Hydrozoa taxon details
Rhodaliidae Haeckel, 1888
135350 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135350)
accepted
Family
Angelidae Fewkes, 1886 · unaccepted (synonym)
Rhodalidae Haeckel, 1888 · unaccepted (incorrect formation of family name)
- Genus Angelopsis Fewkes, 1886
- Genus Arancialia Hissmann, 2005
- Genus Archangelopsis Lens & van Riemsdijk, 1908
- Genus Dendrogramma Just, Kristensen & Olesen, 2014
- Genus Dromalia Bigelow, 1911
- Genus Rhodalia Haeckel, 1888
- Genus Steleophysema Moser, 1924
- Genus Stephalia Haeckel, 1888
- Genus Thermopalia Pugh, 1983
- Genus Tridensa Hissmann, 2005
- Genus Sagamalia Kawamura, 1954 accepted as Steleophysema Moser, 1924
- Genus Stephonalia Haeckel, 1888 accepted as Stephalia Haeckel, 1888
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Haeckel, E. (1888). Report on the Siphonophorae. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 28 (part 77): i-viii, 1-380, pl. 1-50., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3155485
page(s): 13 [details]
page(s): 13 [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Rhodaliidae Haeckel, 1888. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/hydrozoa/aphia.php/api-docs/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135350 on 2025-06-06
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Haeckel, E. (1888). Report on the Siphonophorae. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 28 (part 77): i-viii, 1-380, pl. 1-50., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3155485
page(s): 13 [details]
original description (of Angelidae Fewkes, 1886) Fewkes, J. W. 1886a. Report on the medusae collected by the U. S. F. C. Steamer Albatross, in the region of the Gulf Stream, in 1883-84. - United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries 12: 927-980, pls 1-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15835306
page(s): 971 [details]
original description (of Rhodalidae Haeckel, 1888) Haeckel, E. (1888). System der Siphonophoren auf phylogenetischer Grundlage entworfen. <em>Jenaische Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaft.</em> 22: 1-46., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12007523
page(s): 43 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Pugh, P. R. (1983). Benthic Siphonophores: A Review of the Family Rhodaliidae (Siphonophora, Physonectae). <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.</em> 301(1105): 165-300. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.1983.0025 [details]
additional source Hissmann, K. (2005). In situ observations on benthic siphonophores (Physonectae: Rhodaliidae) and descriptions of three new species from Indonesia and South Africa. <em>Systematics and Biodiversity.</em> 2(3): 223-249., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s1477200004001513
page(s): 242; note: review, key to the species [details] Available for editors
page(s): 13 [details]
original description (of Angelidae Fewkes, 1886) Fewkes, J. W. 1886a. Report on the medusae collected by the U. S. F. C. Steamer Albatross, in the region of the Gulf Stream, in 1883-84. - United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries 12: 927-980, pls 1-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15835306
page(s): 971 [details]
original description (of Rhodalidae Haeckel, 1888) Haeckel, E. (1888). System der Siphonophoren auf phylogenetischer Grundlage entworfen. <em>Jenaische Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaft.</em> 22: 1-46., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12007523
page(s): 43 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Pugh, P. R. (1983). Benthic Siphonophores: A Review of the Family Rhodaliidae (Siphonophora, Physonectae). <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.</em> 301(1105): 165-300. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.1983.0025 [details]
additional source Hissmann, K. (2005). In situ observations on benthic siphonophores (Physonectae: Rhodaliidae) and descriptions of three new species from Indonesia and South Africa. <em>Systematics and Biodiversity.</em> 2(3): 223-249., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s1477200004001513
page(s): 242; note: review, key to the species [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Diagnosis Physonectae with nectosome and siphosome contracted to form a globular complex below the enlarged pneumatophore. The gas-secreting area is developed greatly to form a characteristic structure, the aurophore, extending from the baso-dorsal surface of the pneumatophore. The animals are benthic, attaching themselves to the sea-bed by their tentacles. [details]
