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Hippopodiidae Kölliker, 1853

Family Hippopodiidae: typical representative

AphiaID

135339 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135339)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

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Parent

Calycophorae

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Genus Hippopodius Quoy & Gaimard, 1827
Genus Vogtia Kölliker, 1853
Genus Elephantopes Lesson, 1843 accepted as Hippopodius Quoy & Gaimard, 1827 (synonym)
Genus Hippopus delle Chiaje, 1841 accepted as Hippopodius Quoy & Gaimard, 1827 (presumed misspelling)
Genus Polyphyes Haeckel, 1888 accepted as Hippopodius Quoy & Gaimard, 1827 (synonym)
Genus Protomedea de Blainville, 1830 accepted as Hippopodius Quoy & Gaimard, 1827

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Kölliker, A. 1853. Die Schwimmpolypen oder Siphonophoren von Messina. Leipzig, Wilhelm Engelmann. Pp. 1-96, pls 12., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12726286
page(s): 28 [details]

Descriptive notes

Nomenclature OPINION 2036 (Case 3153)
HIPPOPODIIDAE Cox, 1969 (Mollusca, Bivalvia): spelling emended to HIPPOPODIUMIDAE, so removing...

Nomenclature OPINION 2036 (Case 3153)
HIPPOPODIIDAE Cox, 1969 (Mollusca, Bivalvia): spelling emended to HIPPOPODIUMIDAE, so removing the homonymy with HIPPOPODIIDAE Kölliker, 1853 (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa)

Abstract. The Commission has ruled that the stem of the name of the type genus Hippopodium J. Sowerby, 1819 is emended to HIPPOPODIUM- (Mollusca, Bivalvia) thus removing the homonymy with the family-group name HIPPOPODIIDAE Kölliker, 1853 (based on Hippopodius Quoy & Gaimard, 1827) (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa). The spelling of the family-group name HIPPOPODIIDAE Cox, 1969, a junior homonym of HIPPOPODIIDAE Kölliker, 1853, is emended to HIPPOPODIUMIDAE. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Hippopodiidae Kölliker, 1853. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135339 on 2025-12-08

Taxonomic edit history

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Mapstone, Gill

2006-01-27 08:54:21Z

checked

Mapstone, Gill

2014-01-03 19:17:38Z

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Schuchert, Peter

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Nomenclature

original description Kölliker, A. 1853. Die Schwimmpolypen oder Siphonophoren von Messina. Leipzig, Wilhelm Engelmann. Pp. 1-96, pls 12., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12726286
page(s): 28 [details]

Other

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Totton, A. K. 1965. A Synopsis of the Siphonophora. London, British Museum (Natural History). Pp. 230. [details]

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Introduced: alien

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Diagnosis Calycophorae with biserial arrangement of up to sixteen or more flattened definitive nectophores in varying stages of development, the youngest being apical, fitting tightly together around a thin stem which can be retracted between them; without bracts, gonophores arise directly from siphosomal stem, being released at maturation. [details]

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Language	Name
Japanese	バテイクラゲ科	[details]

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Family Hippopodiidae: typical representative

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