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Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGeryoniidae Eschscholtz, 1829 
AphiaID: 16843

Classification: Biota > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAnimalia (Kingdom) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCnidaria (Phylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHydrozoa (Class) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorTrachylinae (Subclass) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorTrachymedusae (Order) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGeryoniidae (Family)
Status accepted
Rank Family
Parent Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorTrachymedusae
Orig. name Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGeryoniidae Eschscholtz, 1829
Synonymised
names		  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCarmarinida Haeckel, 1864 (synonym)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLeuckartidae L. Agassiz, 1862 (synonym)
Sources  original description Eschscholtz, F. (1829). System der Acalephen. Eine ausführliche Beschreibung aller medusenartigen Strahltiere. Ferdinand Dümmler, Berlin, pp. 1-190, 116 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/40493#page/5/mode/1up
page(s): 86 [details]

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Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
Japanese Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorオオカラカサクラゲ  [details]
Direct child
taxa (15)
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[sort alpha..]		 Genus Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGeryonia Péron & Lesueur, 1810
Genus Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLiriope Lesson, 1843

Genus Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHeptarradiata Zamponi & Genzano, 1989 (nomen dubium)
Genus Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorOctorradiata Zamponi & Genzano, 1989 (nomen dubium)
Genus Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPentarradiata Zamponi & Genzano, 1989 (nomen dubium)

Genus Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCarmarina Haeckel, 1864 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGeryonia Péron & Lesueur, 1810
Subfamily Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCarmarinida Haeckel, 1864 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGeryoniidae Eschscholtz, 1829
Genus Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCarmaris Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGeryonia Péron & Lesueur, 1810
Genus Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGeryones Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGeryonia Péron & Lesueur, 1810
Genus Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGeryonopsis Forbes, 1848 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorEirene Eschscholtz, 1829
Genus Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGlossocodon Haeckel, 1864 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLiriope Lesson, 1843
Genus Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGlossoconus Haeckel, 1864 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLiriope Lesson, 1843
Genus Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLiriantha Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLiriope Lesson, 1843
Subfamily Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLiriopida Haeckel, 1864 (unaccepted, synonym)
Genus Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorXanthea Lesson, 1843 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLiriope Lesson, 1843
Environment marine
Links Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo GenBank  
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo ITIS
Notes 
From editor or global species database
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorDiagnosis Trachylidae medusae with gastric peduncle; usually four radial canals, sometimes more; with centripetal canals; gonads flat cushions on radial canals; two kinds of marginal tentacles, solid and hollow; statocysts enclosed in mesogloea.
No polyp stage. [details]

Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorTaxonomic remark The Geryoniidae belong to the Limnomedusae according to a molecualar phylogeny published by Collins et al. (2008).  [details]
ImageChecked: verified by a taxonomic editor 
Geryoniidae, characteristics
Geryoniidae, character...
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:16843
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  db_admin
2011-01-21 07:17:59Z  changed  Schuchert, Peter
2016-10-14 09:28:56Z  changed  Schuchert, Peter
  
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  Citation: Schuchert, P. (2016). Geryoniidae Eschscholtz, 1829. In: Schuchert, P. (2017). World Hydrozoa database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=16843 on 2017-07-12
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