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Hydrozoa name details

Octonema Haeckel, 1879

AphiaID

999950 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:999950)

Classification

Status

uncertain > taxon inquirendum

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Octonema eucope Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Laodicea eucope (Haeckel, 1879) (type by monotypy)

Parent

Laodiceidae Agassiz, 1862

Original name

Octonema Haeckel, 1879

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Species Octonema eucope Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Laodicea eucope (Haeckel, 1879) (basionym)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

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): 126 [details]

Descriptive notes

Status Type species is indetermiante, thus genus problematic

Status Type species is indetermiante, thus genus problematic [details]

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Octonema Haeckel, 1879. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Hydrozoa/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=999950 on 2025-05-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2017-06-22 12:03:19Z

created

Schuchert, Peter

2019-01-14 19:17:59Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

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Notes (1)

original description 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): 126 [details]

From editor or global species database

Status Type species is indetermiante, thus genus problematic [details]