WoRMS taxon details
Margelopsidae Mayer, 1910
Margelopsinae Mayer, 1910 · unaccepted
Pelagohydridae Dendy, 1902 · unaccepted (not in use)
- Genus Climacocodon Uchida, 1924
- Genus Margelopsis Hartlaub, 1897
- Genus Pelagohydra Dendy, 1902
- Subfamily Margelopsinae Mayer, 1910 accepted as Margelopsidae Mayer, 1910
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Mayer, A. G. 1910. Medusae of the world. Hydromedusae, Vols. I & II. Scyphomedusae, Vol III. Carnegie Institution, Washington. pp. 735, plates 1-76., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1327020
page(s): 6; note: Introduced as Margelopsinae [details]
page(s): 6; note: Introduced as Margelopsinae [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Margelopsidae Mayer, 1910. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=16357 on 2025-05-31
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Nomenclature
original description
Mayer, A. G. 1910. Medusae of the world. Hydromedusae, Vols. I & II. Scyphomedusae, Vol III. Carnegie Institution, Washington. pp. 735, plates 1-76., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1327020
page(s): 6; note: Introduced as Margelopsinae [details]
original description (of Pelagohydridae Dendy, 1902) Dendy, A. (1902). On a free-swimming hydroid, <i>Pelagohydra mirabilis</i> n. gen. et sp. <em>Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science.</em> 46: 1-24, plates 1-2.
page(s): 21 [details]
original description (of Margelopsinae Mayer, 1910) Mayer, A. G. 1910. Medusae of the world. Hydromedusae, Vols. I & II. Scyphomedusae, Vol III. Carnegie Institution, Washington. pp. 735, plates 1-76., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1327020
page(s): 6 [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): 6; note: Introduced as Margelopsinae [details]
original description (of Pelagohydridae Dendy, 1902) Dendy, A. (1902). On a free-swimming hydroid, <i>Pelagohydra mirabilis</i> n. gen. et sp. <em>Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science.</em> 46: 1-24, plates 1-2.
page(s): 21 [details]
original description (of Margelopsinae Mayer, 1910) Mayer, A. G. 1910. Medusae of the world. Hydromedusae, Vols. I & II. Scyphomedusae, Vol III. Carnegie Institution, Washington. pp. 735, plates 1-76., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1327020
page(s): 6 [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]
Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Uchida, T. (1927). Studies on Japanese hydromedusae. I. Anthomedusae. <em>Journal of the Faculty of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo, Section IV, Zoology.</em> 1: 145-241. [details]
additional source Uchida, T. (1927). Studies on Japanese hydromedusae. I. Anthomedusae. <em>Journal of the Faculty of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo, Section IV, Zoology.</em> 1: 145-241. [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Capitata with solitary, pelagic hydroids; hydrocaulus absent or reduced to a small process; hydranth vasiform, tentacles filiform to moniliform, arranged into two separate sets, oral tentacles in one or several whorls; aboral tentacles either in two to three alternating whorls or numerous and scattered over most of body; medusa buds among the tentacles or over the aboral tentacles. Medusa manubrium with simple mouth; gonads surrounding manubrium entirely; four radial canals; tentacles solid, generally moniliform, two or more tentacles per marginal bulb, in some genera tentacles also issuing at different levels on exumbrella; without ocelli. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ハシゴクラゲ科 | [details] |
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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Margelopsidae)
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To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Margelopsidae)
To Genbank
To ITIS
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