WoRMS name details
Cunissa Haeckel, 1879
267355 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267355)
uncertain > nomen dubium
Genus
Cunissa polyporpa Haeckel, 1879 (type by subsequent designation)
Aeginodorus Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Species Cunissa alderi (Forbes, 1848) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Cunissa polypera Haeckel, 1879 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Cunissa polyporpa Haeckel, 1879 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Cunissa duplicata (Maas, 1893) accepted as Cunina duplicata Maas, 1893
- Species Cunissa polyphera Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Cunissa polypera Haeckel, 1879 (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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): 322 [details]
page(s): 322 [details]
Status Doubtful genus as based on species inquirenda.
Status Doubtful genus as based on species inquirenda. [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2026). World Hydrozoa Database. Cunissa Haeckel, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267355 on 2026-07-05
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Nomenclature
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): 322 [details]
original description (of Aeginodorus 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]
basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
page(s): 322 [details]
original description (of Aeginodorus 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]
basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Cuninidae with nine ore more tentacles and peronial strands; manubrial pouches equal in number to tentacles, but with cleft by the insertion of the tentacles so appearing twice as numerous as tentacles; peripheral canal? otoporpae? [details]Status Doubtful genus as based on species inquirenda. [details]
