WoRMS taxon details
Narcomedusae
16349 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:16349)
Haeckel, 1879
accepted
Order
Thalassanthae · unaccepted
Family Aeginidae Gegenbaur, 1857
Family Csiromedusidae Gershwin & Zeidler, 2010
Family Cuninidae Bigelow, 1913
Family Pseudaeginidae Lindsay, Bentlage & Collins, 2017
Family Solmarisidae Haeckel, 1879
Family Solmundaeginidae Lindsay, Bentlage & Collins, 2017
Family Tetraplatiidae Collins et al., 2008
Family Aeginetidae Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Aeginidae Gegenbaur, 1857 (synonym)
Family Aeginodoridae Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Cuninidae Bigelow, 1913 (synonym)
Family Aeginuridae Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Aeginidae Gegenbaur, 1857 (synonym)
Family Cunanthidae Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Aeginidae Gegenbaur, 1857 (synonym)
Family Peganthidae Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Solmarisidae Haeckel, 1879 (synonym)
Family Solmaridae Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Solmarisidae Haeckel, 1879 (incorrect name formation)
Family Solmonetidae Haeckel, 1979 accepted as Solmarisidae Haeckel, 1879 (synonym)
Family Csiromedusidae Gershwin & Zeidler, 2010
Family Cuninidae Bigelow, 1913
Family Pseudaeginidae Lindsay, Bentlage & Collins, 2017
Family Solmarisidae Haeckel, 1879
Family Solmundaeginidae Lindsay, Bentlage & Collins, 2017
Family Tetraplatiidae Collins et al., 2008
Family Aeginetidae Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Aeginidae Gegenbaur, 1857 (synonym)
Family Aeginodoridae Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Cuninidae Bigelow, 1913 (synonym)
Family Aeginuridae Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Aeginidae Gegenbaur, 1857 (synonym)
Family Cunanthidae Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Aeginidae Gegenbaur, 1857 (synonym)
Family Peganthidae Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Solmarisidae Haeckel, 1879 (synonym)
Family Solmaridae Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Solmarisidae Haeckel, 1879 (incorrect name formation)
Family Solmonetidae Haeckel, 1979 accepted as Solmarisidae Haeckel, 1879 (synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
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): 299 [details]
page(s): 299 [details]
Schuchert, P. (2023). World Hydrozoa Database. Narcomedusae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=16349 on 2023-02-05
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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): 299 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Bouillon, J.; Boero, F. (2000). Synopsis of the families and genera of the Hydromedusae of the world, with a list of the worldwide species. <i>Thalassia Salent. 24</i>: 47-296 (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 299 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Bouillon, J.; Boero, F. (2000). Synopsis of the families and genera of the Hydromedusae of the world, with a list of the worldwide species. <i>Thalassia Salent. 24</i>: 47-296 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Hydrozoa without polyp stage or only very reduced and modified polyp stage.
Meduse with bell composed of a lens-shaped mass of jelly and much thinner sides, tentacles inserting above bell margin, no tentacular bulbs, bell margin lobed, stomach big, not forming a distinct manubrium, without radial canals; Statocysts almost always external, of endo-ectodermal origin.
Some abberrant forms without bell, wormlike, with four swimming lappets.
No stenoteles. Predominantly forms of the open sea and deeper waters. [details]
