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Margelopsidae Uchida, 1927 
AphiaID: 16357

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hydrozoa (Class) > Hydroidolina (Subclass) > Anthoathecata (Order) > Aplanulata (Suborder)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
Parent Aplanulata
Source  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]

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taxa
[show all]		 Genus Climacocodon Uchida, 1924
Genus Margelopsis Hartlaub, 1897
Genus Pelagohydra Dendy, 1902
Environment marine, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
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Note  Diagnosis: Capitata with solitary, pelagic hydroids; hydrocaulus absent or reduced to a small process; hydranth vasiform, tentacles filiform to moniliform, arranged into two separate sets, oral tentacles in one or several whorls; aboral tentacles either in two to three alternating whorls or numerous and scattered over most of body; medusa buds among the tentacles or over the aboral tentacles. Medusa manubrium with simple mouth; gonads surrounding manubrium entirely; four radial canals; tentacles solid, generally moniliform, two or more tentacles per marginal bulb, in some genera tentacles also issuing at different levels on exumbrella; without ocelli.  [details]
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Family Margelopsidae - Genus Margelopsis
Family Margelopsidae - Genus Margelopsis
added on 2013-06-07 - author: Schuchert, Peter
qualitystatus: checked by Schuchert, Peter on 2013-06-07 13:13:53
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:16357
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  db_admin
2009-04-28 06:22:10Z  changed  Schuchert, Peter
2013-02-22 16:26:12Z  changed  Schuchert, Peter
  
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  Citation: Schuchert, P. (2013). Margelopsidae. In: Schuchert, P. (2013) World Hydrozoa database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=16357 on 2013-06-20
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