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Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPolyxenia Eschscholtz, 1829 
AphiaID: 889541

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 editorNarcomedusae (Order) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSolmarisidae (Family) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPolyxenia (Genus)
Status nomen dubium (not in use)
Accepted name  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPegantha Haeckel, 1879
Rank Genus
Parent Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSolmarisidae Haeckel, 1879
Orig. name Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPolyxenia Eschscholtz, 1829
Source  basis of record 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): 118 [details]

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Species Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPolyxenia alderi Forbes, 1848 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCunissa alderi (Forbes, 1848)
Species Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPolyxenia cyanostylis Eschscholtz, 1829 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPegantha cyanostylis (Eschscholtz, 1829)
Species Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPolyxenia leucostyla Will, 1844 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSolmaris leucostyla (Will, 1844)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:889541
Taxonomic
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2016-11-18 07:24:25Z  created  Schuchert, Peter
  
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  Citation: Schuchert, P. (2016). Polyxenia Eschscholtz, 1829. In: Schuchert, P. (2017). World Hydrozoa database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=889541 on 2017-07-12
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