Hydrozoa taxon details
Aeginidae Gegenbaur, 1857
16846 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:16846)
accepted
Family
Aeginetidae Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted (synonym)
Aeginuridae Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted (synonym)
Cunanthidae Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Genus Aegina Eschscholtz, 1829
- Genus Aeginona Lindsay, 2017
- Genus Aeginura Haeckel, 1879
- Genus Bathykorus Raskoff, 2010
- Genus Jubanyella Fuentes & Pages, 2006
- Genus Aeginella Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Solmundella Haeckel, 1879 (invalid junior homonym of Aeginella Boeck, 1861 [Crustacea])
- Genus Cunarcha Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Aegina Eschscholtz, 1829
- Genus Otoporpa Xu & Zhang, 1978 accepted as Pegantha Haeckel, 1879 (synonym)
- Genus Aegineta Gegenbaur, 1857 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Genus Aeginodiscus Haeckel, 1879 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Genus Campanella Quoy & Gaimard, 1834; in de Blainville, 1834 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Genus Cunantha Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Aegina Eschscholtz, 1829 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Genus Tetraotoporpae Zamponi & Suarez Morales, 1991 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Gegenbaur, C. (1857). Versuch eines Systems der Medusen, mit Beschreibung neuer oder wenig gekannter Formen; zugleich ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Fauna des Mittelmeeres. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> Leipzig 8: 202-273, pls 7-9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13864647
page(s): 258 [details]
page(s): 258 [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Aeginidae Gegenbaur, 1857. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/hydrozoa/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=16846 on 2025-06-23
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Gegenbaur, C. (1857). Versuch eines Systems der Medusen, mit Beschreibung neuer oder wenig gekannter Formen; zugleich ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Fauna des Mittelmeeres. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> Leipzig 8: 202-273, pls 7-9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13864647
page(s): 258 [details]
original description (of Cunanthidae 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): 310 [details]
original description (of Aeginetidae 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): 337 [details]
original description (of Aeginuridae 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): 342 [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): 258 [details]
original description (of Cunanthidae 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): 310 [details]
original description (of Aeginetidae 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): 337 [details]
original description (of Aeginuridae 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): 342 [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
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Diagnosis Narcomedusae with manubrial pouches interradial, undivided or divided into two to four parts, bearing gonads; with or without peripheral canal system; exumbrellar, perradial, primary tentacles between marginal lobes; with or without secondary tentacles. [details]
