WoRMS taxon details
Agalma Eschscholtz, 1825
135385 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135385)
accepted
Genus
Agalma okenii Eschscholtz, 1825 (type by monotypy)
Agalmoides Fewkes, 1891 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Agalmopsis Sars, 1846 · unaccepted
Crystallodes Haeckel, 1869 · unaccepted (Synonym)
Crystallomia Dana, 1858 · unaccepted
Cuneolaria Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821 · unaccepted (sole species a nomen nudum)
- Species Agalma clausi Bedot, 1888
- Species Agalma elegans (M. Sars, 1846)
- Species Agalma okenii Eschscholtz, 1825
- Species Agalma eschscholtzii Lesson, 1843 (uncertain > nomen dubium, unreconisable species)
- Species Agalma haeckeli Bigelow, 1911 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Agalma eschscholtzii Haeckel, 1888 accepted as Agalma haeckeli Bigelow, 1911 (invalid junior homonym of Agalma eschscholtzii Lesson, 1843)
- Species Agalma minimum Graeffe, 1860 accepted as Halistemma rubrum (Vogt, 1852) (synonym)
- Species Agalma okeni Eschscholtz, 1825 accepted as Agalma okenii Eschscholtz, 1825 (incorrect spelling variant)
- Species Agalma punctata Vogt, 1854 accepted as Apolemia uvaria (Lesueur, 1815) (synonym)
- Species Agalma rigidum (Haeckel, 1869) accepted as Agalma okenii Eschscholtz, 1825 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Agalma rubra Vogt, 1852 accepted as Halistemma rubrum (Vogt, 1852) (basionym)
- Species Agalma sarsii (Kölliker, 1853) accepted as Agalma elegans (M. Sars, 1846) (unaccepted combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Eschscholtz, Johann Friedrich von. (1825). Bericht über die zoologische Ausbeute während der Reise von Kronstadt bis St. Peter und Paul. <em>Isis von Oken.</em> 1825(6): 733-747, plate V., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27509188
page(s): 744 [details]
page(s): 744 [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2026). World Hydrozoa Database. Agalma Eschscholtz, 1825. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135385 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Eschscholtz, Johann Friedrich von. (1825). Bericht über die zoologische Ausbeute während der Reise von Kronstadt bis St. Peter und Paul. <em>Isis von Oken.</em> 1825(6): 733-747, plate V., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27509188
page(s): 744 [details]
original description (of Crystallodes Haeckel, 1869) Haeckel, E. (1869). Zur Entwickelungsgeschichte der Siphonophoren. <em>Natuurkundige Verhandelingen, Utrecht.</em> 1: 1-120, 14 pls.
page(s): 43-48, Plate X [details]
original description (of Cuneolaria Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821) Chamisso, Adelbertus De & Eysenhardt, Carolus Guilelmus. (1821). De animalibus quibusdam e classe vermium Linneana, in circumnavigatione Terrae, auspicante Comite N. Romanoff, duce Ottone di Kotzebue, annis 1815-1818 peracta, observatis. Fasciculus secundus, reliquos vermes continens. <em>Nova Acta physico-medica Academiae Cesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae.</em> 10: 33., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37020829
page(s): 369 [details]
original description (of Agalmopsis Sars, 1846) Sars, M. (1846). Fauna littoralis Norvegiae oder Beschreibung und Abbildungen neuer oderwenig bekannter Seethiere, nebst Beobachtungen über die Organisation,Lebensweise und Entwickelung derselben. 1-194. Johann Dahk. Christiania., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45526545
page(s): 32 [details]
original description (of Crystallomia Dana, 1858) Dana, J.W. (1859). On a New Species of Medusa Related to Stephanomia, Crystallomia polygonata. <em>Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (new series).</em> 6(2): 459-460; 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46054010
page(s): 459 [details]
original description (of Agalmoides Fewkes, 1891) Fewkes J.W. (1891). An aid to a collector of the Coelenterata and Echinodermata of New England. <em>Bulletin of the Essex Institute.</em> 23: 1-92., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8116953
page(s): 41 [details]
page(s): 744 [details]
original description (of Crystallodes Haeckel, 1869) Haeckel, E. (1869). Zur Entwickelungsgeschichte der Siphonophoren. <em>Natuurkundige Verhandelingen, Utrecht.</em> 1: 1-120, 14 pls.
page(s): 43-48, Plate X [details]
original description (of Cuneolaria Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821) Chamisso, Adelbertus De & Eysenhardt, Carolus Guilelmus. (1821). De animalibus quibusdam e classe vermium Linneana, in circumnavigatione Terrae, auspicante Comite N. Romanoff, duce Ottone di Kotzebue, annis 1815-1818 peracta, observatis. Fasciculus secundus, reliquos vermes continens. <em>Nova Acta physico-medica Academiae Cesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae.</em> 10: 33., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37020829
page(s): 369 [details]
original description (of Agalmopsis Sars, 1846) Sars, M. (1846). Fauna littoralis Norvegiae oder Beschreibung und Abbildungen neuer oderwenig bekannter Seethiere, nebst Beobachtungen über die Organisation,Lebensweise und Entwickelung derselben. 1-194. Johann Dahk. Christiania., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45526545
page(s): 32 [details]
original description (of Crystallomia Dana, 1858) Dana, J.W. (1859). On a New Species of Medusa Related to Stephanomia, Crystallomia polygonata. <em>Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (new series).</em> 6(2): 459-460; 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46054010
page(s): 459 [details]
original description (of Agalmoides Fewkes, 1891) Fewkes J.W. (1891). An aid to a collector of the Coelenterata and Echinodermata of New England. <em>Bulletin of the Essex Institute.</em> 23: 1-92., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8116953
page(s): 41 [details]
Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Costello, M.J., C. Emblow & R. White (EdS.). (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France.</em> 463 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Costello, M.J., C. Emblow & R. White (EdS.). (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France.</em> 463 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ヨウラククラゲ属コヨウラククラゲ属 [from synonym] | [details] |
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Crystallomia Dana, 1858)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Agalma)
To ITIS
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Crystallomia Dana, 1858)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Agalma)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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