Orthopyxis
creator: van der Land, Jacob
creator: Schuchert, Peter
date: 2026-08-30
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Orthopyxis L. Agassiz, 1862
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2026). World Hydrozoa Database. Orthopyxis L. Agassiz, 1862. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117035 on 2026-08-30
created: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
modified: 2024-08-13T19:17:52Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Orthopyxis L. Agassiz, 1862
class: Hydrozoa
family: Campanulariidae
genus: Orthopyxis
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Agassiz, L. (1862). Contributions to the natural history of the United States of America. Little Brown, Boston. 4: 1-380, pls 1-19.
name published in: Hartlaub, C. (1897). Die Hydromedusen Helgolands. Wissenschaftliche Meeresuntersuchungen. 2: 449-536, pls 14-23.
name published in: Lendenfeld, R. von. (1883). Über Coelenteraten der Südsee. IV. Eucopella Campanularia nov. gen. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie. 38: 497-583, pls 27-32.
name published in year: 1862
name published in year: 1897
name published in year: 1883
order: Leptothecata
parent name usage ID: 1606
phylum: Cnidaria
scientific name authorship: L. Agassiz, 1862
taxon rank: Genus
taxonomic status: accepted