WoRMS taxon details
Geryoniidae Eschscholtz, 1829
16843 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:16843)
accepted
Family
Carmarinida Haeckel, 1864 · unaccepted (synonym)
Geryonidae Eschscholtz, 1829 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling (incorrect suffix formation in...)
incorrect suffix formation in original spelling
Leuckartidae L. Agassiz, 1862 · unaccepted (synonym)
Liriopida Haeckel, 1864 · unaccepted (synonym and incorrect name formation)
Liriopidae Haeckel, 1864 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (synonym)
- Genus Geryonia Péron & Lesueur, 1810
- Genus Liriope Lesson, 1843
- Genus Heptarradiata Zamponi & Genzano, 1989 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Genus Octorradiata Zamponi & Genzano, 1989 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Genus Pentarradiata Zamponi & Genzano, 1989 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Genus Carmarina Haeckel, 1864 accepted as Geryonia Péron & Lesueur, 1810 (synonym)
- Subfamily Carmarinida Haeckel, 1864 accepted as Geryoniidae Eschscholtz, 1829 (synonym)
- Genus Carmaris Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Geryonia Péron & Lesueur, 1810 (synonym)
- Genus Geryones Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Geryonia Péron & Lesueur, 1810 (synonym)
- Genus Geryonopsis Forbes, 1848 accepted as Eirene Eschscholtz, 1829
- Genus Glossocodon Haeckel, 1864 accepted as Liriope Lesson, 1843 (synonym)
- Genus Glossoconus Haeckel, 1864 accepted as Liriope Lesson, 1843 (synonym)
- Genus Liriantha Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Liriope Lesson, 1843 (synonym)
- Subfamily Liriopida Haeckel, 1864 accepted as Liriopidae Haeckel, 1864 accepted as Geryoniidae Eschscholtz, 1829 (synonym and incorrect name formation)
- Genus Xanthea Lesson, 1843 accepted as Liriope Lesson, 1843 (doubtful taxon)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Geryonidae Eschscholtz, 1829) Eschscholtz, F. (1829). System der Acalephen. Eine ausführliche Beschreibung aller medusenartigen Strahltiere. Ferdinand Dümmler, Berlin, pp. 1-190, 116 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10665047
page(s): 86 [details]
page(s): 86 [details]
Taxonomic remark The Geryoniidae belong to the Limnomedusae according to a molecular phylogeny published by Collins et al. (2008) and...
Taxonomic remark The Geryoniidae belong to the Limnomedusae according to a molecular phylogeny published by Collins et al. (2008) and Bentlage et al. (2018). [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Geryoniidae Eschscholtz, 1829. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=16843 on 2025-11-25
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Carmarinida Haeckel, 1864) Haeckel, E. (1864). Die Famile der Rüsselquallen (Medusae, Geryonidae). <em>Jenaische Zeitschrift für Medizin und Naturwissenschaften.</em> 1: 435-461, pls 11-12., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8621096
page(s): 462 [details]
original description (of Liriopida Haeckel, 1864) Haeckel, E. (1864). Die Famile der Rüsselquallen (Medusae, Geryonidae). <em>Jenaische Zeitschrift für Medizin und Naturwissenschaften.</em> 1: 435-461, pls 11-12., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8621096
page(s): 456 [details]
original description (of Leuckartidae L. Agassiz, 1862) Agassiz, L. (1862). Contributions to the natural history of the United States of America. <em>Little Brown, Boston.</em> 4: 1-380, pls 1-19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16068829
page(s): 364 [details]
original description (of Geryonidae Eschscholtz, 1829) Eschscholtz, F. (1829). System der Acalephen. Eine ausführliche Beschreibung aller medusenartigen Strahltiere. Ferdinand Dümmler, Berlin, pp. 1-190, 116 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10665047
page(s): 86 [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]
page(s): 462 [details]
original description (of Liriopida Haeckel, 1864) Haeckel, E. (1864). Die Famile der Rüsselquallen (Medusae, Geryonidae). <em>Jenaische Zeitschrift für Medizin und Naturwissenschaften.</em> 1: 435-461, pls 11-12., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8621096
page(s): 456 [details]
original description (of Leuckartidae L. Agassiz, 1862) Agassiz, L. (1862). Contributions to the natural history of the United States of America. <em>Little Brown, Boston.</em> 4: 1-380, pls 1-19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16068829
page(s): 364 [details]
original description (of Geryonidae Eschscholtz, 1829) Eschscholtz, F. (1829). System der Acalephen. Eine ausführliche Beschreibung aller medusenartigen Strahltiere. Ferdinand Dümmler, Berlin, pp. 1-190, 116 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10665047
page(s): 86 [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]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Bentlage, B.; Osborn, K. J.; Lindsay, D. J.; Hopcroft, R. R.; Raskoff, K. A.; Collins, A. G. (2018). Loss of metagenesis and evolution of a parasitic life style in a group of open-ocean jellyfish. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 124: 50-59., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2018.02.030
page(s): 53; note: transfer to Limnomedusae [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 53; note: transfer to Limnomedusae [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Diagnosis Trachylinae 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]
Taxonomic remark The Geryoniidae belong to the Limnomedusae according to a molecular phylogeny published by Collins et al. (2008) and Bentlage et al. (2018). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | オオカラカサクラゲ科 | [details] |
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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Geryonidae) (from synonym Geryonidae Eschscholtz, 1829)
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To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Geryonidae) (from synonym Geryonidae Eschscholtz, 1829)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Geryoniidae)
To Genbank
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
