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Olindiidae Haeckel, 1879

Family Olindiidae: Genus Craspedacusta

AphiaID

578126 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:578126)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Limnomedusae

Original name

Olindiadae Haeckel, 1879

Synonymised names

Olindiasidae Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted (incorrect name formation)

Olindididae · unaccepted (incorrect formation of family name)

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Genus Aglauropsis Müller, 1865
Genus Octobulbacea Zamponi, 1983
Genus Vallentinia Browne, 1902
Genus Gossea L. Agassiz, 1862 accepted as Octobulbacea Zamponi, 1983 (invalid junior homonym of Gossea Spence Bate, 1862)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of ) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena. 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 252 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Olindiidae Haeckel, 1879. Accessed through: RAS (Eds.) (2025) Register of Antarctic Species at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php/www.pfeil-verlag.de/04biol/rest/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=578126 on 2025-05-10

Regional species database citation

RAS (Eds.) (2025). Register of Antarctic Species. Olindiidae Haeckel, 1879. Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=578126 on 2025-05-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2011-08-04 06:51:16Z

created

Schuchert, Peter

2016-02-17 18:29:02Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

2024-10-24 12:08:08Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

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original description (of ) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena. 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 252 [details]

taxonomy source Calder, Dale R. (2010). Some anthoathecate hydroids and limnopolyps (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from the Hawaiian archipelago. Zootaxa. 2590: 1-91., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2010/f/zt02590p091.pdf
page(s): 73 [details] Available for editors

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

redescription Jankowski, T., 2001. The freshwater medusae of the world - a taxonomic and systematic literature study with some remarks on other inland water jellyfish. Hydrobiologia 462 : 91-113. [details] Available for editors

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

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Identification key to genera of medusa stage

To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Olindiasidae) (from synonym Olindiasidae Haeckel, 1879)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Olindiidae)
To Genbank (from synonym Olindiasidae Haeckel, 1879)
To Genbank
To ITIS

From editor or global species database

Family Olindiidae: Genus Craspedacusta

Craspedacusta sowerbii: Limnomedusae, Olindiasidae

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