Oceaniidae Eschscholtz, 1829 
AphiaID: 231678

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Cnidaria > Hydrozoa > Hydroidolina > Anthoathecata > Filifera

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Family
Parent		Filifera
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://books.google.nl/books?id=ISRXpAmcqq4C&dq=inauthor%3A%22Johann%20Friedrich%20Eschscholtz%22&pg=PP9#v=onepage&q&f=false [details] basis of record: Boero, Ferdinando (look up in IMIS) [details] redescription: Schuchert, P., 2004. Revision of the European athecate hydroids and their medusae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria): families Oceanidae and Pachycordylidae. Rev. Suisse Zool. 111 2: 315-369. [details] status source: OPINION 2166 (Case 3304) Oceania Péron & Lesueur, 1810 (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa): usage conserved by the designation of Oceania armata Kölliker, 1853 as the type species. Bulletin of Zoological , March 2007, Vol. 64, available online at http://hhttp://biostor.org/reference/80875 [details]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Genus Corydendrium van Beneden, 1844 Genus Merona Norman, 1865 Genus Oceania Kölliker, 1853 Genus Rhizogeton Agassiz, 1862 Genus Similomerona Schuchert, 2004 Genus Turritopsis McCrady, 1857 Genus Turritopsoides Calder, 1988 Genus Tubiclava Allman, 1862 (nomen dubium) Genus Callitiara Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Oceania Kölliker, 1853 Genus Clavopsis Graeffe, 1883 accepted as Turritopsis McCrady, 1857 Genus Clavula Wright, 1859 accepted as Turritopsis McCrady, 1857 Genus Corystolona Watson, 2002 accepted as Filellum Hincks, 1869 Genus Rhizodendrium Calder, 1988 accepted as Rhizogeton Agassiz, 1862 Genus Soleniopsis Ritchie, 1907 accepted as Corydendrium van Beneden, 1844 Genus Tiarella Trinci, 1906 accepted as Oceania Kölliker, 1853
Environment		marine, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Link		To GenBank
Note		Diagnosis: Hydroids monomorphic or polymorphic, sessile, stolonal, or branched colonies. Gastrozooids bearing filiform tentacles scattered over at least distal third of hydranth body, not concentrated in a narrow band. Gonophores developing either below the hydranth body, or directly on stolons, or from stolonal blastostyles with perisarc-covered pedicels. Gonophores either free medusae or fixed sporosacs. Free medusa, where present, with four mouth lips, mouth margin fringed with numerous spherical nematocyst clusters; four simple radial canals, without centripetal canals, juveniles with four or more tentacles, adults with numerous tentacles, these not grouped, their nematocysts evenly distributed. Ocelli present on adaxial base of tentacles. Gonads on interradial walls of manubrium.  [details]
Image		Family Oceaniidae added on 2013-06-07 - author: Schuchert, Peter qualitystatus: checked by Schuchert, Peter on 2013-06-07 08:41:53
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:231678
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2006-06-09 06:52:33Z   created   Boero, Ferdinando 2009-07-11 11:50:39Z   changed   Schuchert, Peter
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		Citation: Schuchert, P. (2013). Oceaniidae Eschscholtz, 1829. In: Schuchert, P. (2013) World Hydrozoa database. Accessed through: Schuchert, P. (2013) World Hydrozoa database at http://www.marinespecies.org/hydrozoa/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=231678 on 2013-06-19