WoRMS taxon details
original description
Johnston G. (1836). A catalogue of the zoophytes of Berwickshire. <em>History of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club.</em> 1 : 107-108., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/821039 page(s): 107 [details]
original description
(of Eucopidae Gegenbaur, 1857) Gegenbaur, C. (1857). Versuch eines Systems der Medusen, mit Beschreibung neuer oder wenig gekannter Formen; zugleich ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Fauna des Mittelmeeres. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> Leipzig 8: 202-273, pls 7-9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13864647 page(s): 241 [details]
original description
(of Obelidae Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578 page(s): 163 [details]
original description
(of Orthopyxinae Russell, 1953) Russell, F.S., 1953. The medusae of the British Isles. Anthomedusae, Leptomedusae, Limnomedusae, Trachymedusae and Narcomedusae. : 1-530, pls. 1-35. page(s): 303 [details] Available for editors [request]
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]
additional source
Cornelius, P.F.S., 1982. Hydroids and medusae of the family Campanulariidae recorded from the eastern North Atlantic, with a world synopsis of genera. Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist., Zool. 42 2: 37-148. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Diagnosis Hydroid colony stolonal or erect, branching; hydrothecae bell- or cup-shaped, radially symmetrical, sometimes secondarily bilateral symmetric, pedicellate, with basal diaphragm or inward annular thickening of perisarc; hydranth generally tubular, with flared or globose hypostome with a pregastric cavity; gonophores in gonothecae, developing into free medusae, eumedusoids or sporosacs.
Medusa with short manubrium, no gastric peduncle, four radial canals (exceptionally more); with or without velum (Obelia); gonads surrounding radial canals, separated from manubrium; with or without rudimentary bulbs; no cirri, excretory papillae or pores; eight and more closed statocysts; no ocelli. [details]
Spelling Nama introduced as Campanulariadae by Johnston (1836), which is the modern equivalent of Campanulariidae. [details]
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