Hydrozoa taxon details
Cuninidae Bigelow, 1913
16845 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:16845)
accepted
Family
Aeginodoridae Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted (synonym)
Solmissidae Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted (not in use)
- Genus Cunina Eschscholtz, 1829
- Genus Sigiweddellia Bouillon, Pagès & Gili, 2001
- Genus Solmissus Haeckel, 1879
- Genus Aeginodorus Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Cunissa Haeckel, 1879 (synonym)
- Genus Cunoctantha Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Cunina Eschscholtz, 1829 (synonym)
- Genus Cunoctona Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Aeginura Haeckel, 1879 (synonym)
- Genus Aeginorhodus Haeckel, 1879 (uncertain > nomen dubium, unrecognizable)
- Genus Cunissa Haeckel, 1879 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Genus Foveolia Péron & Lesueur, 1810 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Bigelow H.B. (1913). Medusae and Siphonophora collected by the U.S. steamer "Albatross" in the Northwestern Pacific. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 44(1946): 1-119, pls. 1-6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15705994
page(s): 56 [details]
page(s): 56 [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Cuninidae Bigelow, 1913. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Hydrozoa/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=16845 on 2025-07-13
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original description
Bigelow H.B. (1913). Medusae and Siphonophora collected by the U.S. steamer "Albatross" in the Northwestern Pacific. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 44(1946): 1-119, pls. 1-6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15705994
page(s): 56 [details]
original description (of Solmissidae Haeckel, 1879) 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): 349 [details]
original description (of Aeginodoridae Haeckel, 1879) 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): 344 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 56 [details]
original description (of Solmissidae Haeckel, 1879) 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): 349 [details]
original description (of Aeginodoridae Haeckel, 1879) 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): 344 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Diagnosis Narcomedusae with perradial and undivided manubrial pouches, with or without peripheral canal system, with tentacles leaving umbrella in the central edge of each manubrial pouch, equal in number to pouches; pouches not extending beyond points of origin of tentacles; with or without secondary tentacles on umbrella margin; with or without otoporpae; statocysts opened or enclosed . [details]
