WoRMS taxon details
Agalmatidae Brandt, 1835
135344 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135344)
accepted
Family
Agalmidae Brandt, 1835 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling
Athorybiadae Huxley, 1859 · unaccepted (original but incorrect family...)
original but incorrect family name formation
Athorybiidae Huxley, 1859 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Genus Agalma Eschscholtz, 1825
- Genus Athorybia Eschscholtz, 1829
- Genus Frillagalma Daniel, 1966
- Genus Halistemma Huxley, 1859
- Genus Lychnagalma Haeckel, 1888
- Genus Marrus Totton, 1954
- Genus Melophysa Haeckel, 1888
- Genus Nanomia A. Agassiz, 1865
- Genus Rudjakovia Margulis, 1982
- Genus Agalmoides Fewkes, 1891 accepted as Agalma Eschscholtz, 1825 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Agalmopsis Sars, 1846 accepted as Agalma Eschscholtz, 1825
- Genus Angela Lesson, 1843 accepted as Athorybia Eschscholtz, 1829 (synonym)
- Genus Anthemodes Haeckel, 1869 accepted as Nanomia A. Agassiz, 1865 (synonym)
- Genus Crystallodes Haeckel, 1869 accepted as Agalma Eschscholtz, 1825 (Synonym)
- Genus Crystallomia Dana, 1858 accepted as Agalma Eschscholtz, 1825
- Genus Cuneolaria Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821 accepted as Agalma Eschscholtz, 1825 (sole species a nomen nudum)
- Genus Cupulita Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 accepted as Nanomia A. Agassiz, 1865 (synonym)
- Genus Lynchnogalma Haeckel, 1888 accepted as Lychnagalma Haeckel, 1888 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Nectalia Haeckel, 1888 accepted as Halistemma Huxley, 1859
- Genus Paragalma Margulis, 1976 accepted as Halistemma Huxley, 1859
- Genus Ploeophysa Fewkes, 1888 accepted as Athorybia Eschscholtz, 1829 (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Agalmidae Brandt, 1835) Brandt, J. F. (1834-1835). Prodromus descriptionis animalium ab H. Mertensio observatorum : fascic. I. Polypos, Acalephas Discophoras et Siphonophoras, nec non Echinodermata continens. <em>Recueil des Actes de la Séance Publique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg.</em> 1834: 201-275., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10765514
page(s): 234 [details]
page(s): 234 [details]
Taxonomy Current usage is Agalmatidae, but the original spelling by Brandt and many subsequent authors was Agalmidae.
The family...
The family...
Taxonomy Current usage is Agalmatidae, but the original spelling by Brandt and many subsequent authors was Agalmidae.
The family Agalmidae, based on the genus Agalma Eschscholtz, 1825, was established by Brandt (1835); the name coming from the Greek for glory or delight. However, Poche (1914) pointed out that, because of the Greek declension of the noun, the name of the family should correctly be written as Agalmatidae, and this form has been generally used after it was adopted by Cairns et al. (1991). [details]
The family Agalmidae, based on the genus Agalma Eschscholtz, 1825, was established by Brandt (1835); the name coming from the Greek for glory or delight. However, Poche (1914) pointed out that, because of the Greek declension of the noun, the name of the family should correctly be written as Agalmatidae, and this form has been generally used after it was adopted by Cairns et al. (1991). [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Agalmatidae Brandt, 1835. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135344 on 2025-05-24
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Agalmidae Brandt, 1835) Brandt, J. F. (1834-1835). Prodromus descriptionis animalium ab H. Mertensio observatorum : fascic. I. Polypos, Acalephas Discophoras et Siphonophoras, nec non Echinodermata continens. <em>Recueil des Actes de la Séance Publique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg.</em> 1834: 201-275., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10765514
page(s): 234 [details]
original description (of Athorybiadae Huxley, 1859) Huxley, Th.H., 1859. The oceanic Hydrozoa; a description of the Calycophoridae and Physophoridae observed during the voyage of H.M.S. "Rattlesnake", in the years 1846-50., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10599749
page(s): 86 [details]
page(s): 234 [details]
original description (of Athorybiadae Huxley, 1859) Huxley, Th.H., 1859. The oceanic Hydrozoa; a description of the Calycophoridae and Physophoridae observed during the voyage of H.M.S. "Rattlesnake", in the years 1846-50., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10599749
page(s): 86 [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Poche, F. (1914). Das System der Coelenterata. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> Abt. A 80(5): 47-128., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13315557
page(s): 81; note: emendation of Agalmidae to Agalmatidae [details]
page(s): 81; note: emendation of Agalmidae to Agalmatidae [details]
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Diagnosis Physonectae with a biserial arrangement of nectophores in the nectosome, nectophores on the nectosome are budded off, with the exception of Athorybia which lacks them, on the dorsal side of the stem; the pallial canal consists of ascending and descending branches; the colonies are monoecious. [details]Taxonomy Current usage is Agalmatidae, but the original spelling by Brandt and many subsequent authors was Agalmidae.
The family Agalmidae, based on the genus Agalma Eschscholtz, 1825, was established by Brandt (1835); the name coming from the Greek for glory or delight. However, Poche (1914) pointed out that, because of the Greek declension of the noun, the name of the family should correctly be written as Agalmatidae, and this form has been generally used after it was adopted by Cairns et al. (1991). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ヨウラククラゲ科ノキシノブクラゲ科 [from synonym] | [details] |
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To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Athorybiidae Huxley, 1859)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Agalmatidae)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Athorybiidae) (from synonym Athorybiidae Huxley, 1859)
To Genbank (from synonym Athorybiidae Huxley, 1859)
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To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Athorybiidae Huxley, 1859)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Agalmatidae)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Athorybiidae) (from synonym Athorybiidae Huxley, 1859)
To Genbank (from synonym Athorybiidae Huxley, 1859)
To Genbank
To ITIS
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