
Species Eirene quadrigatum (Haeckel, 1879) accepted as Irenium quadrigatum Haeckel, 1879
Environment marine
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
Note  Authority: Hartlaub, 1897 [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117080
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2013). Eirene Eschscholtz, 1829. In: Schuchert, P. (2013) World Hydrozoa database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117080 on 2013-05-24
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